Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ: TECD), a leading distributor of IT products, today unveiled a stronger, more robust techdata.com during the TechSelect Spring Partner Conference in Miami Beach. First introduced to the TechSelect community last fall, the site was rolled out to more IT resellers in recent months for a battery of user testing and input. Available now to all Tech Data customers at new.techdata.com, the site features a new design, enhanced navigation and exclusive e-business tools to help resellers more efficiently and easily conduct business every day.

?Our goal is to ensure techdata.com remains the most powerful B-to-B portal in the industry,? said Tech Data Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer John Tonnison. ?Sixty thousand IT reseller employees use techdata.com to perform more than 5 million product searches, resulting in 50 million page views each month. Whether they are researching technology, pricing products, building quotes, making purchases, tracking shipments or receiving sales leads, resellers rely on techdata.com each and every day to support all aspects of their businesses. No other distributor offers vendors and resellers the wealth of business-building tools and resources that Tech Data does through techdata.com.?

The new techdata.com features a wide range of new tools and enhancements, including:

  • Consumer-Like Interface: Making techdata.com easier and more intuitive saves resellers time and helps their new employees more quickly familiarize themselves with valuable online sales tools.
  • Streamlined Navigation: An updated navigation system makes it easier for resellers to quickly browse Tech Data's product categories, solutions, services, tools, online support resources and more.
  • Customizable Home Page: Users can tailor the home page to their personal preferences by sorting and arranging the new widgets featured on techdata.com.
  • Techdata.com Widgets: Tech Data has made it easier and quicker for resellers to complete many of the primary activities they perform via techdata.com. These widgets are available once users log in:
    • My Favorites: Commonly purchased items are featured on each user's personalized home page enabling them to instantly add these products to their shopping cart.
    • Quick Order: Without leaving the home page or searching the online catalog, resellers enter part numbers, specify quantities and instantly add products to their shopping cart.
    • Recent Searches: Resellers can view their most recent search history on the home page and instantly initiate one of their most recent product searches.
    • My Leads: A summary of sales leads available through Tech Data's MyLeadTracker tool highlights new sales opportunities.

To learn more, tour the new.techdata.com.

E-Business Innovation

?In addition to these exciting enhancements, the new techdata.com was built to support a new generation of e-business tools we'll begin releasing this summer,? Tonnison added. ?We're going further than we ever have to integrate techdata.com with our core enterprise systems to create a host of exclusive tools that will dramatically enhance our customers' online interactions with Tech Data and their own competitive advantage.?

Tech Data last month introduced MyGovBids, the first e-business tool created for the new techdata.com that enables resellers to quickly find, access and review government bids they created with Tech Data. Tech Data currently is finalizing two significant e-business tools, including one that will provide resellers access to their own unique special and promotional pricing opportunities at the time of purchase, eliminating delays associated with vendor confirmations and post-sale invoice adjustments. Additionally, Tech Data is finalizing a new platform for sourcing software licenses that will significantly reduce the complexities of selling and licensing software.

Techdata.com continues to provide users with a powerful slate of features, including real-time, best pricing on the Web; an extensive catalog with robust product specifications and side-by-side comparisons; integrated quote builder; EPEAT-rated green product search; margin-building attach suggestions for many hardware products; rich e-business features to help resellers power a Web storefront; and XML and EDI data feeds that integrate with resellers' in-house purchasing systems.

Techdata.com is home to a broad suite of exclusive services that help resellers operate more efficiently and profitably. These exclusive services includeMyLeadTracker, MyOrderTracker and MyLicenseTracker.

About Tech Data

Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ GS: TECD) is one of the world's largest distributors of technology products from leading IT hardware and software producers. Tech Data serves more than 125,000 IT solution providers in over 100 countries. Every day, these resellers depend on Tech Data to cost-effectively support the technology needs of end users, including small and medium businesses (SMB), large enterprises and government agencies. Ranked 109th on the FORTUNE 500(R), Tech Data generated $22.1 billion in net sales for its fiscal year ended January 31, 2010. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com.

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Jarred LeFebvre, 800-305-3374
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