VentureTech Network Applauds New Finance and Profitability Resource from Service Leadership
Service Leadership and Ingram Micro are pleased to announce a new business-building resource that enables members of the Ingram Micro VentureTech Network (VTN) to quickly evaluate their financials and pinpoint actions that will help increase business performance, staff productivity and profitability.

The new Annual Profitability Benchmark by Service Leadership Index for VentureTech Network provides an easy-toreference, confidential analysis of each participant's financial and compensation condition, including a comparison to industry averages and to best-in-class solution providers of the participant's specific business model. Results target areas for management and process improvement while delivering suggestions for increasing profitability and managing growth.

"Our profit performance benchmarking and improvement initiative has been respected industrywide for the last seven years and has been leveraged by more than 3,100 solution providers across the U.S. and Canada," says Paul Dippell, president, Service Leadership. "We designed this new profitability benchmark exclusively for Ingram Micro's VTN community with the goal of helping members reduce their business risk, grow faster and drive best-in-class results. The response from VTN members to date has been overwhelmingly positive."

"This profitability benchmark is exactly what we've been looking for," says VTN member Bill J. Batton, vice president, Computer Professionals Unlimited. "It offers straight-talking analysis and solid comparisons, as well as offering up sound suggestions and best practices that will help us to increase our profitability and run our business smarter."

For more information on Service Leadership, please visit service-leadership.com. For more information on Ingram Micro's VentureTech Network, manufacturers and solution providers can contact their Ingram Micro sales representative.

Ingram Micro's Exclusive House Brand Expands Product Line
V7, the exclusive house brand for Ingram Micro and provider of premier computer accessories worldwide, now offers a new line of V7 carrying cases manufactured by Targus, makers of the world's best-selling laptop cases and accessories. "V7 by Targus" laptop bags will be sold through Ingram Micro's global network of VARs, small to midsize business customers and systems integrators.

V7 also recently announced a new line of keyboards and mice for VARs, SMBs and systems integrators. The V7 keyboards are available in four different styles: standard, multimedia, natural and wireless. The mice are available in two different styles: wired USB optical and 2.4-GHz wireless optical.

For more information or to order any V7 product, VARs and retailers can contact their Ingram Micro sales team at (800) 456-8000.

Save the Dates for the Seismic Partner Conference: May 4-6, 2009
Ready to make your mark in managed services? Attend the third annual Seismic Partner Conference, scheduled for May 4-6, 2009, in Dallas. Open to Ingram Micro customers only, the event will gather industry speakers and MSPs from across North America to discuss strategies, reveal tricks of the trade and share best practices. Highlights will include a technology fair, product demos, a print management workshop, and customized Beginner and Advanced tracks to address specific business needs.

For details or registration instructions, e-mail abbey.abuka@ingrammicro.com or call (714) 382-2343.