KGPCo wins the Intel®2019 Network Communications Solution Partner of the Year Award

FARIBAULT, Minn., March 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KGPCo has been named Intel's "Network Communications Solution Partner of the Year" at the Intel® Partner Connect 2019 Conference for the Americas region.

KGPCo credits the award to the launch of PREMIER's Pi-CON portfolio, which enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs) in accelerating their ability to offer virtualized network services to their Enterprise customers. PREMIER, a wholly-owned subsidiary of KGPCo, was the launch partner platform for Intel® Select Branded solutions that included a portfolio of uCPE solutions on Intel® technologies including Intel® Select (Intel® Xeon-D) and Denverton-based platforms.

"Our partners are helping their customers deploy computing and memory technologies efficiently to accelerate innovation by providing new services. Intel's partner program enables full-spectrum market readiness to win in today's emerging and high-growth markets. We are grateful for the daily collaboration from our customers and industry partners, and I am excited about the shared results from 2018 and eager to bring our upcoming solutions to businesses and organizations across the U.S. in 2019," said Greg Ernst, Intel® Vice President in the Sales and Marketing Group and General Manager of United States Sales.

Peter Wraight, KGPCo's Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer ­­said, "Being recognized and awarded by our industry peers is a direct reflection of KGPCo's hard work, vision and values. Our commitment to innovating solutions is unwavering, and we remain at the forefront of helping our customers and partners by working with them to transform networks of the future."

KGPCo is one of 25 Intel® partners to have received this distinction. The Intel® Partner Connect Awards are exclusively given to companies that employ Intel® technologies and solutions while demonstrating excellence in technology platform design and integrated solutions sales, marketing and training.

For more information, please contact:

Jaimie Pfeiffer
AVP Marketing, KGPCo
Phone: 206 948 0880
Email: [email protected]

About KGPCo:
KGPCo is the leading provider of complete, customized, and scalable network transformation and supply chain solutions for the communications industry. The go-to partner that enables customers to build, optimize and transform their networks.  The only large-scale organization that combines a comprehensive suite of technical strategy and implementation services with a global logistics network and portfolio of technology partnerships.  With a Solution Innovation Center to evaluate, design, and engineer cloud, virtualization and disaggregated solutions developed and operationalized in the live network environment. KGPCo is a trusted partner for customers, providing a single brand that can deliver a complement of network solutions.

About PREMIER:
PREMIER, is a global provider of carrier-grade products and a strategic sourcing company. A wholly-owned subsidiary of KGPCo, formed in 1983, based on a methodology of providing critical supply items at competitive rates, while maintaining the quality and dependability carriers demand to meet their 99.999 reliability standards. The PREMIER advantage starts with broad, established partnerships with manufacturers worldwide as well as vast product development capabilities to manufacturer product according to specifications, and supporting innovative technologies for the future. Pi-CON is PREMIER's complete offering on intelligent, open, connected network-driven products.

SOURCE KGPCo