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POWERING AHEAD IN THE NEW
You are a professional for a global
company.You can log into the corporate
network from any location on your jet-
setting international business trips.You
bring a notebook computer on airplanes,
have a souped-up PC on your desk and
always carry your palmtop, which links
to your online schedule. Undoubtedly, a
corporate reseller supplies your company
with all this technology, from the products
themselves to the expert consultation
and services that keep you ahead of the
Other major manufacturers, including
3Com,Apple, Intel and Seagate, also have
included Ingram Micro on their shortened
lists of distributor partners in 1999.
As manufacturers continue to narrow
their selections to the few biggest and best
distributors, the entire distribution industry
is experiencing a consolidation. Only well-
positioned distributors with breadth of
product, global coverage, financial strength,
reseller communities and state-of-the-art
systems will succeed in the new distribution
technology curve.And what company is
providing the products and services to that
reseller? Most likely, it’s Ingram Micro.
Ingram Micro is the only truly global IT
distributor.And because the IT industry is
quickly seeing how critical it is to operate
simply but on a broad scale, Ingram Micro’s
role as the worldwide distribution leader
is solid. Manufacturers are narrowing their
distribution partners from dozens to handfuls
so they can streamline their operations and
reduce costs in the channel. In 1999, Compaq
Computer went from 39 distributors in the
U.S. to four, including Ingram Micro.
environment. Ingram Micro already earns the
industry’s largest market share, and we have
what it takes to continue to prosper amidst
the evolving industry.
In short, Ingram Micro is embedded
in the world’s technology — for resellers,
manufacturers and e-commerce businesses,
and ultimately for you.We are the power
behind the technology you use every day,
and we are leveraging our strength and
foundation to power ahead into the
marketplace of the new millennium.
The Power Behind The World’s Technology
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