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Recognised For Data Centre Excellence And Year On Year Growth

International solutions provider, Logicalis, announced that it has been recognised by leading IT Manufacturer, HP, as its Data Centre Specialist of the Year. The annual awards recognise HP partners that have achieved significant advancements in core technology disciplines over the past year.

Logicalis has demonstrated technical, sales and deployment skills of the highest-value to achieve this accolade. According to Kevin Matthews, UK & Ireland channel manager at HP, Logicalis met stringent award criteria that clearly positioned the company as a high-growth partner:

"We are delighted to name Logicalis as our Data Centre Specialist of the Year, as they continue to demonstrate the commitment and technical ability to sell, deploy and support advanced HP solutions for customers. Logicalis has shown consistent HP year on year growth and a strong commitment to technical support and certification, which has contributed to their consistent delivery of first-class data centre solutions across the UK."

Tom Kelly, managing director of Logicalis UK, comments, "The Data Centre Specialist of the Year award is a fantastic achievement, and recognises our continued expertise, sales and technical leadership in the HP data centre arena.

"The award stands as testament to the strength of the business partnership between Logicalis and HP and helps to further demonstrate our HP data centre proposition to the marketplace. We look forward to further developing our collaborative relationship with HP to continue to enable customers, in both the public and private sectors, to drive strategic value within their data centre strategies."

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.

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 annualised revenues in excess 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 service providers, specialising 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. For more information, visit www.uk.logicalis.com.