Press Release
LOGICALIS GARNERS IBM PARTNERWORLD BEACON AWARD FOR BEST IBM XSERIES ON DEMAND SOLUTIONScalable, Open xSeries Solution Delivers Complex IT Integration that Satisfies Shifting Customer Demands for Real Time Financial Transactions
Bloomfield Hills, MI – March 6, 2006 – Logicalis, Inc., a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, was named winner of the “Best IBM xSeries On Demand Solution” award in the annual IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition, honoring IBM Business Partners for their innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing on demand business solutions.
The Logicalis IBM xSeries On Demand Solution is a comprehensive hardware, software and services offering, based on the IBM xSeries platform, that seamlessly assigns computing resources based on customer demand, provides the ability to optimize and expand resources using a scalable, open IT platform, and lowers administration costs by streamlining applications.
When Kable News, one of the largest magazine and periodical circulators in the world, was faced with complex IT integration challenges due to several acquisitions, it relied on the Logicalis solution to enable the consolidation of multiple applications on a uniform xSeries server base, the processing of dynamic volumes of financial transactions in real time, and the uniform access of account information — even with shifting customer demand.
The IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition judges highlighted the Logicalis solution’s capability to enable companies to respond to dynamic market challenges with exactly the right amount of server and storage resources at minimum cost and high flexibility.
“Logicalis was chosen as the winner in this category based on its ability to deliver cutting edge innovative value to customers while working closely with IBM to both benchmark and extend those solutions and technologies,” said Donn Atkins, General Manager, IBM Global Business Partners. “Logicalis is combining technology expertise with business insight to help their clients innovate on important business issues and realize real efficiencies."
”Logicalis is honored to be recognized by IBM for our On Demand Business solution’s ingenuity and customer satisfaction,” said Logicalis xSeries Executive, Kevin Gruneisen. “This award underscores our IBM business strategy of delivering high-performance innovative solutions to our customers.”
About IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards:
862 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winner and finalists in 36 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during the IBM PartnerWorld 2006 Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 12 - 15. For more information about the IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards please visit http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/
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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 (JSE: DTC), 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.
