Zones Corporate Value

Partnering to move your business forward.

AGENDAZones Overview

Today’s IT Challenges

Zones’ Capabilities

Next Steps

Overview IT Challenges Solutions Next Steps

Zones is a global provider of comprehensive IT solutionsWe enable positive business outcomes throughinnovative solutions that leverage technology frombest-of-breed partners and exceptional service from our team of certified sales, technical engineering, and supply chain specialists.


Providing strategic IT solutions and services for over 25 years

LeadershipProven Executive

Leadership

$1.5 BillionRevenue in

2014

Global Team+1,400 Team Members

Around the World

ExpertiseEstablished Market & Vertical Expertise


Zones U.S.Zones world headquarters is located in Auburn, WA. We have integration centers, logistic facilities and offer technical support and advanced services worldwide.

NorthwestNorth Central

South Central Southeast

Southwest

Northeast

Corporate OfficeSales OfficeDistribution CenterRegional Executive Office

SEATTLE


Zones U.S.Zones world headquarters is located in Auburn, WA. We have integration centers, logistic facilities and offer technical support and advanced services worldwide.

PORTLAND

DALLAS

DENVER

CHICAGO

MIAMI

CERRITOS Phoenix

Houston

Carol Stream

Atlanta

NorthwestNorth Central

South Central Southeast

Southwest

Northeast

Corporate OfficeSales Office

Distribution HubRegional Executive Office

SEATTLEAuburn


Wilmington

Integration and Logistics Center

Around the worldGLOBAL FULFILLMENT & INTEGRATION

In-country account executives, dedicated sales support andglobal order management.

COMMUNICATION

Supporting more thana dozen languages

EXCHANGETransacting in over

20 currencies

FULFILLMENT

Capabilities in80 countries

80countries

20currencies

12+languages

ZonesGlobal HQSeattle, WA

Zones CanadaToronto

ZonesAU / NZSydney

ZONES-owned LocationsStrategic PartnershipsExport

Zones EMEA HQ

London

Zones India

New Delhi


Around the worldGLOBAL FULFILLMENT & INTEGRATION

In-country account executives, dedicated sales support andglobal order management.

COMMUNICATION

Supporting more thana dozen languages

EXCHANGETransacting in over

20 currencies

FULFILLMENT

Capabilities in80 countries

20currencies

12+languages

ZonesGlobal HQSeattle, WA

Zones CanadaToronto

ZonesAU / NZSydney

Coming Soon (Turkey, UAE, Singapore)

ZONES-owned LocationsStrategic PartnershipsExport

Zones EMEA HQ

London

Zones India

New Delhi

Turkey

UAEDubai

Singapore

80countries


Many of the world’s top brands rely on us to meet their IT needs.Zones is one of the fastest-growing solutions providers.


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Zones is a certified, award-winning MBEAs a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE), we offer businesses with diversity initiatives the opportunity to competitively procure IT products and services from a trusted and reliable provider. Our MBE certification allows you to meet your company’s diversity requirements.

National Minority Supplier Development Council National Supplier of the Year Class IV

In 2014, President, Chairman, CEO and Co-founder Firoz Lalji was inducted into the Minority Business Hall of Fame.

Premier Supplier Diversity Award

Microsoft Preferred Supplier Program,Diversity Excellence 2015, 2012, 2011

Corporate Plus Member of the National Minority Supplier Development Council

Tyson Foods, Inc.Diverse Supplier of the Year

2015 2015

2014 2014 2015

Corporate PLUS Member

Zones, Inc. holds national and global certifications with:NMSDC – National Minority Supplier Development CouncilCPUC – California Public Utilities Commission

CAMSC – Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier CouncilMSDUK – Minority Supplier Development Council United Kingdom (Associate Member), States of Missouri and Tennessee

2015


Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development CouncilRegional Supplier of the Year Class IV

2015

Zones is your trusted IT advisorWe partner with leading IT developers and manufacturers to offer you innovative technology solutions.

GOLD CERTIFIED PARTNER



Awards and accoladesRecognized as an outstanding business partner year after year.

