Parallels gets Ingram Micro onboard

Parallels announced appointing Ingram Micro as its authorized distribution partner for selling Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) region.

Simonetta Mercieca, Senior Director of Sales EMEA at Parallels
Simonetta Mercieca, Senior Director of Sales EMEA at Parallels

According to the IDC MarketScape Report 2016, Parallels RAS is one of the fastest growing, most cost-effective and easy-to-use application and desktop delivery solutions available on the market. Recent innovations to this product have made Parallels a leader in the field.

“We are ready to take our growth in the META region to the next level with Ingram Micro, a company that has extensive expertise and experience in this region. Through this partnership, we firmly believe that Parallels Remote Application Server can keep growing in success, especially since it will provide local businesses the opportunity to improve their performance by establishing BYOD, CYOD and distance working policies,” said Simonetta Mercieca, Senior Director of Sales EMEA at Parallels.

Ali Baghdadi - Ingram MicroParallels leadership is confident that the Ingram Micro partnership and the inclusion of Parallels RAS on the Azure Marketplace will enable the company to meet the diverse needs of businesses in the region whilst helping their partners grow with their private, hybrid and public cloud implementations.

“I am delighted to have reached an agreement with Parallels to distribute its Remote Application Server and desktop delivery solution across the Middle East, Turkey and Africa,” said Ali Baghdadi, senior vice president and chief executive of Ingram Micro META. “These products offer our partners a great complement to solutions from Microsoft. With our complementary offering, enterprise customers will have the ability to securely access their applications and data from any device, anywhere.”