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/.