Nov. 6, 2009 (PR Newswire) --

SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Offering channel partners one of the industry's broadest and most complete selection of technology solutions, Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) is pleased to announce it has expanded its business relationship with the Enterprise Mobility Solutions business unit of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) to include its industry-leading wireless broadband portfolio. Combined with Motorola's innovative wireless LAN, wireless security and voice-over-WLAN solutions, the broadened portfolio now enables channel partners to offer enterprise mobility solutions that are easy to deploy, reliable and secure.

"Motorola is excited to broaden our highly successful relationship with Ingram Micro to now include an industry leading wireless broadband portfolio," says Michael O'Connor, MSSI vice president, North American Distribution, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions. "Customers demand solutions that provide business agility and position them for growth. With Motorola's end-to-end wireless network solutions portfolio, channel partners are uniquely positioned to meet this need with wireless agility. We are particularly excited about the prospect of increasing our reach into the government and education IT space through Ingram Micro's GovEd Alliance Channel Partners."

Available in the U.S. and Canada, through the Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division, Motorola's wireless broadband solutions are purpose-built to provide channel partners with the network bandwidth necessary to extend an organization's secure wireless broadband connectivity to hard to reach places both inside and outside of their core infrastructure.

"Motorola's portfolio offers an ideal wireless connectivity solution for the public sector that not only addresses the market's need for secure, outdoor wireless broadband networks, but also provides our channel partners with the potential to achieve significant profitability as a result of high value sales opportunities," says Justin Scopaz, general manager and vice president, Ingram Micro Data Capture/POS Division. "With the increasing IT sales opportunities stemming from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the growing need for network broadband throughout North America, the timing for expanding our Motorola relationship couldn't be better.