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Cloud Services Aggregator and Provider Ingram Micro and Hosting and Cloud Services Provider Parallels Extend Strategic Alliance

April 09, 2014
by Staff Writer

Cloud services aggregator and provider Ingram Micro Inc. have extended their strategic alliance with hosting and cloud services provider Parallels. The company will utilize Parallels Automation as its cloud services platform. Ingram Micro, recognized as the largest wholesale technology distributor in the world and an IT supply-chain leader, announced the move at its Ingram Micro Cloud Summit 2014 ending today in Hollywood, California, USA.

The extended alliance will encompass an equity investment by Ingram Micro that underscores its commitment to the Parallels platform. The platform will allow Ingram Micro’s Cloud Marketplace to deploy a range of private, public and hybrid cloud services alongside a range of “professional services and support capabilities”.

To date, over 200 cloud solutions and services provided by around 70 vendors are featured in the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace. These include web hosting, cloud infrastructure, and domain name management.

“As cloud computing moves further into the mainstream, Ingram Micro is ideally positioned to help our channel partners, vendors and IT professionals capitalize on the opportunities and growth potential cloud computing brings to businesses of all sizes,” explained Ingram Micro’s Global Cloud Computing Executive Vice President, Nimesh Dave. “Our people, processes and platform have become clear differentiators for Ingram Micro and the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace. This strategic alliance with Parallels will enable us to execute against our vision of a global cloud services marketplace and further empower channel partners and IT professionals with the IT industry’s most in-demand and comprehensive portfolio of turnkey cloud services.”

“Ingram Micro’s decision to base its Cloud Marketplace on Parallels Automation is a strong vote of confidence in Parallels business and the innovation, security and reliability of our cloud services platform,” added Parallels’ Chief Executive Officer, Birger Steen. “For the world’s leading technology distributor to make an equity investment in Parallels and work together with us to execute its vision for cloud services enablement both regionally and globally is a significant testimony to Parallels proven approach to successfully delivering and supporting cloud services to businesses of all sizes.”

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