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SPRING 2009<br />
n V7 Expands Line<br />
<strong>Mental</strong><br />
<strong>Toughness</strong><br />
Your Edge When Times Are Tough<br />
n Ink or Toner<br />
n <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing<br />
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<strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Toughness</strong> - Your Edge When Times are Tough<br />
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8<br />
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V7 Expands Line<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> - Preferred Leasing<br />
Division Spot - Supplies<br />
Ink or Toner<br />
Events<br />
Publisher<br />
Deborah Brown<br />
INGRAM MICRO: PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS<br />
Despite news headlines about the global economic downturn,<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> remains optimistic about maintaining sales and<br />
growth. We are well-positioned to deal with any sudden financial<br />
fluctuation or credit crunch. Further, the key factor to our success<br />
in the coming year will be same one that made <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
successful in the past: partnerships. We are helping our partners<br />
leverage our strength and stability so they can innovate, drive<br />
growth, and increase value in this tight economy.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> is financially healthy, with a low debt ratio, $800<br />
million in cash on-hand, diverse revenue streams, exclusive<br />
distribution relationships, and investments in lucrative adjacent<br />
markets. A true one-stop sourcing partner, we offer a broad,<br />
stable, and diversified product mix along with extensive services,<br />
support, and financing. Our vast array of enablement resources<br />
help our partners increase market penetration and build marketing<br />
expertise, and include field sales, managed services, technical<br />
support, full-service marketing, and more.<br />
Partnerships today are more important than ever, and <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> is a strong and reliable partner. Offering unmatched<br />
financial strength, distribution power, and marketing muscle, we<br />
are driven to help our partners both survive and prosper through<br />
these difficult times.<br />
ingrammicro.ca<br />
VP & General Manager<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Canada<br />
Publishing Manager/Editor<br />
Gabriel Roy<br />
Art Direction & Design<br />
Naj Niazi<br />
Contributors<br />
Mark Snider<br />
Ken Thoreson<br />
Gabriel Roy<br />
Dmitry Sokolov<br />
Advertising Inquiries<br />
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Connected is published and mailed quarterly to over 5,000<br />
Resellers across Canada.This publication may not be<br />
reproduced in part or in whole without the written approval of<br />
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visit us on the web @ http://www.ingrammicro.ca.
<strong>Mental</strong> <strong>Toughness</strong>:<br />
Your Edge When Times are Tough<br />
How to Prevent Pessimism from Bringing Your Sales Team Down<br />
by Ken Thoreson<br />
During an economic downturn,<br />
mental toughness separates the top<br />
sales performers from those who are<br />
just average. <strong>Mental</strong> toughness helps<br />
salespeople overcome the pessimism<br />
they are likely to encounter in their<br />
e-mail messages and phone calls,<br />
as well as during face to-face sales<br />
meetings. In such an environment,<br />
every salesperson can benefit from a<br />
company-wide effort to instill mental<br />
toughness.<br />
<strong>Mental</strong> toughness means staying<br />
the course, finding ways to resolve<br />
objections, pushing for desired<br />
outcomes and being creative in<br />
solving problems. It starts with a<br />
commitment from the top. Whatever<br />
their worries, solution provider,<br />
owners and managers need to<br />
communicate a positive vision for<br />
the future to put the downturn in<br />
perspective. We encourage solution<br />
4 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
providers to have monthly allcompany<br />
meetings to improve<br />
communications among executives<br />
and staff. Well-crafted events can<br />
reinforce the positive attitudes and<br />
beliefs that lead to mental toughness.<br />
Other steps to take include the<br />
following:<br />
n Push consultative selling: When<br />
customers and prospects alike<br />
complain about tough times<br />
and shrinking budgets, mentally<br />
tough salespeople empathize<br />
without buying into the negativity.<br />
Instead, they return to the basics<br />
of consultative selling. With the<br />
confidence to meet with business<br />
owners and C-level executives,<br />
instead of just IT managers, they<br />
highlight the business benefits<br />
that technology solutions offer.<br />
Sales staff who struggle with this<br />
approach should receive additional<br />
training.<br />
n Bring in the customers: Letters of<br />
reference from satisfied customers<br />
