Logicalis Wins Cisco UK, UK&I and Europe Cloud Services Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2011

SLOUGH, England, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Logicalis (http://www.uk.logicalis.com/) announced today that it is the recipient of five Cisco Partner Summit regional awards for UK and UK&I Services Partner of the Year, as well as the newly created UK, UK&I and Europe Cloud Services Partner of the Year. Cisco unveiled the winners at its annual channel partner conference on March 1, 2011 in New Orleans.

"Cisco works diligently with all of its channel partners, and it is an honour to announce Logicalis as a Cisco Partner Summit regional award recipient," said Bernadette Wightman, Managing Director, Channels, Cisco UK and Ireland. "The five awards presented to Logicalis recognise its performance and expertise as a Cisco channel partner across Europe in 2010."

"We understand that cloud is changing the way end users procure and consume technology. To be recognised by Cisco as its leading cloud services partner in the UK and Europe is a great testament to Logicalis' vision and innovation," comments Tom Kelly, managing director of Logicalis UK. 'These awards demonstrate our continued commitment to Cisco's Data Centre and Cloud strategy, and, our ability to deliver market leading solutions alongside them through our significant investment in developing a cloud architecture, and portfolio of solutions and services, that provide customers with a realistic journey into cloud."

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: regional, theatre and global. Cisco Partner Summit global awards reflect the top-performing channel partners within a specific technology market across several geographic regions.

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About Logicalis

Logicalis is an international provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services founded on a superior breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications & collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed services.

Logicalis Group employs over 2,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM and Microsoft.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges, with revenues in excess of $4 billion.

For more information, visit HTTP://www.uk.logicalis.com.

    
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