Strategic partnership with Ingram Micro UK

16 September 2013

Outsourcery plc

Strategic partnership with Ingram Micro UK

Outsourcery plc (AIM: OUT, "Outsourcery", or "the Group"), a world-leading Cloud Service Provider (CSP) has agreed a strategic partnership with Ingram Micro UK, a division of Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE:IM), the largest global wholesaler of technology products and supply chain management services.

Outsourcery's cloud solutions will be available to thousands of companies in Ingram Micro's partner network and will enter into contracts with resellers directly. Ingram Micro partners will sell Outsourcery's hosted version of Microsoft Lync giving them access to enterprise-grade 'voice' and unified communications functionality delivered from the cloud.

The strategic partnership with one of the world's largest wholesalers of technology products further deepens Outsourcery's IT channel relationships alongside its communications channel reach for the delivery of converged solutions to businesses of all sizes.

Piers Linney, Co-CEO, Outsourcery said:

"Many resellers are unprepared to meet the cloud demand of customers. Our partnership with Ingram Micro is an important step to address this. As the market-leading Cloud Service Provider , we pride ourselves on our hands-on approach to activating partners and being selected to work with Ingram Micro's substantial partner network is a great endorsement of our offering and capabilities."

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About Outsourcery: Outsourcery is a world-leading Cloud Service Provider (CSP) based in the UK. The Group is channel focused and aims to remove the need for businesses of all sizes to own and manage IT, unified communications and video applications and infrastructure. End-customers range from start-ups to FTSE-100 companies.

Outsourcery has one of the broadest offerings of cloud-based services based on Microsoft technology in the world, covering hosted software applications, virtualised servers and next generation unified communications (based on Lync Server) and collaboration solutions as well professional services to customise and integrate solutions for end-customers. Outsourcery was a founder member of the UK Cloud Industry Forum and is ISO 27001 (Information Security), ISO 9001 (Quality Management) and ISO 14001 (Environmental Management) accredited as well as being able to deliver CESG IL2 accredited solutions for the public sector.

Outsourcery was named both Microsoft's worldwide 'Hosting Solutions Partner of the Year' and its worldwide 'Dynamics Hosting Partner of the Year' in 2010. The Group was also one of three finalists for the Microsoft worldwide 'Server Platform Partner of the Year' award in 2013.

Outsourcery is a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner with a total of six competencies of which three are gold and three silver. Outsourcery employs 120 staff based in three UK offices and operates two UK data centres and was the UK's first certified carbon neutral CSP.

http://www.outsourcery.co.uk 

About Ingram Micro Inc.

As a vital link in the advanced technologies value chain, Ingram Micro Advanced Solutions creates high-tech market opportunities for vendors and resellers. Ingram Micro Advanced Solutions deploys unique channel development capabilities, pre- and post sales technical support, lifecycle management services, best-in-class data analytics, and integrated solutions for networking, datacenter and business productivity technologies.

The company is the only global broad-based IT distributor, serving more than 150 countries on six continents with the world's most comprehensive portfolio of IT products and services

Visit www.ingrammicro.com or eu.ingrammicro.com