News // PromonLogicalis Wins Cisco Global Technology Excellence Partner of the Year


Slough, UK, 7 June 2010 – PromonLogicalis announced today that it is the recipient of a Cisco Partner Summit global award for Technology Excellence Partner of the Year. Logicalis Group was also presented with a further seven awards spanning Latin America and Europe.  Cisco unveiled the winners April 28 at its annual channel partner conference in San Francisco.

The objective of Cisco’s Partner Summit global awards is to recognize exemplary channel partners whose business best practices Cisco would like other partners to model.  Categories 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.

“It is an honor and privilege to name PromonLogicalis as a Cisco Partner Summit global award winner,” said Keith Goodwin, senior vice president, Worldwide Channels at Cisco.  “The Technology Excellence Partner of the Year award recognizes PromonLogicalis’ performance and achievements as an outstanding global Cisco channel partner in 2009.”

Ian Cook, CEO of Logicalis, comments; “These awards celebrate a successful global partnership, and reflect our continued commitment and investment in Cisco’s technology portfolio.

In particular, I’d like to applaud our teams in Latin America, whose six awards illustrate significant expertise in the delivery of Cisco solutions and services.  Coupled with the European awards, these regions are pushing the benchmark for industry excellence, and demonstrate what Logicalis Group aspires to achieve worldwide.”

The following awards were presented to PromonLogicalis and Logicalis Group:

  • Global Technology Excellence Partner of the Year (Emerging Markets)
  • Emerging West - LATAM Technology Excellence Partner of the Year – Virtualization
  • Emerging West - LATAM Enterprise Partner of the Year
  • Emerging West - Brazil Technology Excellence Partner of the Year – Virtualization
  • Emerging West - Brazil Service Provider Partner of the Year
  • Emerging West - Southern Cone Enterprise Partner of the Year
  • United Kingdom - Data Centre and Virtualization Partner of the Year
  • European Markets Data Centre and Virtualization Partner of the Year

Cisco Partner Summit awards are presented at three levels: regional, theatre and global, honouring partners for outstanding performance within its geographic region.

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 and collaboration; data center optimization; application development and integration; and outsourcing 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 annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications service providers, specializing 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 (LSE/JSE: DTC).

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