SMC Networks Expands Business and Channel Reach Through Partnership with Pomeroy IT Solutions

Partnership Will Provide Pomeroy's Clients Access to SMC's Comprehensive Line of High-Performance, Ultra-Reliable Network Infrastructure Solutions, Including Fully-Managed Gigabit and 10G Switches, High-Speed Wireless Solutions and Managed Service Platforms:

SMC Networks today announced that it continues to expand its channel relationships as SMC partners  with technology and services solution provider Pomeroy IT Solutions, Inc., creating an alliance that will add SMC's line of networking solutions, including Gigabit and 10G network switches, wireless access points and managed service platforms, to Pomeroy's comprehensive offering of end-to-end enterprise IT infrastructure solutions.  As SMC continues its growth strategy, its install base will be able to leverage Pomeroy's capabilities to expand their networking requirements.

The partnership with Pomeroy IT Solutions enables SMC to expand its business and channel reach without impacting SMC's existing channel relationships.  SMC, which drives 100 percent of its sales through the channel, focuses on developing products and services that deliver value, quality and compatibility to enable its partners to gain net new business. Through this partnership, SMC will leverage Pomeroy's resources and channel contacts to expand its business into markets that were previously inaccessible through SMC's traditional channel organization.

"SMC offers Pomeroy the opportunity to expand our business in various ways and provide more value to our current and prospective customers," stated P.J. Thelen, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Pomeroy.  "SMC's solutions offer a compelling combination of performance, feature sets and value that make them attractive for deployment at the edges of even the most demanding network infrastructures."

"Due to the rapid growth of SMC's expanding business in the SMB, hospitality, high-performance computing, and enterprise sectors, we've had to enlist an increasing number of different types of channel resellers to help us support and service our growing customer base," explained Keith Alexis, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for SMC Networks. "Our growing portfolio of high-performance network infrastructure solutions is generating demand that must be countered with an expansion in the number of resellers that we partner with.  We're particularly excited about the partnership with Pomeroy as it helps us better support our current markets  in the SMB, enterprise and government sectors."