Ingram Micro
“These local guys are as good as anyone else out there. Through our services like the Ingram Micro Service Network, local companies are able to expand down to New York City and beyond,” says Fran Murello, Solution Center Engineer at Ingram Micro. Ingram Micro though headquartered in Santa Ana, CA has its largest office in the US right here in Western New York. On Wehrle Drive in Williamsville, the office employs about 1200 associates and services thousands of reseller accounts. Ingram Micro is the world’s largest IT distributor in the world with partnerships with leading manufacturers including Cisco, HP, Dell, Intel, AMD, Microsoft and Symantec among many others. Ingram has placed Western New York on the map for these companies who send representatives and resources to the Williamsville office of Ingram Micro every week. Ingram is a hub of sorts for the latest solutions in the industry, talking with Murello, he told me about the resources Ingram offers its resellers including training and certification at their multi-million dollar solution center at the Williamsville office. The center features the latest solutions including virtualization, digital signage, security and more. Ingram has positioned itself to capitalize on the growth in the industry through emerging technologies like virtualization, data center capabilities, storage, and security, something Murello says is helping local and national resellers grow their businesses, “Our local guys can bring sales, technicians, and customers in for training and consultation, configuring custom solutions tailored to the end user’s needs.”