The World's Largest Distributor, Ingram Micro, has Partnered with the Best Name in Managed Services to Deliver the IT Services Customers are Demanding. Huntington Beach, Calif. (PRWEB)  (October 11, 2005) -  Alvaka Networks announce an agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) to provide Advanced Network Management Services through Ingram Micro’s reseller network in the United States . Ingram Micro reaches a broad reseller network through which a select suite of Alvaka’s Advanced Network Management Services will be delivered to end-users.

Alvaka Networks offers an integrated suite of Advanced Network Management Services that provide solutions to the most daunting problems facing IT departments today. These services give resellers the opportunity to deliver proven, high-quality proactive services that result in recurring revenue without the expense of building a managed services practice and infrastructure themselves. IDC estimates the managed services market to reach $21.7 billion by 2007.

Alvaka’s suite of services, which Ingram Micro is the first broadline distributor to offer, include AlvakaNet Performance Monitoring for servers, applications, tape backup, firewalls and other network appliances; PatchWorX for OS and application patch management; MailWorX for hosted e-mail, SPAM filtering and virus protection. These services empower Ingram Micro’s resellers to solve their end-users’ IT challenges through a more effective and reliable way to manage their networks.

This relationship leverages Alvaka’s 12-plus years of Managed Service Provider (MSP) experience with Ingram Micro's broad reseller base and targeted market penetration. Alvaka Networks is the first addition to Ingram Micro’s growing managed services offering empowering the resellers to offer their customers a more effective and reliable way to manage their networks, and provide Ingram’s resellers a way to establish recurring revenue streams into their business models.

“Alvaka Networks delivers more options to our VAR customers who are considering entry into the managed service arena”, said Justin Crotty , Vice President Channel Marketing for Ingram Micro. “With years of MSP experience, Alvaka Networks has proven to be a true pioneer and influencer. They possess valuable insight and in knowledge that will help our customers succeed with a managed services offering.”

“Teaming with Ingram Micro represents the next strategic step in the development of our channel commitment. This allows us to further capitalize on the growing demand for co-sourced network management and security services through the expanded reach of Ingram Micro’s partner base,” said Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks. “Ingram Micro is the best partner in the industry for reaching out to resellers with our award-winning service solutions.”

“Many network integrators, VARs and tech services companies are working to move from the traditional reactionary on-site network support model to 24x7 proactive services that endeavor to predict and prevent issues before they have an impact,” said Rex Frank, CTO of Alvaka Networks. “Managed Services are the future and over the past decade we have shown that they reduce the risk, increase performance and minimize the overall cost of IT operations. We have the proven formula to offer significant financial opportunity for Ingram Resellers and Alvaka Networks.”

Alvaka Networks Inc., headquartered in Irvine, CA., is a leading provider of network management, monitoring, security and integration services. Alvaka's core company purpose is to constantly improve the way networks are managed and serviced. AlvakaNet and Netplan, Alvaka's flagship service products, are a bundled set of network management, monitoring, security and Internet access services that provide Alvaka Networks' clients with guaranteed 24x7 uptime and lower Total Cost of Ownership. We leverage 23 plus years of in the field experience and more than 13 years as a leader in the MSP space to deliver the highest quality of service and return on investment to SMB Clients. For more information, contact Alvaka Network's at +1 (949) 428-5000 or visit the company web site at www.alvaka.net.
Alvaka Press Contact: Kevin McDonald, Vice President.

As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services, and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves 100 countries and is the only global IT distributor with operations in Asia. For more information visit www.ingrammicro.com/corp.