- Ingram Micro
Infobox_Company
company_name = Ingram Micro Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (NYSE : [http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcddata.html?ticker=IM IM] )
company_slogan = Imagine More
foundation =1979 |Ingrammicro Lanka is the Authorized Distributor for Intel, Hp, Cisco and Apc in Sri Lanka location =Santa Ana, CA flagicon|USA
key_people =Dale Laurance , Chairman
Greg Spierkel , CEOAlain Monié , COO
William Humes , CFO
Ria Carlson , CSO
num_employees = 15,000
industry =Computer hardware/software distribution
products =Computer hardware, software, services, logistics
revenue = profit US $35 billion (2008)| homepage = [http://www.ingrammicro.com/ www.ingrammicro.com]Ingram Micro, Inc. nyse|IM is a
Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 as Micro D and based inSanta Ana, California . It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. The company distributes and markets IT products from computer hardware suppliers, networking equipment suppliers, and software publishers worldwide. It also provides and maintains databases for its customers. This facet of Ingram Micro's business strategy fortifies its market alliances with computer hardware manufactures such as HP, DELL and IBM.Ingram Micro has four primary product categories: networking products, software, systems, and peripherals.
In addition, it offers a number of supply chain management services to its suppliers and resellers. Services related to its distribution business include sales and marketing, customer care, financial services, and logistics.
Ingram Micro now has services in 150 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia.
The company split off from the large family business
Ingram Industries . Ingram family membersMartha Rivers Ingram andJohn Rivers Ingram are the company's largest individual shareholders.In March 2007 Ingram Micro joined forces with Cisco,
Level Platforms , Intel andMicrosoft fact|date = November 2007 to form an industry alliance known as MSP Partners, to create a common source of comprehensive education on the subject of managed services for their respective channel partners and resellers.Ingram Software, the company founded by
Bronson Ingram , acquired Micro D and renamed the combined entity Ingram Micro.External links
* [http://www.ingrammicro.com/ Ingram Micro]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/48/48020.html Yahoo! - Ingram Micro Inc. Company Profile]
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