Ingram Micro expands its offering in project management and professional services with the purchase of Rollouts

After its recent brand image change, Ingram Micro maintains its acquisition policy with the purchase of Rollouts, IT services company with which the wholesaler expands its offer in project management, which will be integrated into its professional services division.

Although financial details have not been disclosed, the acquisition of Rollouts on the part of Ingram Micro It is the first notable step since the wholesaler announced its rebranding 'to face the future and focus on the promise of technology', just as he collected Digital AV Magazine, which on this occasion focuses on expanding its project management proposal with online tools and the Rollouts technical team, composed of more than 15.000 IT services professionals, that will be integrated into its professional services division.

This acquisition will allow Ingram Micro to implement specialized solutions in vertical markets, such as finance, retail, health, public sector and education, to help its partners and the distribution channel with a greater focus on services and the entire supply chain.

This was stated in a statement by Paul Bay., presidente de North America Technology Solutions en Ingram Micro, “the addition of the workforce, proven and highly scalable, of Rollouts and its project management services to our portfolio of professional services will allow our channel partners to seek larger offers with all the guarantees and see in Ingram Micro Professional Services an extension of their own IT services practice to compete more effectively, Expand your technical knowledge and professional services capabilities with ease and greater cost efficiency”.

The until now CEO of Rollouts, Mark Webster, will join North America Technology Solutions as a director and report to Greg Richey, Ingram Micro Professional Services Manager. Besides, This acquisition maintains the wholesaler's strategy to expand its presence in the market for high-margin professional products and services., as fee-for-service mobile device lifecycle solutions, traditional logistics solutions and also based on 'the cloud'.

In this sense, Of the business purchases made by Ingram Micro in recent years to improve its products and services, SoftCom stands out, CloudBlue, Shipwire, Brightpoint o Promark Technology, among others.