Insight Collaborates With Red Hat to Expand Managed Service Provider Offerings

TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 26, 2016 -- Insight Enterprises, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:NSIT) U.S. operations today announced a collaboration with Red Hat enabling Insight to serve as a distributor to service providers under the Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider program in North America.

As part of the collaboration, Insight will leverage its large service provider client base to help identify new Certified Cloud and Service Providers in North America. Each provider in the Red Hat program must meet certification requirements demonstrating they can deliver a scalable, supported and consistent environment for enterprise cloud deployments.

“With the cloud going mainstream, it’s a great time to join Red Hat’s Certified Cloud and Service Provider program,” said Bob Kane, SVP, product management, Insight. “Together, Insight and Red Hat will enable service providers to utilize an open source portfolio in their infrastructure and cloud-based offerings to help better meet client needs.  We look forward to expanding our reach with Red Hat, continuing to deliver Intelligent Technology^™ solutions to help our clients' businesses run both effectively and efficiently.”

“Red Hat is pleased to expand our work with Insight to help further build our ecosystem of Certified Cloud and Solution Providers in North America,” said Mark Enzweiler, SVP, global channel sales and alliances, Red Hat. “Insight has had success building their own service provider channel and we look forward to bringing their experience to the Red Hat Certified Cloud and Service Provider program.”

For many years, Insight has worked closely with service providers to help them move ahead of their peers via a unique three-phased approach to IT; helping providers identify their current strengths, diversify their offerings and support future growth.

For more information on Insight, visit http://www.insight.com/ or call 1.800.INSIGHT.

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