Ingram Micro Cloud now offers Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Workspace and Chrome Enterprise to its reseller network across Southeast Asia. The new countries set to benefit from the Google Cloud offerings include Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, a press release reported.
“Channel partners in the region will benefit from the strength of this collaboration to capture significant growth opportunities across Google’s end-to-end cloud services offerings,” executive director, cloud channel sales, emerging markets at Ingram Micro Cloud, Victor Paradell, said in the release.
The move, following similar launches previously made in the U.S., U.K., Canada and France, is intended to help Ingram Micro Cloud leverage its Google Cloud PlatformGoogle Workspace and Chrome Enterprise operations.
The launch will also grant its partner network access to new demand efficiency tactics. Together, both parties will work to “advance channel partners’ current skills and offerings, and develop new resources to support partners in managing end customers,” a recent press release states.
Ingram Micro Cloud specializes in a variety of services to support efforts made by GCP, Google Workspace and Chrome Enterprise partners and strengthen end-to-end engagement models for Ingram Micro Cloud to enable systems integrators and independent software vendors.
“Ingram Micro Cloud is incredibly excited to partner with Google Cloud, and in turn provide our reseller partners across Southeast Asia with exclusive access to our Google Cloud Platform, Google Workspace and Chrome Enterprise portfolio. With this announcement, we show our commitment to ensuring our partners have access to the best cloud productivity, collaboration and infrastructure solutions, services and enablement benefits that allow them to unlock the digital opportunity uptake in this region, which is one of the fastest growing in the world,” Paradell said.
The move is confirmed as the global IaaS market experiences a gradual acceleration. According to a recent Gartner report, the global IaaS public cloud services market saw a 40.7% increase in operations in 2020. Experts project the industry to reach $74.63 billion by 2025.
“We’ve been experiencing unprecedented demand from businesses as they embrace the cloud to drive resilience, innovation and growth. This surge in cloud deployments means that the need for highly-skilled partners to advance our customers’ digital transformation goals has never been greater,” Ruma Balasubramanian, managing director, Southeast Asia at Google Cloud, said. “With Ingram Micro Cloud’s proven experience in establishing and scaling successful Google Cloud practices, SIs and ISVs can gain significant opportunities to deliver high-value implementation and professional services, vertical solutions and digital transformation expertise.”