Press Release

Press Release

LOGICALIS LAUNCHES E-MAIL ARCHIVING SERVICES BASED ON EMC TECHNOLOGY THAT SIMPLIFY E-MAIL MANAGEMENT FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Certified consultants deliver solution for meeting data retention and management requirements and regulations

Bloomfield Hills, MI – January 17, 2006 – Logicalis, Inc., a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, announced today it is delivering an e-mail archiving solution based on EMC Corporation’s industry leading archive technology to help organizations with backup and recovery challenges, improve operational efficiencies and meet regulatory guidelines. Gartner analysts indicate that managing and protecting corporate email systems must become a strategic initiative, as e-mail is increasingly used to transfer and contain mission-critical business records that must be retained for regulated periods of time. Both the size and the number of mailboxes have increased exponentially and enterprises today are confronted with storage, data management and compliance challenges like never before. Logicalis chose to use the EMC Centera content addressed storage system and EMC EmailXtender, EMC EmailXaminer and EMC DiskXtender storage management software to provide organizations with a solution to overcome these data management challenges through the use of e-mail archiving.

“E-mail archiving is a new concept for many clients and it is often overwhelming,” said Eric Linxweiler, Vice President, Consulting. “By viewing archival as a natural extension of backup and recovery, Logicalis uniquely offers its clients a solution that is seamless to implement and support,” continued Linxweiler. “For our clients, deploying an e-mail archiving solution requires little change other than enhancements around how they are able to use e-mail within their environments.”

The Logicalis e-mail archive solution provides:

• Regained control of corporate e-mail
• Reduced storage requirements
• Easier search and retrieval
• Reduced back up times
• Unlimited mailbox size for end users

“Logicalis is well positioned to deliver a complete e-mail archival solution utilizing a combination of EMC hardware and software products including EMC Centera, EMC EmailXtender, EMC EmailXaminer and EMC DiskXtender,” said Mark Avery, Senior Director Centera Marketing Alliances and Product Management, EMC Corporation. “Not only does Logicalis have teams of certified technical consultants across the country, but also has the in-house experience of archiving their own corporate e-mail with this solution. We feel very confident in Logicalis’ ability to assess, design, deploy, and manage best-in-class archival solutions for their clients,” according to Avery.

About Logicalis
Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. Logicalis and its affiliated companies employ 1,000 people worldwide, including highly-trained service specialists who specify, design, deploy and manage IT infrastructure to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as HP, IBM, Cisco and EMC.

Logicalis is a part of Logicalis Group, a division of Datatec Limited (DTCJ.J), a $3 billion business listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group will have annualized global revenues of approximately $700 million from operations in the U.S., UK, Germany and South America. In North America, Logicalis’ annualized revenues will amount to some $450 million with nearly 400 employees in the U.S. For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

For more information, contact:
Lisa Dreher
Logicalis
VP, Marketing & Business Development
425-201-8111