PARTNER PULSE The Beat of Ingram Micro’s Premier Partners
June/ July 1998 Version 1.2 Pg.
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- It is July 1998 and hopefully you are enjoying the warm summer weather! In case you did not receive our first edition of Partner Pulse you should know that you are one 350 customers that have been enrolled in Ingram Micro’s Premier Partner Program. The Program is a yearly sales and marketing support program that provides you with unique services and exclusive offerings to help you increase your buying and selling power. For the next 10 months this newsletter will keep you up-todate on participating vendor specials, program components, and demo offerings. If you have not received your copy of the program booklet through the mail or handed to you by your Ingram Micro Sales Representative please call (416)740-9404 ext.5450 today. We would like to send you this newsletter through e-mail, however we do not have all your e-mail addresses. Please send a message detailing you email address to
[email protected], or call call (416) 740-9404 ext.5450.
Points Program • This program allows participating resellers to earn Points based on their total Ingram Micro sales, which may be used at Ingram Micro to “purchase” a variety of valuable services. Based on the dollar value of total purchases, these points can be used to “pay” for such items as training, air shipments, fulfillment charges, configuration and 9:00 a.m. delivery. The following is an example of how points are earned: 1) Customer ABC ‘s sales in the period of January 1st- March 31st = $300,000 2) Points calcuation - $1000 sales = 1point 3) Therefore Customer ABC has 300 points • RULES: To access to your earned points, please complete the top portion of the redemption form and submit it along with the Ingram Micro invoice confirming your payment for the service. Please fax the claim form to the Premier Partner Program Assistant, Ingram Micro at (416) 740-2536 for fast processing and credit applied directly to your account. All redemption/claim forms will be sent to you with your first statement at the beginning of July.
Upcoming… Within the next year you can look forward to the following: 1) July 1998 – Your first co-op/ opportunity funds statements have been sent to your company’s location. If you did not receive a statement please call (416)740-9404 ext.5450. 2) Monthly focused specials that are unique to three participating vendors each month. This month they are Microsoft, Corel, and Iomega. 3) Q4 1998 - A yearly business awards program that recognizes your sales with Ingram Micro and participating vendors. During the 34 day business get-away! You will have an opportunity to meet exclusively with vendor partner’s, and industry leaders for future business planning and information sessions.
Premier Partner Participating Vendors: 3COM, Adobe, Celestica, Cisco, Compaq, Corel, Genicom, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Iomega, Kingston, Logitech, Lotus/IBM Software, Madge, Network Associates, Microsoft, Panasonic, Seagate Software, Syquest, Toshiba, UMAX Program Information: ext. 5915 Co-op Information: ext.5450
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PARTNER PULSE The Beat of Ingram Micro’s Premier Partners
June/ July 1998 Version 1.2 Pg.
COREL® – WordPerfect® Suite 8 - Take your productivity to a whole new level just by talking to your PC! – Corel WordPerfect Suite 8 with Dragon NaturallySpeaking™ brings together two award-winning products to give you powerful applications, speech-enabled word processing and the latest Internet technology. Enjoy phenomenal ease of use with integrated software that recognizes true continuous speech – just speak normally and watch your words appear on the screen! The suite includes four core applications plus a host of bonus utilities. They are Corel WordPerfect 8, Corel Quattro Pro 8, Corel Presentations 8, CorelCENTRAL 8.
IOMEGA Promotion - If You Build It In, They Will Come. Get $25 back for every five Iomega Zip ATAPI drives you build into systems loaded with genuine Microsoft Windows 95. Just mail one or more Iomega Zip Built-In drive 5-pack coupon(s) and 10 or more $25 Microsoft OEM 5-pack Windows 95 coupons to receive your rebate. You may submit one Iomega coupon for every Microsoft coupon submitted. This is a limited time offer. For complete terms and conditions visit www.iomega.com/builtin. Look for the coupon inside the Zip ATAPI Drive 5-pack package.