Cisco Partner of the Year, Solution Innovation, 2015Cisco Partner of the Year, U.S. National Solution Excellence, 2015CRN Tech Elite 250, 2015, 2014, 2013Supplier of the Year, Tyson Foods, Inc., 2015, 2011Microsoft Supplier Program, Excellence Award for Supplier Diversity, 2015Microsoft Operational Excellence Award, 2015 (9 time recipient)

National Supplier of the Year (Class IV), National Minority Supplier Development Council, 2015Regional Supplier of the Year (Class IV), Northwest Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, 2015, 2012Top Revenue in Cloud Award, Ingram Micro, 2014

CISCOPartner of the YearSolution InnovationandU.S. National Solution Excellence

Today’s IT Challenges


Every 60 seconds… 699K Google Searches

11M Instant Messages98K Tweets

695K Status Updates 168M+ Emails Sent

1,820TB of Data Created

217 New Mobile Web Users

IT must change with it.


3RD PLATFORM(Mobile, Social, Big Data,

Cloud)IBM

Unisys

BurroughsHitachi

NECBull

Fijitsu

MRM

Claim Processing

PayrollSales tracking & Marketing

Commissions

Database

ERP

CRMSCM

HCM

HCM

PLM

HP

EMC

Cost Management

Order EntryProduct Configurator

Bills of Material

Engineering

Inventory

Manufacturing ProjectsQuality Control

SAP

Cash Management

Accounts Receivable

Fixed AssetsCosting

Billing Time and Expense

Activity ManagementTraining

Time & Attendance

Rostering

Service

Data WarehousingPaperHost

SLI Systems

NetSuite

OpSourceJoyent

Hosting.com

Tata Communications

Datapipe

PPM

Alterian

Hyland

NetDocumentsNetReach

OpenText

Xerox

Google

Microsoft

IntraLinks

QvidianSage

SugarCRM

VolusionZoho

AdobeAvid

Corel

Microsoft

Serif

CyberShift

Saba

Softscape

Sonar6Ariba

Yahoo!

Quadrem

Elemica

Kinaxis

CCC

DCC

SCM ADP VirtualEdge

Cornerstone onDemandCyberShift

Kenexa

Saba

Softscape

Sonar6

Workscape

Exact Online

FinancialForce.com

Intacct

NetSuite

Plex Systems

Quickbooks

eBay

Amazon Web ServicesGoGrid

LimeLight

salesforce.com

Xactly

Games

LifestyleMusic

Reference

SportTravel

WorkbrainTaleo

Finance box.net

FacebookLinkedIn

Pinterest

Twitter

Atlassian SmugMug

Amazon

iHandy PingMe

Snapfish

Urban Scribd.

Pandora

Yandex

AppFog

BromiumSplunk CloudSigmacloudability

kaggle

nebula

Parse

ScaleXtremeSolidFire

Hootsuite

Foursquare

buzzd

Dragon Diction

SuperCam

UPS Mobile

Scanner Pro

DocuSign

HP ePrint

YouTube

ViberQzone

Rackspace

Jive Software

Paint.NET

Business

Education

Entertainment

Navigation

NewsPhoto & Video

Productivity

Social Networking

UtilitiesSuccessFactors

WorkdayTripItZynga Baidu

Twitter

Yammer

Atlassian

MobilieIron

SmugMugAtlassian PingMe

Associatedcontent

Flickr

Answers.com

Tumblr.

MobileFrame.com

Mixi

CYworld

Renren

Xing

YandexHeroku

RightScale

New RelicZillabyte

dotCloud

BeyondCore

Mozy

Fring

Toggl

MailChimp Fed Ex Mobile

iSchedule

Khan Academy

BrainPOPmyHomework

Cookie Doodle

Ah! Fasion Girl

MAINFRAME CLIENT/SERVER INTERNET

The world is changing.