help salespeople believe in what<br />
they sell, but why stop there<br />
Customer user groups and<br />
focus groups provide invaluable<br />
intelligence to sales staff. Sales<br />
managers should invite your<br />
customers to sales meetings to<br />
explain the merits of your solutions.<br />
Salespeople will gain useful<br />
anecdotes for consultative selling<br />
and their morale will soar.<br />
n Join salespeople on calls: In a<br />
downturn, there’s a need for<br />
superior planning and execution on<br />
every sales call. Top management<br />
can help by participating on more<br />
sales calls. More eyes and ears<br />
at the prospect’s office can mean<br />
better proposals and higher salesclose<br />
rates.<br />
n Ramp-up lead generation: A fresh<br />
batch of quality sales leads will lift<br />
any salesperson’s mood. Develop<br />
an aggressive campaign using<br />
proven methods such as webinars,<br />
executive forums and customer<br />
referrals.<br />
n Focus on motivation: When<br />
negativity is in the air, salespeople<br />
need special encouragement. Try to<br />
make sales meetings fun as well as<br />
productive. Simple sales contests<br />
and games can boost team spirit<br />
while moving business through the<br />
pipeline. Also determine the sales<br />
incentives your staff likes best, and<br />
then honor those preferences.<br />
In all this, it pays for salespeople to<br />
keep in mind the wonderful industry<br />
we are in. Technology solutions can<br />
help companies boost revenues,<br />
lower costs, increase productivity,<br />
improve customer service and drive<br />
profits to the bottom line. <strong>Mental</strong><br />
toughness means helping customers<br />
realize these very real business<br />
benefits.
V7<br />
Expands Line<br />
Keyboard, Mice and<br />
Laptop Accessories<br />
Added to Value Added<br />
Line-Up<br />
V7 is <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s exclusive global house brand<br />
and provider of premier computer accessories<br />
worldwide, has added a new line of V7 carrying cases<br />
manufactured by Targus, makers of the world’s bestselling<br />
laptop cases and accessories, as well as a new<br />
line of keyboards and mice to its extensive line-up of<br />
LCD displays and TVs, accessories, cables and portable<br />
products. V7 products offer innovation in design at<br />
an attractive price-performance ratio ideal for valueadded<br />
resellers, small-to-medium businesses (SMBs)<br />
and systems integrators.<br />
The V7 keyboards are available in four different styles:<br />
standard, multimedia, natural and wireless. The mice<br />
are available in two different styles: wired USB optical<br />
and 2.4GHz wireless optical.<br />
“Backed by <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s powerful distribution<br />
network and reputation for service, V7 keyboards<br />
and mice are an excellent choice for VARs and others<br />
who are looking for the same quality, reliability and<br />
performance from first-tier brands without paying<br />
premium prices,” said Rainer Kozlik, vice president<br />
and general manager of <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s Global V7<br />
Private Label Group. “Our focus with the V7 portfolio<br />
is to create products that help enhance our customers’<br />
profitability.”<br />
The V7 by Targus brand includes a full line of laptop<br />
computer carrying cases, including a deluxe toploading<br />
case, two backpacks, a messenger bag and<br />
a slip case. Showcasing both style and function, the<br />
laptop bags use high-quality materials to achieve<br />
a design with the economical, fashion-conscious,<br />
business-casual user in mind.<br />
“V7 by Targus cases are an excellent choice for VARs<br />
and small-to-medium business (SMB) customers who<br />
are looking for the quality, reliability and performance<br />
found in laptop bags from first-tier brands without<br />
paying premium prices,” said Kozlik “The V7 by Targus<br />
laptop carrying cases are designed for price value<br />
leadership, helping our customers’ profitability.”<br />
“We’re proud to partner with <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> and offer<br />
this custom-designed line of laptop carrying cases to<br />
V7 customers,” said Stephanie Piccirelli, vice president<br />
alliance sales, Targus. “We believe <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
provides an excellent distribution channel for our<br />
products and we look forward to other co-branding<br />
opportunities with V7.”<br />
“The V7 line of accessories are high quality, but<br />
cost effective products, another example of how<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s house brand can offer our resellers<br />
an opportunity to make better margins,” said Chris<br />
Lorenz, senior director, vendor management, <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong>’s North American V7 Private Label Group.<br />
For more information, visit www.V7-world.com or<br />
call (800) 668-3450 to speak to an <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> sales<br />
representative.<br />
spring 09 I CONNECTED I 5
