Ingram Micro's Carol Kurimsky Named One of the Most Powerful Women in the Technology Channel by VARBusiness Magazine

SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug 26, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- IM | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced, Carol Kurimsky, its vice president of marketing for North America, has been named one of the 50 most powerful women in the technology channel by Everything Channel's VARBusiness Magazine. The honor marks the second year in a row Kurimsky has been named to the annual VARBusiness Power 50 Women of the Channel, a prestigious list that recognizes the IT industry's top 50 female channel executives.

Under Kurimsky's leadership, the Ingram Micro marketing team has successfully re-engineered the company's marketing services to include custom lead generation, expanded business intelligence and data analytics initiatives that enhance vendor business-building capabilities, and new custom agency services for the vendor and channel partner community. In addition, Ingram Micro's partner-to-partner networking has reached a record high due to four social networking sites known collectively as The Zone, as well as its continued investments in partner communities and training events such as Ingram Micro's VentureTech Network, Partner Connections, GovEd Alliance, System ArchiTECHs and SMB Alliance.

"The leadership, innovation and execution found within our North America marketing team sets us apart from our competitors and adds tremendous business value to our solution provider and vendor partners," says Keith Bradley, president, Ingram Micro North America. "Our channel marketing agency combined with our direct marketing efforts, data analytics expertise and partner communities, remains uncontested and really demonstrates to our partners just how serious we are about their success both now and in the future. Congratulations to Carol and the entire marketing team for raising the bar and bringing marketing to the forefront of the channel."

"The entire staff at Everything Channel is very proud to honor this year's Power 50 Women of the Channel and recognize their commitment to improving the profitability and performance of the company's partners and channel programs," said Robert C. DeMarzo, senior vice president and editorial director, Everything Channel.

The Power 50 Women of the Channel were selected from hundreds of nominations and evaluated by Everything Channel editors on their personal and professional achievements, as well as the amount of influence they wield over the technology channel. The entire list appears in the August 25 issue of VARBusiness magazine, and online at ChannelWeb.com.

About VARBusiness (http://www.channelweb.com)

For the past 21 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the commercial and public sector (or government) Solution Provider community. The VARBusiness integrated platform of media opportunities provides strategic insight for technology integrators through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness offerings lead vendors and distributors to unprecedented access to the most powerful strategic Solution Providers in the market. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

About Ingram Micro

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 150 countries and is the only broad-based global IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit http://www.ingrammicro.com.

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