Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud Services
Ingram Micro Unveils Cloud Services by UCStrategies Staff
Ingram Micro has made new cloud telecom services available in its collection of 170 solutions which it provides through its cloud marketplace; the purpose of this is to lengthen its deployment and distribution role in order to mark it out as a master cloud aggregator. The extra provisions, which were announced at the Ingram Micro Cloud Summit in Phoenix, Arizona, are rooted in the service and support offerings such as voice and data from CenturyLink and Time Warner Cable Business Class.
In order to provide even further support to partners that are making the move into the cloud realm in terms of cloud services and managed services, the company has initiated a new hardware-as-a-service (HaaS) program, and this will enable channel partners to resell packages of hardware, software and cloud-based services for a monthly fee, and furthermore, this will not require a large initial investment. The release of the program comes with bundles of Microsoft Office as well as laptops from Lenovo and HP, but extra options will probably be unveiled before the end of the year.
Additionally, some cloud-based services have been announced and these will be brought online in the next 30 days.
Included in these are enterprise-class business intelligence platforms from Birst, enterprise content collaboration solutions from Box, eSignature transaction management software from DocuSign, email management solutions from Reflexion, cloud-based telephony via RingCentral and Vistara IT Operations Platforms, which will be able to help in the SaaS-based offering of public and private clouds. A pair of healthcare-specific applications will also be made available as part of the partnerships with Medweb and NextGen Healthcare. Further to this, channel partners will have the option of reselling colocation services via CyrusOne.
The vice president of managed services and cloud computing for Ingram Micro North America, Renee Bergeron, said: "Business leaders may not understand how the cloud works, but they do understand what it means for their companies. We're seeing an increasing level of involvement for channel partners over the last few years. In 2010, partners were involved in only 2 percent of cloud service transactions, and that number is now up to 20 percent. We expect it to grow even higher as time goes on."
The Santa Ana, California-based distributor has also launched a new enablement program called “Seeding the Cloud,” and this comes further to the new services. The company seeks to provide go-to-market resources for partners that are considering the migration toward the cloud. (CY) Link