funding sources the leasing market<br />
has to offer. Preferred Leasing<br />
provides a value added program to<br />
support your business.<br />
Many customers don’t have the<br />
capital or have difficulty accessing<br />
the funds needed to invest in the<br />
technology or equipment they need to<br />
compete effectively. This is especially<br />
true in the current economy. <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing can help<br />
them make the purchase - and you<br />
make the sale.<br />
Most companies operate under tight<br />
budgetary constraints - the result<br />
of a formal planning process or the<br />
availability of funds. With formal<br />
planning, companies can use leasing<br />
to bypass the capital budget, as<br />
payments are usually accounted for<br />
as expenses. If the budget is based<br />
on capital resources available and the<br />
company can’t fund the full purchase<br />
price, a payment option is often the<br />
answer.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing<br />
by Gabriel Roy<br />
With the difficult economic climate<br />
North American businesses are facing,<br />
specifically with the tightening of<br />
available credit, large capital expenses<br />
in technology are unfortunately being<br />
deferred. This has the unfortunate<br />
effect of making it more difficult for<br />
Value added resellers (VARs) to sell<br />
their hardware solutions.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Canada has a solution<br />
to help VARs make the sale and stay<br />
6 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
competitive - the <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing Program.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing is<br />
an innovative, multi-lender program,<br />
designed for the IT market and<br />
managed by <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing<br />
represents the combined volume<br />
of all <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> partners. This<br />
has the benefit of attracting the best<br />
One of the main objections sales<br />
professionals receive during the<br />
pitch process is the price. With<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing, you<br />
change the conversation from price<br />
to payment, helping the customer<br />
overcome price objections and budget<br />
limitations. For example, $1,500 per<br />
month is a smaller pill to swallow<br />
than $50,000 up front.<br />
With <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred leasing,<br />
you can lease equipment, software,<br />
services and freight. Now you can<br />
offer your customer a single monthly<br />
payment that includes the entire<br />
solution.<br />
In addition, up-selling additional<br />
products like software and<br />
peripherals, is easier when the only<br />
impact is a small increase in the<br />
monthly payment. This means that<br />
leasing helps hold margin better by<br />
reducing downward pressure on your<br />
selling price.<br />
Leasing is a better way to sell<br />
technology. Other industries,<br />
including photocopier, automobile<br />
(continued on page 10)
DIVISION SPOTLIGHT<br />
SUPPLIES<br />
A look at how <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Divisions<br />
can help our partners to create sales<br />
and opportunities<br />
The <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Canada Supplies<br />
Division is your one-stop-shop for<br />
supplies and accessories. With a<br />
product portfolio of over 5,000 items<br />
like toner, ink, CD’s and DVD’s,<br />
magnetic media, hard drives, flash<br />
media and even headsets to name<br />
but a few, this division can meet and<br />
exceed your needs in supplies and<br />
accessories.<br />
Established by <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Canada<br />
as a separate division in 2006, <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> Supplies delivers daily on<br />
behalf of IT hardware, supplies and<br />
consumer electronics companies to<br />
over 10,000 retailer locations, and<br />
web customers. The Supplies Division<br />
leverages <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s 25-year<br />
track record in order management<br />
and fulfillment.<br />
As the largest mainline distributor<br />
in the world, <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> has the<br />
buying power and is able to pass<br />
on these savings to their customers.<br />
The Supplies Division has developed<br />
relationships with over 30 vendors<br />
and is the bridge between these<br />
manufacturers and their customers.<br />
The sales teams in Canada’s 3 major<br />
centers, Toronto, Vancouver and<br />
Montreal, are able to source products<br />
or answer any question on the<br />
products <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> offers.<br />
“When you contact our supplies<br />
specialists, you can be sure they will<br />
do their best to get you the supplies<br />
you need, when you need it.” Says<br />
Jenifer Harmon, Sr. Sales Manager,<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>. “Resellers can leverage<br />
