(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Web hosting provider AIT (www.ait.com) announced on Tuesday it is now a national distributor of technology products with the opening of its new AIT Outlet store (www.AIToutlet.com).
The company says its AIT Outlet store offers business and home consumers the ability to "purchase over 25,000 hardware and software products at the lowest prices in the industry."
The launch of the AIT Outlet store arrives at an opportune time, with the recession preventing many small and medium-sized businessesfrom making expensive IT purchases.
All products are new and include the manufacturer's warranty, as well as 24-hour technical support.
AIT also expect to sell to larger companies and government agencies.
"The challenges faced by brick and mortar retail electronics outlets, coupled with the current recession, has led SMB's to use the Internet to glean product information and purchase products on online," says Clarence Briggs, CEO of AIT. "This change in customer preference prompted us open our own web store and offer top of the line products at wholesale, discounted. Now we are a technology product distributor offering over 75,000 products from 200 manufacturers."
The AIT Outlet lets anyone to set up an account, purchase directly for their own use, or buy and resell the brand products and services.
AIT handles the entire process, from taking the order, ensuring full satisfaction and delivering the products to the customer. Customers can track deliveries from origin to destination.
Visitors can search the site and find major manufacturers such as, Acer, HP, Fujitsu, IBM, Cisco, Lenovo, Symantec, Microsoft, Sony, Barracuda, and APC.
AIT provides computer hardware, software, managed and self-managed dedicated hosting, domain name registration, web design, email services and technical training.
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