Global distribution giant Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) has acquired Cheshire-based channel services company Comms-care.
Comms-care’s services include pre-sales support, configuration, professional services, maintenance and managed services designed to enable channel partners in delivering a cost effective total solution in the networking and datacentre solutions markets.
Comms-care has 225 staff members and 130+ field-based vendor accredited consultants exclusively through channel partners supporting security for public and hybrid cloud solutions. It also serves around 850 channel partners and customers in the UK, holding accreditations with Cisco, Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware along with technical capability in Dell, HP, IBM, Juniper, NetApp and Lenovo.
Says Brent McCarty, Ingram Micro vice president and chief country executive UK: “The addition of Comms-care supports our strategy to expand our global capabilities and expertise in fast growing, high value markets. Comms-care offers a unique opportunity as they have developed a well-respected, unique services model that exclusively serves the channel.”
“Ingram Micro provides us with the perfect platform to achieve our objectives of growing our business and helping our partners achieve more,” comments Ben Davies, Comms-Care managing director in a statement. “Ingram Micro’s broad geographic reach and sterling reputation with vendor and customer partners throughout the world will enable us to expand our coverage into new regions and broaden our offerings to channel partners. We are pleased to join such a global leader.”
