SANTA ANA, Calif., Nov. 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM) today announced the 2010 GovEd Alliance Spotlight Award Winners.

Presented at Ingram Micro's 2010 GovEd Alliance Invitational earlier this month, these annual awards recognize many of the year's top performing and fastest growing GovEd Alliance members and organizations. Celebrating its 10 year anniversary, Ingram Micro's GovEd Alliance community is comprised of more than 2,500 channel partners and managed service providers in the U.S., who focus more than fifty percent of their business on serving the IT and business needs of the public sector.

The 2010 GovEd Alliance Spotlight honors include the Top Overall Growth, Partnership and Sales Awards, which were presented to Ingram Micro's top performing channel partners selling into the federal, state, local, and education markets. The 2010 Overall Top Growth Award was presented to Universal Understanding Inc. for the company's outstanding year-over-year growth. Merlin International Inc. was awarded the Top Diversity Partner Network Growth Award for effectively using the Ingram Micro Diversity Partner Program to grow its business.

A complete list of the 2010 GovEd Partner Awards includes:

"The continued success and sales growth found within our GovEd Alliance community remains unrivaled in the IT channel and further demonstrates the caliber and specialized expertise of our members," says John Fago, senior director, channel marketing, Ingram Micro North America. "This year's GovEd Alliance Spotlight Award Winners have raised the bar and set a new standard of excellence. It's an honor to recognize their achievements and applaud their success."

For more information about Ingram Micro's GovEd Alliance community, channel partners and IT, manufacturers should contact their Ingram Micro sales representative.

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As a vital link in the technology value chain, Ingram Micro creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services and product aggregation and distribution. The company serves approximately 150 countries and is the only global broad-based IT distributor with operations in Asia. Visit www.ingrammicro.com.

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