Ingram Micro unveils 2015 Cloud Partnership Award winners

Ingram Micro has announced the 2015 Cloud Partnership award winners. Ingram Micro honored these six channel partners for their standout performance as an industry-leading cloud service provider whose advocacy, leadership and sales success with the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace will inspire others throughout the worldwide IT channel.

Recipients of the Ingram Micro 2015 Cloud Partnership awards include:

Marketplace Award: WCC IT, Rainmaker (Top Sales) Award, U.S.: Zones, Inc., Rainmaker (Top Sales) Award, Canada: Pure Information Technology Inc., Best Sales Strategy Award: Adapture Technology Group, Get It Done (Creative Strategy): Datasmith and Emerging Reseller: Varrow.

‘By embracing change and taking advantage of all the opportunities, resources and enablement services provided by Ingram Micro, these channel partners have successfully grown their cloud services business faster than many of their peers,’ says Jason Bystrak, executive director, Ingram Micro Cloud

‘Cloud is changing the DNA of channel partners worldwide and empowering businesses to innovate faster and realize the promise of technology,’ said Renee Bergeron, vice president, Cloud, Ingram Micro. ‘We’re honored to recognize these six partners for their success with cloud services and applaud their commitment to partnership and service excellence.’

“These six companies have teamed with Ingram Micro to become true rainmakers and thought leaders within our fast-growing market of cloud services and solutions,” said Jason Bystrak, executive director of the Americas, Ingram Micro Cloud. “By embracing change and taking advantage of all the opportunities, resources and enablement services provided by Ingram Micro, these channel partners have successfully grown their cloud services business faster than many of their peers.”

Criteria used to determine this elite group included 2014 cloud services revenue and overall business growth, peer-to-peer leadership, and level of engagement with Ingram Micro.

Additionally, Ingram Micro measured the channel partner’s overall use of the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace to build and grow their cloud services business.

“Cloud is changing the DNA of channel partners worldwide and empowering businesses to innovate faster and realize the promise of technology,” said Renee Bergeron, vice president, Cloud, Ingram Micro. “We’re honored to recognize these six partners for their success with cloud services and applaud their commitment to partnership and service excellence.”

During the Cloud Summit, Ingram Micro demonstrated its growing success with several key announcements including the availability of Microsoft Office 365 on its Cloud Marketplace and a new partner loyalty program called Cloud Elevate.

The new program delivers rewards and enablement services to help channel partners accelerate their cloud sales and profitability including exclusive go-to-market services from Ingram Micro as well as discounted education, marketing and business transformation services from leading third-party vendors.