Microsoft Reseller “Not For Resale” (NFR) Program Microsoft Canada Co.’s goal is to help their channel partners grow their businesses in selling Microsoft software and/or computer technology solutions using Microsoft software. The Reseller NFR Program is a privilege, which provides our channel partners access to discounted Microsoft products to evaluate and learn. You can obtain the current list of products and pricing via the Microsoft Reseller Services line 1800-563-2714, listen for the fax back option and the document number for the Reseller Not For Resale Program.
Exclusive Premier Partner Demo Offerings As a Premier Partner you have the ability to take advantage of exclusive demo offerings from our participating vendors. In this newsletter, we will be outlining some of the demo offerings you can take advantage of now! More offerings will be available in our July issue. To find out how you can purchase or receive one of the hardware, software or NFR sku’s listed below be sure to call your sales rep. Adobe Adobe ® PhotoDeluxe ® Business Edition software is the ideal solution for customizing photos to quickly create high-quality sales and marketing materials. Adobe is pleased to offer PP members the following special 15% discounted promo Sku : 574218. There is a restriction of 1unit per reseller location, applicable to commercial sku's only, while quantities last.
Premier Partner Participating Vendors: 3COM, Adobe, Celestica, Cisco, Compaq, Corel, Genicom, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Iomega, Kingston, Logitech, Lotus/IBM Software, Madge, Network Associates, Microsoft, Panasonic, Seagate Software, Syquest, Toshiba, UMAX Program Information: ext. 5915 Co-op Information: ext.5450
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PARTNER PULSE The Beat of Ingram Micro’s Premier Partners
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Network Associates An important part of the mission of Network Associates is to continue to provide the customer community with the resources needed to stay current in an ever-changing industry. To this end, Network Associates offers a download center jammed full of product demos intended to help keep you become better acquainted with the products that keep systems running smoothly and efficiently. So click away to your heart’s content on www.nai.com and see what we’ve got to offer!
Genicom Genicom is pleased to offer PP members a special 15% Demo discount on all its Thermal Printers. A limit of one demo unit per dealer location applies and the product must be displayed for a min. 90 days. Demo must be purchased between June 1st and August 31st, 1998.
Panasonic Panasonic is pleased to offer PP members a special 15% Demo discount of one Demo Unit per SKU of the Panasonic Monitor Line-up
Iomega Iomega is pleased to offer PP members a special 15% Demo discount on SKU# 10714. There is a maximum of 350 units so take advantage of this offer today!
Hewlett-Packard The HP Demo Starter Program enables you to get additional discounts on products purchased for demonstration purposes. For the most current Demo Product listing, complete details on the program and for a copy of the HP Demo Application please call into Ingram Micro's FactsLine number at (416) 740-3592 and request Doc# 2218.
The Microsoft Direct Access Action Pack Microsoft Direct Access Action Pack contains tools such as Microsoft’s Backoffice, Small Business Server, Office, and NT Workstation with IE. This provides resellers the products, documentation, training, support, and sales resources necessary to help their customers with new Web-based and small business solutions. Valued at over $8,000, and available through Ingram Micro for just $495 ERP, this not for resale product is a must have. Quantities are limited. Call your Ingram Micro rep for pricing and availability.
Corel "Now you can see what everyone's talking about! For personal use or in-store demonstrations, Corel now offers an NFR sku, # 572480 for Corel's Word Perfect Suite v8.0 w/ Dragon Naturally Speaking. Check it out TODAY, Limit one per reseller."
Madge Madge Ringswitch Express Demo Program .The Smart Ringswitch Express is a powerful, yet versatile switch ideal for Token Ring segmentation, branch/small office backbones and power user workgroup applications. Call today, supplies are limited!
Kingston Technology A one time discount of 15% on any 32MB module. (Limit one per reseller) Kingston manufactures over 2,000 memory products for nearly 5,000 systems including PCs. workstations, servers, notebooks, and printers. We are committed to offering you the best quality in the industry at competitive prices. Every Kingston memory module is backed by a lifetime warranty Premier Partner Participating Vendors: 3COM, Adobe, Celestica, Cisco, Compaq, Corel, Genicom, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Iomega, Kingston, Logitech, Lotus/IBM Software, Madge, Network Associates, Microsoft, Panasonic, Seagate Software, Syquest, Toshiba, UMAX Program Information: ext. 5915 Co-op Information: ext.5450
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