Distribution Watch: D&H, Ingram Micro, Tech Data

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Charlene O'Hanlon

October 26, 2012

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Distribution Watch: D&H, Ingram Micro, Tech Data

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Welcome to Friday, and welcome to this week’s Distribution Watch, our regularly scheduled update on distribution doings impacting the channel. In this week’s episode we feature D&H Distributing, Ingram Micro (NYSE: IM) and Tech Data (NASDAQ: TECD), so sit back, grab a drink and enjoy the show.

D&H Distributing: Members of the ASCII Group have selected D&H as a ‘Top Contender for the 2012 ASCII Cup for the Distributor of the Year.’ The award is based on the quality of D&H’s commitment to customer service, dedication to the channel, and ways they bring more revenue to their customers’ businesses, according to the ASCII Group.

The winner is voted upon by the ASCII membership at regional ASCII Success Summit meetings, and the Cup is awarded each year at the SMB Nation event. D&H is the only distributor to be named among the ASCII Cup Top Contenders.

“D&H is thrilled to have been voted the 2012 ASCII Cup Distributor of the Year,” said Jeff Davis, D&H’s senior vice president of sales. “We’re a very customer-centric company, so it’s our utmost priority to deliver value and an effective business experience to our mutual resellers. This helps to validate our strategy to build a business model around the customers’ needs. We’re always proud to hear directly from ASCII’s members that our efforts are well guided.”

Ingram Micro: Wrapping up its 2012 VentureTech Network (VTN) Fall Invitational, Ingram Micro recognized certain members of the VTN community through its annual awards ceremony. The winners were recognized for their sales and support of VTN and its partner members.

Receiving awards were:

  • Spirit Award, U.S. — Rich Dobry, executive vice president, The Signature Group

  • Spirit Award, Canada — Alex Webb, CEO, F12 Networks

  • Top Sales Growth, U.S. — Arctic Information Systems

  • Top Sales Growth, Canada — SysGen Solutions Group

  • Microsoft Cloud Services Partner Award, U.S. — BCG Systems

  • Microsoft Cloud Services Partner Award, Canada — Informatique ProContact

  • VTN Manufacturer Partner of the Year, U.S. — Lenovo

  • VTN Manufacturer Partner of the Year, Canada — Hewlett-Packard

  • Ingram Micro Field Sales VTN Partnership Award, U.S. — Drew Ohmart

  • Ingram Micro Field Sales VTN Partnership Award, Canada — Fred Shaw

  • Ingram Micro Annual Sponsor Associate Award, U.S. — Paul McGrath

  • Channel Marketing MVP — Rita Baiana

  • Chapter of the Year, Canada — Pacific West

  • Hall of Fame — Don Conaby, Conpute; Tony Gorjan, Central Microsystems

  • 2012 Chairman’s Award – Augustine Riolo

Tech Data: The global distributor announced the winners of its Vendor Partner Awards, presented during the company’s eighth annual Vendor Summit Oct. 18 at the Ritz-Carlton Grande Lakes in Orlando, Fla.

Tech Data’s Vendor Partner Award recipients are recognized annually for their strong partnerships, loyalty, collaborative spirit and unwavering commitment to the continued success of Tech Data and its reseller customers. The 2012 Tech Data Vendor Partner Award winners are:

  • Vendor Partner of the Year ($500 Million & Over) — Cisco Systems

  • Vendor Partner of the Year ($100 Million to $500 Million) — VMware

  • Vendor Partner of the Year ($100 Million & Under) — Sharp

  • Vendor Partner Representative of the Year — Ashley Fox, Raritan

  • Mobility Vendor Partner of the Year — T-Mobile

  • Cloud Vendor Partner of the Year — Microsoft

  • TDPrioritySMB Vendor Partner of the Year — Lenovo

  • Consumer Technology Vendor Partner of the Year — Griffin Technology

  • Marketing and Sales Innovator Vendor Partner of the Year — Hewlett-Packard

  • Inventory Optimization Vendor Partner of the Year — Fujitsu

  • Growth Vendor Partner of the Year — Brocade

And that’s this week’s edition of Distribution Watch. Tune in next week for another exciting episode. Until then, don’t be such a couch potato.

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