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Insight : EMEA, a division of Insight Enterprises Inc. (NASDAQ:NSIT), one of the largest global value-added resellers of IT solutions with operations in 15 countries in EMEA, has teamed with Google Enterprise : to bring Google Apps : online applications and services to Insight’s client base in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Insight and Google foresee businesses of all sizes, in every industry, embracing Software as a Service : (SaaS) in ever-increasing numbers. The economic, security, reliability, and delivery advantages of SaaS can give companies a real competitive advantage.

Google Apps™ offers simple to use and powerful messaging : and collaboration : applications for business –

including Google Mail™, Google Calendar™, Google Groups™, Google Talk™ chat and instant messaging, Google Docs™ document, spreadsheet and presentation sharing and editing, Google Video™ for internal video sharing, and Google Sites™ intranet for knowledge sharing.

As one of the global leaders in SaaS, Google Apps has experienced accelerating adoption with thousands of businesses signing up daily and over 2 million companies already using this solution to improve their business with better messaging and collaboration tools.

Stuart Fenton, President Insight EMEA said: “Insight is a strong advocate of the SaaS model and we see this as an excellent opportunity to partner with a market leader in this space. Our approach to technology goes beyond mere implementation and instead provides real business guidance on technology adoption and deployment. Insight provides Google Enterprise with expertise in helping clients manage & deploy software across diverse IT environments, from small and medium sized clients up to and including the most complex large, global clients. A significant portion of the Global Fortune 500 : clients currently look to Insight as their trusted advisor for software today.”


Kai Gutzeit, Head of Google Enterprise DACH & Nordics: “The product offerings from Google Enterprise such as Google Apps Premier Edition are IT solutions designed especially for Enterprise customers. It is not just all about sales and margin when selling these products, but services and support as well. In order to accurately gauge the market and achieve appropriate sales growth, cooperation with our partners is of the utmost importance. Insight is one of the world’s leading single-source providers of top name-brand business-to-business IT solutions and services. Therefore I am absolutely delighted that we are working with Insight in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.”


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 4,000 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 visit www.insight.com :

Google, Google Apps, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar, Google Groups, Google Video, Google Talk, Google Sites, and Google Apps Authorized Reseller are trademarks of Google Inc.


InsightStuart Fenton, EMEA PresidentTelephone : +44

(0) 870 704 5250Email: stuart.fenton@uk.insight.com : mailto:stuart.fenton@uk.insight.com