Cloud/client computing

Computing everywhere

Software defined applications and infrastructure

Smart machinesAdvanced, pervasive analytics

Risk-based security and self protection

3D printing

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The Internet of ThingsWeb-scale IT


Strategic technology trendsTop of mind for many IT Leaders

Zones Solutions


Zones strategic solutionsHelping customers with solutions spanning today’s critical IT priorities.

Cloud

Software

Communication& Collaboration

Data Center

Security

Mobility

Internet of Things

Networking Servers Storage Unified

communication

Converged infrastructure

Devices Activations Application

development

BYOD/CYOD Deployment Networking Wireless

infrastructure

MDM/EMM

Private Public Hybrid Infrastructur

e Business

continuity UC Security Applications Email

Intelligent building

management Physical security Access control Fleet

management Data analytics Energy

management Location tracking

Virus/Malwareprotection

Firewalls Archive &

retrieval Redundant

failover Physical

security

Integrated voice, video & data systems

Networked communications platforms

Powerful multimedia collaboration

Asset management

Enterprise Agreements

Audit preparation Benchmarking &

forecasting License

negotiation & advocacy

End-to-end solution capabilities l Design l Deployment l Implementation l Management Overview IT Challenges Solutions Next Steps

Zones cloud solutionsWe are uniquely positioned to help you deploy cloud solutions.

CloudSolutions

Applications

SaaS Collaboration Productivity

Unified CommunicationsEmail l Email Migration Mobility VOIP & Video

Conferencing l Messaging

SecurityInternet/Web Security

Endpoint ProtectionEmail Security

(Archiving & Encryption)

Infrastructure and Business Continuity

Storage l Compute/VM’s Backup Disaster Recovery l

IaaS

CloudSolutions


Zones cloud solutionsWe are uniquely positioned to help you deploy cloud solutions.

CloudSolutions

Cloud solution specialists to consult and to assess solutions that target your requirements

Comprehensive cloud ecosystem including automation, cloud solutions, and support services

Extensive portfolio of leading cloud solution providers for private and hybrid environments

End-to-end support, from strategic planning to procurement to post-sales support

Automatic cloud provisioning that is available from select partners through Zones Cloud Marketplace


Data center solutionsPartner with Zones to design and implement the data center infrastructure needed to power your business now and in the future.

We offer a broad portfolio of customized solutions to fit your business needs. Servers Security Virtualization Converged

infrastructure Power & cooling Network

infrastructure Storage & data

protection Hyper-converged

infrastructure


Security solutionsZones provides security solutions for top brands around the world, from the most trusted technology providers.

By teaming with Zones, you have access to solutions that provide superior visibility, control and advanced threat protection and mitigation.

We provide security solutions for a range of industries, including healthcare, retail and financial services.

Our key security partners

Endpoint UTM Web Mobile Email Encryption Cloud Data


Networking/Wireless Infrastructure

End User Devices

BYOD/CYOD

Activations

Cloud

App Development

Security

Deployment

Unified Communications

MDM/EMM

Mobility solutionsZones offers all the elements of a successful mobility strategy.

Devices & technology Lifecycle services Management Mobility strategy


Internet of Things practiceZones has an established IoT practice that focuses on integrating intelligent infrastructures and developing a core set of technologies that enable solutions.

Intelligent facilities Integrated communication Digital signage & messaging Industry-specific devices Software applications & analytics Physical security Access control Energy management Location tracking


SOLUTION INNOVATION AND U.S. NATIONAL SOLUTIONS EXCELLENCE

UNIQUE EXPERTISEIoT GROWTH

MULTIPLE VERTICALSSUCCESS

PARTNER OF THE YEARUtilizing Cisco solutions and Zones’ IT expertise, Del Papa Distributing has improved security, shipping capacity and service at their facility in Texas.

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Del Papa Distributing

Building management Transwestern leveraged Cisco solutions, the Internet of Things and Zones capabilities to transform Pennzoil Place into a smart, connected, energy efficient building.

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Pennzoil Place

Internet of Things practiceZones is the leading partner of choice for IoT.

