Logicalis Wins Global Architectural Excellence Partner of the Year and Enterprise Partner of the Year at Cisco Partner Summit 2011

By Logicalis, PRNE
Thursday, March 10, 2011

Company Also Receives 13 Theatre, Regional and Country Awards at Annual Event

SLOUGH, England, March 11, 2011 - Logicalis (www.uk.logicalis.com/) announced today that it is the
recipient of two Cisco Partner Summit global awards for Enterprise Partner of
the Year (Brazil), and Architectural Excellence Partner of the Year (UK),
awarded in recognition of its cloud services. Logicalis also received 13
theatre, regional and country awards across Latin America, Europe, the United
States
and Asia Pacific. Cisco unveiled the winners at its annual channel
partner conference on March 1, 2011 in New Orleans.

Cisco Partner Summit global awards are designed to recognise the
exemplary channel partners who demonstrate best-in-class business practices
and serve as a model to the industry. Areas of consideration include
innovative practices, applications successes, unique programs,
problem-solving and sales approaches. All winners are selected by a group of
Cisco Worldwide Channels and regional theatre executives.

"Cisco is proud to partner with so many well-respected and
industry-leading organisations worldwide, and it is my privilege to recognise
Logicalis as a two-time Cisco Partner Summit global awards winner," said
Edison Peres, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco. "The awards
presented to Logicalis recognise its outstanding achievement as a Cisco
channel partner in 2010."

Ian Cook, Logicalis CEO comments, "Logicalis is proud to partner with
Cisco in 18 countries. Partner Summit is the ideal opportunity for us to meet
with Cisco executives, gain valuable insight into Cisco strategy and hone our
international Cisco based solutions into clear and distinct value
propositions. Our 15 awards are recognition of our continued success with and
investment in Cisco's technology portfolio worldwide."

Logicalis was honoured in Latin America with seven awards, most notably
'Enterprise Partner of the Year' at the country, regional and global level.
In the United Kingdom, Logicalis received six awards including 'Cloud
Services Partner of the Year' at the country, regional, theatre and global
level and 'Services Partner of the Year' for the UK and the UK and Ireland
region. Logicalis' operations in Australia and the U.S. were also honoured
with an award for 'Virtualisation Partner of the Year' and 'National Solution
Innovation Partner of the Year,' respectively.

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.

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 www.uk.logicalis.com

    For further information please contact:
    Andrew Parker/Jennifer Manning/Charlotte Sandy
    Cohesive Communications
    T: +44(0)1291-626200
    E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com

For further information please contact: Andrew Parker/Jennifer Manning/Charlotte Sandy, Cohesive Communications, T: +44(0)1291-626200, E: logicalis at cohesive.uk.com

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