Insight Achieves APC Elite Small/Medium Data Center Partner Status

• Press Release
• Source: Insight Enterprises, Inc.
• On 4:09 pm EDT, Monday October 19, 2009

TEMPE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insight Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSIT - News), a leading, global provider of technology solutions, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Insight Direct, USA (“Insight”) has earned the APC Elite Small/Medium Data Center Partner certification. As an APC Elite Small/Medium Data Center partner, Insight can help clients in the U.S. assess, configure, design and implement solutions based on their unique requirements in the small to medium data center environment.

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To achieve Elite Small/Medium Data Center status, Insight met the specialized partner training requirements set forth by APC. With a high level of expertise in APC and MGE solutions, Elite Small/Medium Data Center partners specialize in power, cooling and management for data centers 250kW and under. Through the program, Insight achieved individual certifications for APC Integrated Design Consultants and Sales Professionals. With these certifications, Insight has mastered the design and build of highly complex solutions to optimize the operations of a dynamic data center environment.

“We are delighted that Insight has become an APC Elite Data Center partner, and look forward to the expertise Insight will bring to solving customer issues associated with increased power and cooling densities, high power consumption and energy efficiency requirements,” said Robert McKernan, president, Americas, APC. “The collective experience of Insight and APC will benefit our joint customers seeking to design, build and operate a high-performance data center.”

“More and more clients are looking to drive costs out of the IT environment,” said David Casillo, SVP, Strategic Partnerships and Marketing for Insight. “This certification demonstrates Insight’s high level of expertise in APC solutions, and assures our clients that we bring proven capabilities to configure, deploy and manage the complex data center environment and achieve those cost savings for our clients.”

About Insight

Insight Enterprises, Inc. is a leading provider of brand-name information technology (“IT”) hardware, software and services to large enterprises, small to medium-sized businesses and public sector institutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. The company has more than 4,900 teammates worldwide and generated sales of $4.8 billion for its most recent fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2008. Insight is ranked number 484 on Fortune magazine’s 2009 ‘Fortune 500’ list. For more information, please call (480) 902-1001 in the United States or visit www.insight.com.

About APC by Schneider Electric

APC by Schneider Electric, a global leader in critical power and cooling services, provides industry leading product, software and systems for home, office, data center and factory floor applications. Backed by the strength, experience and wide network of Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services, APC delivers well planned, flawlessly installed and maintained solutions throughout their lifecycle. Through its unparalleled commitment to innovation, APC delivers pioneering, energy efficient solutions for critical technology and industrial applications. In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and combined it with MGE UPS Systems to form Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit, which recorded 2008 revenue of €2,6 billion (including APC-MGE sales of $3.7 billion) and employed 12,000 people worldwide. APC solutions include uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), precision cooling units, racks, physical security, and design and management software, including APC's InfraStruXure^® architecture, the industry’s most comprehensive integrated power, cooling and management solution. Schneider Electric, with 114,000 employees and operations in 100 countries, achieved sales of €18,3 billion in 2008. All trademarks are the property of their owners. www.apc.com

Insight Enterprises, Inc., Tempe
Shana Diana
Senior Manager, Marketing
480-333-3167
Shana.Diana@insight.com