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Ingram Micro Acquires Harmony: Makes SMB Play For CloudBlue
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘We want to continue to give our partner customers a choice to integrate and operate on. As we have grown our ecosystem, we’ve seen that most of our partners around the globe are not using PSA tools. PSA tools are great. We are trying to reach SMB partner to give them CRM, invoice, billing, and other services. We’re reacting to those partners who tell us they need these kind of tools,’ says CloudBlue President Nimesh Dave.
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Ingram Micro’s Kirk Robinson To Synnex-Tech Data: ‘Game On’
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘If someone had told me a few years back that three of the biggest distributors were going to combine and we had the chance to compete against them, I’d say game on,’ says Kirk Robinson, Ingram Micro’s senior vice president and U.S. chief country executive.
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5 Partner Takeaways On The Synnex-Tech Data Merger
by Kyle Alspach
Solution providers tell CRN that the deal to create a $57 billion IT distributor will bring together ‘the best of two worlds’ and create major opportunities for partners.
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Rich Hume On Blockbuster Synnex-Tech Data Deal: ‘One Plus One Equals Four’
by Steven Burke
‘From a partner perspective, this is a huge win with (the combined company having) the broadest portfolio and the ability to have more capacity for investment that will accelerate next generation technologies,’ says Tech Data CEO Rich Hume, who will lead the new combined Synnex Tech Data.
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Synnex-Tech Data Deal To Put Heat On Ingram Micro: Partners
by Mark Haranas
‘You have customers that are sitting out there who might or might not have had a good experience with Ingram who are on the edge. And now you have the power of two versus the power of one,’ says Michael Goldstein, president and CEO of LAN Infotech.
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AWS Deepens Ingram Micro Relationship For Global Channel Expansion
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘There has never been a bigger opportunity to jump into Infrastructure as a Service. A relatively small part of the channel is building this business now. But the opportunity is accelerating. This agreement signals Ingram Micro’s commitment to do more in this area and to better serve new and existing partners looking to do more with the AWS platform,” says Tim FitzGerald, Ingram Micro’s vice president of global IaaS cloud channels..
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Ingram Micro: Work-From-Home Quickly Became The ‘Center Of Everything’
by Joseph F. Kovar
‘ We went to work-to-home and we all realized how that business exploded from a technology standpoint. So we’re looking at all the technology that fits in that center of everything to help support the growth of our partners. We’re also diving deeper into gaming, into health care with telemedicine, and into mobility with 5G,’ says Ingram Micro’s Kirk Robinson.
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5 Things To Know About Ingram Micro’s Acquisition By Platinum Equity
by Joseph F. Kovar
Ingram Micro -- the largest computer products distributor -- said Wednesday it will be acquired by seasoned technology investor Platinum Equity Partners for $7.2 billion. Here are five things you need to know about the blockbuster deal.
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Ingram Micro-Platinum Equity Deal Is Sign Of Distribution ‘Renaissance’
by Steven Burke
‘With Ingram now owned by Platinum and Tech Data owned by Apollo there is going to be a renaissance in distribution,’ says Martin Wolf, president of martinwolf M&A Advisors. ‘It is good for the channel to have heavyweights (like Platinum and Apollo) between them and the vendors. It is very good news for partners.’
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Ingram Micro Agrees To $7.2B Acquisition By Platinum Private Equity
by O’Ryan Johnson
Irvine, Calif.-based IT distributor Ingram Micro has entered into an agreement to be purchased by Platinum Equity Partners for $7.2 billion.
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Disty Pioneer David Dukes Mourned As Affable Ingram Micro Relationship Builder
by Steven Burke
Former Ingram Micro President, Co- Chairman and Vice Chairman David Dukes, 76, who passed away last week after a long bout with COVID-19, is being mourned as the one-time affable, generous heart of the distribution power house.
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Ingram Micro CFO: Partners Who Used Financing Seeing ‘Outstanding’ Growth
by O’Ryan Johnson
‘We went back and we looked at everyone who used financing in Q2—it doesn’t matter what type— they grew their business by 11 percent,’ says Ingram Micro CFO for the Americas Anthony Mackle.
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McAfee Details IPO Plans In New SEC Filing
by Joseph F. Kovar
The cybersecurity company, which was publicly listed until its 2011 acquisition by Intel, hopes to raise up to $814 million via the sale of shares held by the company and by its current shareholders.
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Ingram Micro Sees WFH Growth From COVID-19, Lower Advanced Solutions Sales
by Joseph F. Kovar
Privately-held Ingram Micro, which is owned by China‘s HNA Group but reportedly being courted by private equity, said its second fiscal quarter 2020 revenue decline but income was up as the pandemic caused a huge shift in spending patterns.
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