The unique and superior Fortinet safety certification additional differentiates Ingram Micro’s worth by introducing specialised coaching, enablement, {and professional} providers capabilities.
Ingram Micro is the primary know-how distributor in america to be named an Engaged Most popular Providers Companion (EPSP) inside Fortinet’s Interact Companion Program.
The unique certification was introduced this week at Ingram Micro’s annual SMB Alliance Unplugged occasion in Buffalo, NY, and indicators to channel companions Ingram Micro’s continued dedication to augmenting and scaling their cybersecurity providers experience and assist providers with higher ease and effectivity. It additionally confirms Ingram Micro’s capability to ship specialised and superior Fortinet safety assist and providers with and for channel companions.
“With this new designation Ingram Micro is enabling us to do extra and be extra for our prospects with out introducing probably aggressive manufacturers,” mentioned Sam Barhoumeh, Founder/CEO, Prepared Networks and Ingram Micro SMB Alliance Council Member and previous president. “That’s an enormous win and a price we definitely will use to our benefit and our prospects.”
“Managed cybersecurity is a double-digit development alternative for channel companions and an space of specialization the place Ingram Micro is including extra enterprise worth with expert technicians, superior certifications, skilled providers, and extra accessible at their fingertips by means of our digital twin Ingram Micro Xvantage,” mentioned Paul Hager, vp of Skilled Providers at Ingram Micro.
As the primary U.S. distributor and considered one of solely 9 Fortinet EPSP companions within the U.S., Ingram Micro can collaborate with Fortinet Skilled Assist consultants to assist channel companions higher design, set up, and implement Fortinet finest practices, increase their experience, and develop a extra strong providers portfolio. Ingram Micro was additionally not too long ago named Fortinet’s U.S. Distributor of the Yr as a part of its 2023 Partner of the Year Awards.
“Fortinet is dedicated to offering the instruments and assist our companions want to keep up a aggressive edge. We’re persevering with to evolve our Interact Companion Program to assist companions differentiate, develop, and increase their organizations,” mentioned Ken McCray, Vice President of Channel Gross sales, US, Fortinet. ” Ingram Micro is a extremely trusted distribution accomplice for Fortinet and we’re happy to call them amongst this distinguished checklist of EPSP companions.”
A Program Targeted on Enabling Alternatives for Companions
Fortinet is dedicated to serving to companions meet new and evolving buyer challenges created by work-from-anywhere fashions, hybrid IT environments, and the evolving risk panorama by means of Fortinet’s Interact Companion Program and enablement instruments for companions. This system is concentrated on enabling distinctive development alternatives with Fortinet’s expansive portfolio constructed across the Fortinet Safety Material, designed to safe prospects’ whole infrastructure from the information heart to the cloud.
As well as, Fortinet is dedicated to serving to companions develop productive, predictable, and rewarding relationships to distinguish from rivals. The Fortinet Interact Companion program helps companions purchase the business information they should improve enterprise alternatives, ship digital acceleration for purchasers with customizable packages, and speed up accomplice development.
For extra details about Ingram Micro’s Skilled Providers and new Fortinet EPSP Designation, channel companions ought to interact their Ingram Micro gross sales govt and go to www.xvantage.com.
About Ingram Micro
Ingram Micro is a number one know-how firm for the worldwide info know-how ecosystem. With the power to succeed in practically 90% of the worldwide inhabitants, we play a significant function within the worldwide IT gross sales channel, bringing services from know-how producers and cloud suppliers to a extremely diversified base of business-to-business know-how consultants. By way of Ingram Micro Xvantage™, our AI-powered digital platform, we provide what we consider to be the business’s first complete business-to-consumer-like expertise, integrating {hardware} and cloud subscriptions, customized suggestions, instantaneous pricing order monitoring, and billing automation. We additionally present a broad vary of know-how providers, together with financing, specialised advertising and marketing, and lifecycle administration, in addition to technical pre- and post-sales skilled assist.