News // Logicalis Named Avnet Technology Solutions’ Top HP ESSN Sales Partner in the U.S.


Solution Provider Recognized for Overall Sales Excellence and

Commitment to Solving Customers’ Business Problems with HP Technology Solutions

Who:  Logicalis (http://www.us.logicalis.com/), an international IT solutions and managed services provider with corporate headquarters based in Farmington Hills, Mich.

What:  Logicalis has been named Avnet Technology Solutions’ Top HP ESSN Sales Partner in the U.S.  The award, which identifies Logicalis as being the Avnet channel partner that has achieved the most overall 2011 sales volume in the HP enterprise, server, storage and networking categories, also recognizes the solution provider’s commitment to understanding HP technology and to creating solutions that solve customers’ business problems using HP products.  This is the fifth year in a row that Logicalis has earned this distinction.

Quote:  “Logicalis’ HP sales staff has a very deep understanding of HP’s ESSN technologies and products, giving us the ability to create HP solutions that solve real-world business problems for our customers every day.  Our employees have demonstrated incredible dedication to the HP brand and to learning the intricacies of the product line inside and out, something that is critical to our clients when it comes to implementing solutions built around HP technology.  It’s a winning strategy, and we’re honored to be recognized for our dedication to the HP brand and the channel once again this year.” – Brandon Harris, vice president, HP Solutions, for Logicalis

Quote:  “Logicalis has been a valued partner of Avnet’s for more than six years and has been recognized for its sales contributions every year. This award again recognizes Logicalis as Avnet’s Top HP Partner for U.S sales for ESSN.  This continued selling success is evidence that Logicalis is committed and experienced with HP technology solutions, and provides an industry-leading level of service excellence to its customers.” – Tony Vottima, senior vice president and general manager, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas, HP Solutions Group

More Information: For more information about Logicalis and HP, visit Logicalis’ HP partner page on the Logicalis web site here.  Also, watch a short four-minute video showing how the relationship between HP and Logicalis benefits customers here.

Media Contacts:  Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Logicalis, Inc., mailto:lisa.dreher@us.logical.com, 425-201-8111, http://www.us.logicalis.com/,  or Karen Franse, Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis, kfranse@gocsg.com, 866-997-2424, www.CommunicationStrategyGroup.com/

About Avnet Technology Solutions

As a global IT solutions distributor, Avnet Technology Solutions collaborates with its customers and suppliers to create and deliver services, software and hardware solutions that address the business needs of their end-user customers locally and around the world. For fiscal year 2011, the group served customers and suppliers in more than 70 countries and generated US $11.5 billion in annual revenue. Avnet Technology Solutions (http://www.ats.avnet.com/) is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT).

About Logicalis

Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data center and cloud services; and managed services.

Logicalis Group employs over 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,000 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 annualized revenues of over $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, specializing 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 of approximately $5 billion.

For more information, visit http://www.us.logicalis.com/.