the enormous strength of <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong>’s buying power coupled with<br />
the most extensive line card in the<br />
industry to secure product for their<br />
end-user customers. We have a great<br />
team along with unique promotional<br />
offerings every month from our<br />
vendor community” she continues.<br />
During the year, toner, printer, media<br />
and accessories manufacturers<br />
may have a special offer, bundle<br />
deal or other valuable information.<br />
The supplies sales team, with their<br />
relationships with customers, helps<br />
in communicating this valuable<br />
information. In addition, their<br />
relationship with manufacturers<br />
offers additional benefits to partners.<br />
The Supplies Division is able to<br />
set up staff training and sales help<br />
in the form of buddy calls with<br />
manufacturing partners.<br />
For 2009, the Supplies Division<br />
is happy to announce that their<br />
successful Supplies Guide, a bilingual<br />
sales tool that helps customers<br />
quickly source supplies products,<br />
will be published 3 times this year.<br />
“This guide is the Supplies Division’s<br />
calling card. Many <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
supplies customers keep their copy<br />
of this catalog by their telephone and<br />
consult it multiple times per day.”<br />
Jenifer Harmon says. “We have<br />
customers requesting multiple copies<br />
of the Guide for all their sales staff<br />
and get calls asking when the next<br />
edition is set to appear.”<br />
Leveraging <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Logistics<br />
expertise, the Supplies Division<br />
achieves a better than 99-percent<br />
accuracy rate for order deliveries.<br />
With warehouses in Toronto and<br />
Vancouver able to ship products, you<br />
can be assured your order will be<br />
fulfilled in a timely and cost effective<br />
manner.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Supplies Division’s goal<br />
is to provide to our partners quality<br />
products at competitive prices. Our<br />
extensive line card means you can<br />
consolidate all your IT purchases from<br />
one source – consumer electronics,<br />
supplies, computers and technology<br />
and IT services.<br />
The <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Supplies Division,<br />
like all divisions, has a mission to<br />
provide unique offerings that create<br />
sales and profit opportunities,<br />
including valuable vendor<br />
relationships and access to industry<br />
experts. The main goal of the <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> Supplies Division is to help<br />
resellers build their hardware and<br />
supplies business.<br />
Logistics<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Logistics has the<br />
right combination of services<br />
and solutions that include:<br />
n Warehouse Management<br />
and Fulfillment<br />
n Assembly and<br />
Postponement<br />
n Transportation Management<br />
n Reverse Logistics<br />
n Customer Care<br />
n Accounts Receivable<br />
Management<br />
n Electronic Connectivity and<br />
IT Integration<br />
With accuracy rates of 99.9<br />
percent or better, scalable and<br />
innovative solutions, <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> Logistics is the obvious<br />
solution for your supply chain<br />
services<br />
For more information on <strong>Ingram</strong><br />
<strong>Micro</strong> Logistics, Contact: (800)<br />
668-3450 x55915<br />
Data Capture - POS<br />
The Data Capture / Point of Sale<br />
Division provides a dedicated<br />
team specializing in supporting<br />
Barcode, RFID and other auto<br />
identification technologies<br />
as well as Self Service and<br />
Retail Management Solutions.<br />
Contact us to learn more about<br />
complete solutions for markets<br />
including Retail, Logistics,<br />
Healthcare and Banking.<br />
Contact: (800) 668-3450 x55211,<br />
dcpos@ingrammicro.ca<br />
spring 09 I CONNECTED I 7
Ink or<br />
Toner<br />
by Dmitry Sokolov<br />
What do you do when your customer<br />
asks for a quote on an inkjet desktop<br />
printer Do you promptly search out a<br />
moderately priced inkjet, or have you<br />
ever suggested a laser printer as an<br />
alternative<br />
Declining technology costs and<br />
increasing consumer education have<br />
made a strong case for replacing<br />
your customers’ desk-top inkjets with<br />
laser printers. Although the MSRP<br />
of laser products is still at least 50%<br />
higher than of an inkjet even with<br />
aggressive rebates, the increased<br />
speed, efficiency and cost per page<br />
savings are driving customers towards<br />
laser alternatives. Even size is no longer<br />
an issue - with models like Samsung<br />
CLX-3170, one of the smallest laser<br />
multifunction printers, desk space is not<br />
compromised.<br />
Suggesting a laser printer to your<br />
customer holds a number of<br />
advantages. First, from a reseller<br />
perspective, purchase price is always<br />
higher than an inkjet alternative, driving<br />
the revenue numbers. At the same time,<br />
end-users are able to take advantage of<br />
lower total cost of ownership of laser<br />
supplies compared to inkjet cartridges.<br />
For instance, an inkjet printer using<br />
a ‘standard yield’ cartridge offers<br />
expected yield of just 125 – 200 pages.<br />
By comparison, supplies for entrylevel<br />
color laser printers like Samsung<br />
CLP310 and HP CP1510 start at 1000<br />
page yield and above.<br />
Second, laser printers, unlike typical<br />
inkjets, are still priced higher than<br />
their consumables, supporting the<br />
razor and blade sales strategy. By<br />
comparison, typical inkjet customers<br />
simply recycle their printer instead of<br />
buying expensive replacement ink. With<br />
inkjet hardware sold as a loss-leader,<br />
each inkjet customer offers little or no<br />
lifetime profitability for the reseller.<br />
With laser printers, supplies sales are<br />
expected.<br />
Finally, network functionality, a typical<br />
option on laser printers, opens the<br />
conversation for additional services.<br />
Network configuration, network<br />
management and even print fleet<br />
optimization can be attached to laser<br />
hardware sales.<br />
8 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
Such increased opportunity for<br />
attachment services, constant supplies<br />
revenue and an improved total cost of<br />
ownership for your customers, makes<br />
switching from inkjet to laser a win-win<br />
proposition.
Here at Samsung, we’re very proud<br />
of our new efficient<br />
and reliable model.<br />
Joe.<br />
“The SCX-5835FN prints, faxes, scans and copies. It’s an efficient<br />
workhorse that helps control document flow with unique features<br />
like SmarThru Workflow - software that creates, stores, edits and<br />
delivers scanned images. It’s no wonder we’ve had nothing but good<br />
reviews from our customers.”<br />
Joe Interisano<br />
IT Senior Engineer<br />
When you choose Samsung, you’re partnering with one of the<br />
world’s largest IT manufacturers, and a team dedicated to helping<br />
you grow your business. Our channel sales team includes people<br />
like Joe who will sit down with you and work out custom-made<br />
solutions to help you succeed in today’s demanding marketplace.<br />
Because when you choose Samsung you get more than just<br />
business products - you get a sales and support team that<br />
provides business solutions. To find your solution, call Joe at<br />
1-800-SAMSUNG or visit samsungpartner.ca.<br />
©2009 Samsung Electronics Canada, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Samsung is a registered trademark of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
EVENTS<br />
April – June 2009<br />
Across Ontario Tour<br />
Connex 2009 - Toronto<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Kingston, ON - May 5<br />
London, ON - May 12<br />
Burlington, ON - May 13<br />
The Across Ontario Tour provides a networking<br />
forum for our vendors and solution partners<br />
in the local regions with updates on Vendor<br />
products and solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
(800) 668 - 3450 x 55304<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Mississauga, ON - May 7<br />
Connex is <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s technology solutions<br />
event featuring multi-vendor solution seminars,<br />
industry guest speaker, and a technology fair. It<br />
brings together VARs and Vendors by fostering<br />
partnerships and delivering customer solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
www.Connex-IM.com<br />
(continued from page 6)<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> - Preferred Leasing<br />
and heavy–equipment<br />
manufacturers, have adopted leasing<br />
with great success, even though this<br />
equipment has a long useful life. The<br />
same benefits apply to computer<br />
technology, which is better suited<br />
to leasing. Because of its short life<br />
cycle, computer technology invites<br />
frequent replacement.<br />
Technology Refresh Cycle<br />
When companies purchase<br />
technology, many try to lengthen<br />
the useful life of their equipment by<br />
upgrading components, cascading<br />
older equipment to less needy<br />
users, or just making do with what<br />
they have. With leasing however,<br />
most customers will replace their<br />
equipment at the end of the term.<br />
With 24-36 months being the<br />
normal lease term, sales occur more<br />
frequently.<br />
“Leasing can significantly help your<br />
sell through because the typical<br />
refresh rate on technology on a<br />
leased product is 24-36 months.”<br />
says Brent McCarty, Senior Director-<br />
VAR Sales. “Sales on non-leased<br />
products tend to have a much longer<br />
shelf life as companies try to reduce<br />
their technology acquisition costs.”<br />
10 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
You can begin the next sales cycle<br />
when your customer’s lease is about<br />
to mature, and then close the deal<br />
before the lease ends. This decreases<br />
the chance of a competitor capturing<br />
your business. Furthermore, when<br />
you introduce a value-added service<br />
such as leasing, you establish<br />
long-term relationships with your<br />
customers.<br />
Higher Approval Ratios and<br />
Better Terms<br />
By combining capabilities of multiple<br />
funding sources into one program,<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing<br />
provides a multi-lender platform that<br />
can effectively serve most segments<br />
of the market. From small-ticket to<br />
large corporate and government or<br />
education customers, whether they<br />
have impeccable or “challenged”<br />
credit profiles, with <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing you are no longer<br />
limited by the capabilities of a single<br />
lender.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s team of leasing<br />
professionals can answer your<br />
questions, work with you and your<br />
customers to structure the best<br />
possible lease, and manage your<br />
transactions from development to<br />
funding. We can help as much or<br />
as little as you want. Either way,<br />
we provide the same high-quality<br />
service you have come to expect<br />
from <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>.<br />
For more information in setting<br />
up a lease, call your <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing representative at<br />
1 (800) 668-3450 ext. 55202.
EVENTS<br />
April – June 2009<br />
Across Ontario Tour<br />
Connex 2009 - Toronto<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Kingston, ON - May 5<br />
London, ON - May 12<br />
Burlington, ON - May 13<br />
The Across Ontario Tour provides a networking<br />
forum for our vendors and solution partners<br />
in the local regions with updates on Vendor<br />
products and solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
(800) 668 - 3450 x 55304<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Mississauga, ON - May 7<br />
Connex is <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s technology solutions<br />
event featuring multi-vendor solution seminars,<br />
industry guest speaker, and a technology fair. It<br />
brings together VARs and Vendors by fostering<br />
partnerships and delivering customer solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
www.Connex-IM.com<br />
(continued from page 6)<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> - Preferred Leasing<br />
and heavy–equipment<br />
manufacturers, have adopted leasing<br />
with great success, even though this<br />
equipment has a long useful life. The<br />
same benefits apply to computer<br />
technology, which is better suited<br />
to leasing. Because of its short life<br />
cycle, computer technology invites<br />
frequent replacement.<br />
Technology Refresh Cycle<br />
When companies purchase<br />
technology, many try to lengthen<br />
the useful life of their equipment by<br />
upgrading components, cascading<br />
older equipment to less needy<br />
users, or just making do with what<br />
they have. With leasing however,<br />
most customers will replace their<br />
equipment at the end of the term.<br />
With 24-36 months being the<br />
normal lease term, sales occur more<br />
frequently.<br />
“Leasing can significantly help your<br />
sell through because the typical<br />
refresh rate on technology on a<br />
leased product is 24-36 months.”<br />
says Brent McCarty, Senior Director-<br />
VAR Sales. “Sales on non-leased<br />
products tend to have a much longer<br />
shelf life as companies try to reduce<br />
their technology acquisition costs.”<br />
10 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
You can begin the next sales cycle<br />
when your customer’s lease is about<br />
to mature, and then close the deal<br />
before the lease ends. This decreases<br />
the chance of a competitor capturing<br />
your business. Furthermore, when<br />
you introduce a value-added service<br />
such as leasing, you establish<br />
long-term relationships with your<br />
customers.<br />
Higher Approval Ratios and<br />
Better Terms<br />
By combining capabilities of multiple<br />
funding sources into one program,<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing<br />
provides a multi-lender platform that<br />
can effectively serve most segments<br />
of the market. From small-ticket to<br />
large corporate and government or<br />
education customers, whether they<br />
have impeccable or “challenged”<br />
credit profiles, with <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing you are no longer<br />
limited by the capabilities of a single<br />
lender.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s team of leasing<br />
professionals can answer your<br />
questions, work with you and your<br />
customers to structure the best<br />
possible lease, and manage your<br />
transactions from development to<br />
funding. We can help as much or<br />
as little as you want. Either way,<br />
we provide the same high-quality<br />
service you have come to expect<br />
from <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>.<br />
For more information in setting<br />
up a lease, call your <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing representative at<br />
1 (800) 668-3450 ext. 55202.
