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Ingram Micro Training leads way in IT training innovation


Johannesburg, 28 Apr 2015

Ingram Micro has been a leader in shaping the IT industry for more than 30 years, bringing the latest technologies and services to market and finding new ways to bring value to its customers.

Its newest approach to providing such value is through its partnerships with the world's leading technology companies like IBM and HP to provide education and training focused on skills development and certification enablement.

Ingram Micro Training offers a pathway to increased expertise and expanded core focus, plus the background needed to optimised full-solution deployment.

Not only can Ingram Micro Training's team provide access to streamlined and convenient training options aligned with key vendors, they work closely with solution providers to map company and individual professional development plans that deliver a competitive edge.

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Ingram Micro

A Fortune 100 company, Ingram Micro is the world's largest technology distributor by net sales and a global leader in IT supply chain management. The company has connected technology solution providers with vendors worldwide since 1979 and remains at the forefront of the global technology marketplace today. With its vast global infrastructure and focus on cloud, mobility, supply chain and technology solutions, Ingram Micro enables business partners to operate more efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve.

The company rebranded in 2014 to help businesses realise the promise of technology - helping them maximise the value of the technology that they make, sell or use. With its vast global infrastructure and focus on cloud, mobility, supply chain and technology solutions, Ingram Micro enables business partners to operate more efficiently and successfully in the markets they serve.

Ingram Micro Training

IT knowledge is essential to achieving professional success today. It is crucial now more than ever for companies and individuals to not only develop, but to maintain up-to-date skill sets with a trusted partner like Ingram Micro Training. In a recent IBM Smarter Workforce study, IBM looked at best performing companies and worst performing companies to see if skills had a part to play in performance. It found that 84% of employees in Best Performing Organisations are receiving the training they need, a full 68% more than worst performing companies.

The stakes have never been higher for companies to employ and maintain skilled IT professionals. The complexities of IT security, big data, mobility and the Internet of things require skilled professionals to architect, support and maintain. Ingram Micro training professionals work with companies and individuals to assess their needs and create a tailored training plan.


Ingram Micro Training offers a central global infrastructure but markets, sells and delivers training locally to ensure the learner's needs are met. Ingram Micro South Africa prides itself on its state-of-the-art facilities that offer learners a training environment that maximises learning.

Unique Delivery Methods

Ingram Micro Training offers a vast portfolio of content and delivery options. From classic instructor-led live and virtual training to on-demand and cloud-based training, there is a progamme to meet every learner's style and schedule.

Over the past year, Ingram Micro Training researched the market, spoke to HR analysts and its customers to determine the most effective and efficient way to deliver training. From shorter courses, greater student engagement to flexible scheduling, retaining talent, the collective feedback was gathered and turned into the most innovative training program in the marketplace, Flexible Integrated Training (FIT).

FIT consists of multiple learning components designed to either standalone or integrate with others. They include On-Demand modules which is a series of video learning libraries consisting of short 20-minute segments which can be viewed anywhere, anytime.

FIT L.I.V.E., or Learning Immersion in a Virtual Environment, which takes IT learning to another world, is a virtual world where your avatar will engage with an instructor, your peers, interactive gaming, and a wide variety of elements to keep the learner attentive and engaged.

Regardless of the format in which a course is taken, feedback from students is critical to Ingram Micro Training's ongoing success. Ingram Micro Training takes pride in the high scores and positive feedback it receives from students like: "The instructor is motivated to teach and coach. He finds pleasure in sharing knowledge - a true inspiration" and "This training is a must-have for any IT resource with IBM in their environment".

Ingram Micro intends to be the company that transforms the way technology training is to be developed, delivered and consumed. With world-class vendor training, innovative solutions, and global delivery, Ingram Micro training is well on its way towards this goal.

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