Logicalis joins NetApp as
Gold Partner in Australia
Local partnership extends existing
international relationship between the two organisations
Sydney,
October 24, 2011 – NetApp today announced the appointment
of Logicalis as an Australian Partner. Logicalis is one of the
world’s leading IT solutions and managed service providers.
Chris Meager, CEO of Logicalis Australia, said, “Logicalis’
customers are in continuous need of flexible IT solutions that will
not only save them money but allow them to conduct business more
efficiently. Therefore, we sought a partner experienced in
providing solutions that allow business agility and scalability on
demand. Our NetApp partnership will allow us to deliver
cost-effective storage solutions to customers based on our
experience in communications and collaboration, data centre and
professional and managed services.
“This partnership, when combined with our Cisco expertise,
enables us to also deliver and support FlexPod solutions that
accelerate the transition to the cloud by integrating disparate
compute, storage, and network components into a single
architecture. We are one of the only organisations in Australia
that can provide an integrated FlexPod maintenance offering, with a
single phone number for support and SLA-backed managed services
offerings.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Logicalis as a NetApp
Partner,” said Peter O’Connor, Vice President for NetApp Australia
and New Zealand. “Our partnerships are one of the keys to the
success of our business across ANZ, so it is important we make the
right choices when deciding on new relationships. Logicalis’s
experience in the local market and reputation for exemplary
customer relationships makes the company an excellent partner for
NetApp. We look forward to working together to help our
customers transform their businesses.”
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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 1,900 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 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 $3.7
billion revenue business listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM
Stock Exchanges. For more information, visit www.Logicalis.com.
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NetApp
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that deliver outstanding cost efficiency and accelerate business
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