McLean, VA, Thursday, December 13, 2012–immixGroup, Inc. today announced that it received the 2012 McAfee Value Added Distributor of the Americas award. The award was presented to immixGroup at the McAfee FOCUS12 security conference, held in Las Vegas from October 22-24. immixGroup also received this award in 2011.

McAfee presents its distribution awards to distributors who build strong ecosystems and are dedicated to their customers and partners through efficient, effective, and proactive management of partner needs.

immixGroup helps technology companies do business with the government. It provides value-added distribution and aggregation services to McAfee and its channel of public sector resellers and solution providers. immixGroup works with McAfee to make its public sector channel more productive through a combination of market development activities, channel development capabilities, and processes that improve operational effectiveness.

In selecting immixGroup to receive this award for the second consecutive year, McAfee executives recognized immixGroup as an integral distribution partner that continuously develops new programs to help McAfee’s public sector partners grow their business. They also cited immixGroup’s ability to consistently sustain McAfee’s large volume of federal business while generating new opportunities to grow McAfee’s business. immixGroup’s McAfee federal marketing program, which included more than 50 industry events and 80 lead generation activities, was also attributed to the award win.

“immixGroup has been instrumental in helping us advance relationships with some of our top federal customers and has driven new programs that increased our footprint in areas such as healthcare and mobility,” said Fernando Quintero, VP of Americas Channels for McAfee. “immixGroup continues to demonstrate what a true partnership is and keeps growing with us by finding new ways to support our unique business needs.”

“We are proud to once again receive this award and to support McAfee’s continued growth within the public sector,” said Skip Liesegang, Vice President of immixGroup’s Government Channels Division. “Selling IT products to the federal government requires a great deal of specialized expertise. We’re pleased that McAfee has given us the opportunity to work with its channel partners to help them grow and manage their public sector business while getting government customers the products they need to fulfill their missions.”