ENTERPRISE TECHNOLOGY
and Asia Pacific . Today , Ingram Micro boasts local sales offices and / or representatives in 64 countries , has 189 logistics centres and service centres worldwide .
Representing over 2,000 suppliers , including Acer , Apple , Cisco , Citrix , HPE , IBM , Lenovo , Microsoft , Samsung , Symantec , VMware and others . In addition , the global VAD serves more than 250,000 customers in approximately 160 countries , where it is creating growth opportunities within the hard to reach SMB market as more
But at this time , a key challenge is based on the global chip shortages . This , however , is driving channel partners to focus on other tech segments like security .
businesses use technology to add scale , enhance services and improve productivity .
In the MEA market the company has been ramping up channel schemes and readying its army of solution providers to prepare for a post-pandemic business upswing .
Dr Ali Baghdadi , Senior Vice President and Chief Executive – Ingram Micro – META and Senior Vice President and Chief Executive – Ingram Micro Cybersecurity – EMEA , said the state of the channel market in the MEA market at the moment is in good standing and the company had anticipated to see an increase in bankruptcies and industry consolidations because of the Coronavirus pandemic . “ I expected to see a rise in bankruptcies and consolidations during the pandemic , but this did not happen . In fact , the demand on technology
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