Ingram Micro EMEA expands its cybersecurity portfolio with AppGuard

Ingram Micro cooperates with AppGuard.

Ingram Micro has signed a distribution agreement with AppGuard. This now enables Ingram Micro to distribute the security software "Zero Trust Endpoint Protection" in the EMEA region, including Switzerland. The new program in the Ingram portfolio thus uses a "Zero Trust" approach.

According to the U.S. company controls the Software The company has also launched a security self-assessment tool called Cybergram, which it has developed itself. The company has also put online a self-developed security self-assessment tool called Cybergram.

Cybergram is designed to enable Ingram Micro's partners and their customers to have a cybersecurity assessment in place within minutes. The tool is also said to be customized.

In 2021, you could hear a lot more from this IT distributor. Because the US company is pursuing ambitious plans in the security sector. The goal is to become the world's largest provider and consultant in the field of cyber security solutions by the end of 2021.

The company is always on the lookout for new partners to bring itself into the conversation or to expand its portfolio. It should not only be the big names, as Ingram Micro emphasizes.

Ingram Micro, a wholesaler for information and communications technology headquartered in Irvine, California, is already one of the big players in the industry. The company is considered the number 1 in the distribution sector. Ingram Micro employs around 21,800 people in 39 countries.

Headlines were also made by the fact that the investor Platinum acquired Ingram Micro for 7.2 billion US dollars. Since 2016, the company belonged to the Chinese HNA Group and now again an American owner. The transaction has not yet been fully completed.

However, this should be the case by mid-2021 at the latest. The shareholders of the current owner and also the antitrust authorities have not yet approved the takeover. However, there is no need to worry about the company when it returns to American management.

After all, Platinum has plenty of experience and resources. The US investor also wants to continue to pursue an aggressive growth and transformation strategy. Platinum itself employs more than 35,000 people and has a presence in over 60 countries.