Established IoT Practice staffed with dedicated IoT experts and solutions architects Established best practices and proven methodologies that power IoT transformations Proven track record and history of customer successes


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Enterprise software licensingProvider of choice for many of the world’s top brands.

We optimize the customer environment, enabling simplified management and greater operational and cost efficiencies.TIER 1Zones is a preferred Tier 1 Microsoft partner with LSP and CSP status.

EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENTTools and expertise to provide effective management of software assets through:

Zones Discovery ServicesSAM AssessmentsMLS Analysis

LICENSING EXPERTISEDeep licensing experience with MS EA, MPSA, Open and CSP programs.

Dedicated Microsoft & Software SpecialistsLong-tenured Licensing SpecialistsCertified Solution Architects System Engineers

CLOUD SOLUTION EXPERTSDedicated cloud practice staffed with cloud solution experts who have the specialized knowledge and insight necessary to plan, implement and manage successful cloud deployments.BEST PRACTICESLeverage best practices around cloud, solutions, assessments, deployments and migration services


Dedicated software expertise with in-house resourcesZones’ software experts help manage your entire software license portfolio.

CERTIFIED LICENSING SPECIALISTS

License Agreement Consulting & Negotiation SupportBenchmarkingOngoing evaluationLicense and benefit enrollment support

FIELD & PHONE BASED SUPPORT

Quarterly Business ReviewsDetailed reviews of utilizationUpcoming milestonesRenewals and true-ups

PUBLISHER-SPECIFIC EXPERTISE

Maintenance ManagementStrategic co-termsRenewal planning

Compliance Consulting & Audit SupportProactive and required auditsCertified SAM assessments

“I highly recommend Zones for licensing management, especially for Microsoft software.”

�̶ Zones healthcare customer

Microsoft Operational Excellence

Gold Level

2014Microsoft Global Volume Licensing Partner of the Year

2013


Advanced Solutions GroupComplete IT solutions, from start to finish.

Zones solutions architects and solutions engineers ensure effective, efficient IT system implementation and act as an extension of your internal IT team.

Pre-sales consultations, strategy planning and IT assessments

Hardware/software maintenance management Automation of workflow, process and

provisioning Deployment services


ZonesConnect™Online procurement site simplifies ordering, tracking and reporting.

Web-based, integrated fulfillment system Real-time quoting of special bid pricing Real-time reporting Order tracking Standards management/compliance Visibility to client-specific inventory and pricing Integrated data warehouse for report generation Real-time inventory and pricing updates On-line asset management information Links to manufacturer and distributor sites


Zones solutions architects and systems engineers hold the highest levels of technical certification from every key solution provider we represent.

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Capabilities


Zones Logistics & Integration CentersOur capabilities move your business forward.

As experts in IT configuration, logistics and integration, we ensure smooth rollouts of complex deployments. Rapid deployment of new

technology Proof of concept testing On-site repair and technology

center IT lifecycle services

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System configuration & integration solutionsZones can support your IT needs and projects at any stage.

SERVICE OFFERINGS Component installation System burn-in Custom images Asset tagging, kitting, and packaging,

including “open me first” documentation Bios updates IP setup and configuration Operating system load System/tablet personalization

Data center integration solutions


INVENTORY MANAGEMENTProactive stocking and inventory positions

ENTERPRISE SERVER SOLUTIONS

Drive configuration and RAID setup Server image loading Burn-in testing and DOA

management Enhanced burn-in, power stressing Application layering Firmware management

ZONES RACK & STACK SERVER DEPLOYMENTS

Rack configuration Rack, blade and storage configuration Networking and switching

configuration Pre-delivery cable management Custom-built packaging

and shipment

ASSET REPORTING INTEGRATION

Industry expertiseAs a premier IT solutions provider, Zones delivers customized solutions to many industries.

Providing a wealth of knowledge and experience on projects that involve in-depth expertise of market requirements, compliance standards and best practices.

SUPPORTING ALL INDUSTRY SEGMENTS


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Finance

Utilities

Retail

Hospitality

Manufacturing

Government

Healthcare

Education Business Services

Technology


Next steps

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