Logicalis Wins IBM Award for Overall Technical Excellence
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan -- Global technology provider Logicalis has won the "Overall Technical Excellence in an IBM Business Partner" award in the annual IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards competition.
The award recognizes IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing on demand business solutions.
Logicalis has a deep commitment to technical excellence as an IBM Premier Business Partner representing the entire IBM product portfolio and working closely with IBM executives and IBM field, channel, and brand representatives. The company has implemented and continues to implement numerous initiatives to demonstrate technical excellence and leadership.
"As recognized by the Beacon Awards, Logicalis has worked closely with IBM and its Business Partners to provide clients with innovative solutions that solve real business issues," said Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "Logicalis has set the standard for business excellence by delivering unique solutions as well as high customer satisfaction."
A key initiative and invaluable tool for Logicalis is its Business Partner Innovation Centers (BPICs) where the company can demonstrate the value of IBM solutions.
"Logicalis is honored that IBM recognizes the depth, breadth, and excellence of our technical support team and our facilities," said Logicalis Chairman Mike Cox. "We continue to strengthen our innovation centers with the very latest IBM servers and software as soon as they reach the market, and we support this commitment through our professional technicians and engineers, who are continually upgrading their skills and expertise on IBM's infrastructure and software platforms."
Judges for the IBM competition remarked that Logicalis "has demonstrated a commitment to customer satisfaction, leveraging the BPIC to demonstrate technologies and establish itself as a trusted technical expert and partner with clients. From consultants to salespeople to support staff, Logicalis believes that depth and breadth of technical knowledge throughout all parts of its business are critical to providing high value solutions to customers."
Strong customer references were one reason Logicalis earned the Overall Technical Excellence Award. "Logicalis did an excellent job in helping us better serve our customers," said Lou Ann Bannow of American Foods Group, a 4,000 employee food processing group firm based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for which Logicalis developed a WebSphere Portal using multiple IBM portlets. "The application was up and running on time, and they have continued with very good support," said Bannow of the Logicalis solution.
The Overall Technical Excellence award also recognizes Logicalis' focus on newer technologies such as virtualization and server consolidation that provide demonstrable real-world benefits to its clients.
"Through virtualization and consolidation, Logicalis customers are making significant cuts in their IT costs, in many cases as much as 50 percent or more," said Jeff Teeter, general manager and Executive Vice President of the Logicalis IBM business Division. "At the same time, they are dramatically improving the service to their customers, running their businesses more efficiently, and often getting significant competitive advantages."
In addition to winning the Overall Technical Excellence award, Logicalis was a finalist for the IBM Global Services Teaming Award for Resellers, and the Best IBM System Storage Virtualization Solution award.
About IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards
Nearly 662 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winner and finalists in 38 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during the IBM PartnerWorld 2007 Conference in St. Louis, April 29 - May 2. For more information about the IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards please visit http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/ pw2007_awards.html. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
About Logicalis
Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. Logicalis and its affiliated companies employ 1,000 people worldwide, including highly-trained service specialists who specify, design, deploy and manage IT infrastructure to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as HP, IBM, Cisco and EMC.
Logicalis is a part of Logicalis Group, a division of Datatec Limited (JSE:DTC), a $3.5 billion multi-national Group listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group has annualized global revenues of over $900 million from operations in the U.S., UK, Germany and South America. In the U.S., Logicalis' annualized revenues amount to some $550 million with over 600 employees. For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
Contacts
Logicalis, Inc.
Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development
425-201-8111
lisa.dreher@us.logicalis.com
www.us.logicalis.com
or
Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis
Arthur Germain, Principal, 631-239-6335
agermain@gocsg.com
www.gocsg.com
The award recognizes IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing on demand business solutions.
Logicalis has a deep commitment to technical excellence as an IBM Premier Business Partner representing the entire IBM product portfolio and working closely with IBM executives and IBM field, channel, and brand representatives. The company has implemented and continues to implement numerous initiatives to demonstrate technical excellence and leadership.
"As recognized by the Beacon Awards, Logicalis has worked closely with IBM and its Business Partners to provide clients with innovative solutions that solve real business issues," said Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "Logicalis has set the standard for business excellence by delivering unique solutions as well as high customer satisfaction."
A key initiative and invaluable tool for Logicalis is its Business Partner Innovation Centers (BPICs) where the company can demonstrate the value of IBM solutions.
"Logicalis is honored that IBM recognizes the depth, breadth, and excellence of our technical support team and our facilities," said Logicalis Chairman Mike Cox. "We continue to strengthen our innovation centers with the very latest IBM servers and software as soon as they reach the market, and we support this commitment through our professional technicians and engineers, who are continually upgrading their skills and expertise on IBM's infrastructure and software platforms."
Judges for the IBM competition remarked that Logicalis "has demonstrated a commitment to customer satisfaction, leveraging the BPIC to demonstrate technologies and establish itself as a trusted technical expert and partner with clients. From consultants to salespeople to support staff, Logicalis believes that depth and breadth of technical knowledge throughout all parts of its business are critical to providing high value solutions to customers."
Strong customer references were one reason Logicalis earned the Overall Technical Excellence Award. "Logicalis did an excellent job in helping us better serve our customers," said Lou Ann Bannow of American Foods Group, a 4,000 employee food processing group firm based in Green Bay, Wisconsin, for which Logicalis developed a WebSphere Portal using multiple IBM portlets. "The application was up and running on time, and they have continued with very good support," said Bannow of the Logicalis solution.
The Overall Technical Excellence award also recognizes Logicalis' focus on newer technologies such as virtualization and server consolidation that provide demonstrable real-world benefits to its clients.
"Through virtualization and consolidation, Logicalis customers are making significant cuts in their IT costs, in many cases as much as 50 percent or more," said Jeff Teeter, general manager and Executive Vice President of the Logicalis IBM business Division. "At the same time, they are dramatically improving the service to their customers, running their businesses more efficiently, and often getting significant competitive advantages."
In addition to winning the Overall Technical Excellence award, Logicalis was a finalist for the IBM Global Services Teaming Award for Resellers, and the Best IBM System Storage Virtualization Solution award.
About IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards
Nearly 662 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winner and finalists in 38 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during the IBM PartnerWorld 2007 Conference in St. Louis, April 29 - May 2. For more information about the IBM PartnerWorld Beacon Awards please visit http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/ pw2007_awards.html. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.)
About Logicalis
Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. Logicalis and its affiliated companies employ 1,000 people worldwide, including highly-trained service specialists who specify, design, deploy and manage IT infrastructure to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as HP, IBM, