Ingram Micro Expands Cloud Marketplace To India

Ingram Micro Inc made an announcement today regarding the availability of Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace in India. With its presence in five countries all across the Asia Pacific region and 17 countries worldwide, the Cloud Marketplace is gaining a lot of momentum in India. There are almost 200 channel partners who are a part of this and are ready to transact on the automated platform.

The Cloud Marketplace features Microsoft Office 365 via the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) program. It powers the channel partners to instantly grow their cloud business by putting together their own cloud services and consolidating invoicing. The channel partners are also seamlessly converting Microsoft Advisor subscriptions to the CSP program on the Cloud Marketplace. The plan assists the instant adoption of Microsoft CSP and allows channel partners to take ownership of the entire customer subscription lifecycle as well as recognising  to pline revenue.

As per IDC, the demand for cloud services in India is growing rapidly. Presently, public cloud services are valued at US$440 M with an expected growth to US$1128 M by 2019. It has a an annual growth rate (CAGR) of 26.6%.

According to Jaishankar Krishnan, Sr. Vice President & Chief Executive, Ingram Micro India Pvt. Ltd,”With cloud adoption growing steadily in India, we are pleased to deliver the platform, innovative solutions and expertise needed to support cloud business transformation. The availability of the Cloud Marketplace empowers channel partners to lift their customers’ businesses to the cloud while growing their own profitability and cloud presence.”

Ingram Micro combined with Cloud Marketplace also offers further cloud services and programs driving channel partner success.