EVENTS<br />
April – June 2009<br />
Across Ontario Tour<br />
Connex 2009 - Toronto<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Kingston, ON - May 5<br />
London, ON - May 12<br />
Burlington, ON - May 13<br />
The Across Ontario Tour provides a networking<br />
forum for our vendors and solution partners<br />
in the local regions with updates on Vendor<br />
products and solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
(800) 668 - 3450 x 55304<br />
Event Location & Dates:<br />
Mississauga, ON - May 7<br />
Connex is <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s technology solutions<br />
event featuring multi-vendor solution seminars,<br />
industry guest speaker, and a technology fair. It<br />
brings together VARs and Vendors by fostering<br />
partnerships and delivering customer solutions.<br />
Contact/registration information:<br />
www.Connex-IM.com<br />
(continued from page 6)<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> - Preferred Leasing<br />
and heavy–equipment<br />
manufacturers, have adopted leasing<br />
with great success, even though this<br />
equipment has a long useful life. The<br />
same benefits apply to computer<br />
technology, which is better suited<br />
to leasing. Because of its short life<br />
cycle, computer technology invites<br />
frequent replacement.<br />
Technology Refresh Cycle<br />
When companies purchase<br />
technology, many try to lengthen<br />
the useful life of their equipment by<br />
upgrading components, cascading<br />
older equipment to less needy<br />
users, or just making do with what<br />
they have. With leasing however,<br />
most customers will replace their<br />
equipment at the end of the term.<br />
With 24-36 months being the<br />
normal lease term, sales occur more<br />
frequently.<br />
“Leasing can significantly help your<br />
sell through because the typical<br />
refresh rate on technology on a<br />
leased product is 24-36 months.”<br />
says Brent McCarty, Senior Director-<br />
VAR Sales. “Sales on non-leased<br />
products tend to have a much longer<br />
shelf life as companies try to reduce<br />
their technology acquisition costs.”<br />
10 I CONNECTED I spring 09<br />
You can begin the next sales cycle<br />
when your customer’s lease is about<br />
to mature, and then close the deal<br />
before the lease ends. This decreases<br />
the chance of a competitor capturing<br />
your business. Furthermore, when<br />
you introduce a value-added service<br />
such as leasing, you establish<br />
long-term relationships with your<br />
customers.<br />
Higher Approval Ratios and<br />
Better Terms<br />
By combining capabilities of multiple<br />
funding sources into one program,<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong> Preferred Leasing<br />
provides a multi-lender platform that<br />
can effectively serve most segments<br />
of the market. From small-ticket to<br />
large corporate and government or<br />
education customers, whether they<br />
have impeccable or “challenged”<br />
credit profiles, with <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing you are no longer<br />
limited by the capabilities of a single<br />
lender.<br />
<strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>’s team of leasing<br />
professionals can answer your<br />
questions, work with you and your<br />
customers to structure the best<br />
possible lease, and manage your<br />
transactions from development to<br />
funding. We can help as much or<br />
as little as you want. Either way,<br />
we provide the same high-quality<br />
service you have come to expect<br />
from <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong>.<br />
For more information in setting<br />
up a lease, call your <strong>Ingram</strong> <strong>Micro</strong><br />
Preferred Leasing representative at<br />
1 (800) 668-3450 ext. 55202.