New Logicalis Enterprise Cloud Offering Features Storage Powered by IBM XIV Storage System

    COLUMBUS, OH, May 10, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Logicalis, a $1 billion provider of integrated information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services, announced that its Logicalis Enterprise Cloud service launched today features storage powered by the IBM XIV Storage System. The new service offers enterprises throughout the U.S. a public cloud solution designed for organizations looking for smarter ways to run and manage IT. More information about Logicalis and its IBM partnership is available at http://www.us.logicalis.com/our-partners/ibm.aspx.

The Logicalis Enterprise Cloud (LEC) is an integrated cloud solution that offers unprecedented flexibility in capacity, ownership and services. It provides a highly secure, multi-tenant environment where Logicalis can build solutions for a single organization, or for communities of like-minded organizations. The new service from Logicalis is in direct response to market demand and a natural extension to Logicalis' expertise in the design and implementation of highly virtualized computing, storage and networking infrastructures, and its investments in enterprise-class managed services.

Logicalis is one of the world's leading IBM integrators and a long-time IBM Business Partner. Logicalis provides excellence in delivering a variety of technology solutions and services built around IBM platforms and has received IBM's top honors in annual competitions with major business partners around the world.

"Logicalis is able to leverage the strength of IBM's XIV storage offerings to create a solid platform for our cloud computing offerings," stated John Iffert, Logicalis Vice President of IBM Sales. "Logicalis is one of the most well-equipped IBM Business Partners in the country, able to assess a client's IT priorities and effectively map them to a set of recommendations and an action plan that delivers the best return on investment possible."

For more information about Logicalis, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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 and collaboration; data center optimization; application development and integration; and outsourcing and managed services.

With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group employs over 1,900 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500 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 annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications service providers, specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, a $4.2 billion revenue business listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges (LSE/JSE: DTC).

For more information about Logicalis, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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