Stratum Global Announces Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro

Stratum Global, a leading RFID solution provider, today announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest technology distributor. This partnership marks the foundation for the RFID-NET Partner Solution Program, as part of this program Stratum Global’s TagNet® RFID solution will be distributed through Ingram Micro’s Nimax division, a leading distributor of AIDC, RFID and POS solutions. The two companies acknowledge the significant global potential for RFID implementations and it is this shared belief that facilitated this partnership.

Littleon, CO (PRWEB) February 15, 2006 -- Stratum Global, a leading RFID solution provider, today announced it has entered into a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world’s largest technology distributor. This partnership marks the foundation for the RFID-NET Partner Solution Program, as part of this program Stratum Global’s TagNet® RFID solution will be distributed through Ingram Micro’s Nimax division, a leading distributor of AIDC, RFID and POS solutions. The two companies acknowledge the significant global potential for RFID implementations and it is this shared belief that facilitated this partnership.

The RFID-NET Partner Solution Program will include Stratum Global’s TagNet® RFID solution suite in its portfolio of technology products. With an open architecture, TagNet® is a scalable, platform agnostic, release focused RFID software solution suite. In its second release, TagNet now offers full multilingual capability, supports object networks and includes specialized modules for advanced features like RFID enabled lift trucks.

We continue to grow our linecard and provide our customers with access to the most comprehensive solutions in the industry and recognize that Stratum Global’s TagNet® will provide customers with the ability to harness the tremendous power that comes from a scalable RFID solution with an open architecture and mainstream reader support built into the foundation.

“One of the main reasons we decided to enter the AIDC space was to be able to provide complete end-to-end solutions for our customers,” said John Soumbasakis, vice president and general manager, Nimax. “We continue to grow our linecard and provide our customers with access to the most comprehensive solutions in the industry and recognize that Stratum Global’s TagNet® will provide customers with the ability to harness the tremendous power that comes from a scalable RFID solution with an open architecture and mainstream reader support built into the foundation.”

As part of the RFID-NET Partner Solution Program, Ingram Micro will provide hardware and software certification for resellers in tandem with Stratum Global. These partners will gather hands on experience both in the lab and in the field – as implementation experts offer mentoring services during the training process.

“The distribution agreement with Ingram Micro is a significant benchmark for Stratum Global,” said Jim LaPalermo, vice president – business development, Stratum Global. “Ingram Micro continues to validate TagNet® and places our solution expertise at the forefront of the global technology marketplace - solidifying our mutual objectives to advance RFID into the mainstream. Together we will deliver complete solutions and customer ROI methodology bringing unparalleled scale and RFID (ObjectNet) solution expertise to the marketplace.”
Nimax also will offer hardware and software training certification programs to interested partners. Training will consist of certification on hardware from vendors such as Symbol and Zebra and TagNet software from Stratum Global.

About Nimax, a division of Ingram Micro
Nimax, Inc. is a leading multinational distributor of bar code, point of sale, and wireless hardware products. With offices and distribution centers across North America, Latin America and Asia, Nimax distributes a complete line of products from the industry’s top manufacturers such as IBM, Hand Held Products, Metrologic, PSC, Symbol Technologies, Zebra and many more. For more information, contact Nimax at (800) 876-4629 or visit the company’s web site at www.nimax.com.

About Stratum Global
Stratum Global is a software solutions company and systems integrator that develops and markets TagNet®, a release supported, platform agnostic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) solution suite. Stratum Global’s sole business is RFID. Our customers are realizing the benefits today of complete RFID enabled solutions for Closed-Loop, Asset Management and Compliance. Stratum Global delivers best-in-class RFID business solutions with a solid understanding of industry key issues, current trends and recognizing that each customer has unique needs and complex requirements. We provide complete implementation services including site surveys, hardware installation, enterprise integration, tags, services and education to support the total RFID solution. Regardless of your RFID initiatives, Stratum Global has a solution that can bring immediate value to most organizations. Invest incrementally – scale your RFID solution as your business needs to. “Start Small, Think Big.” For more information call 303.730.7343 or visit www.stratumglobal.com.

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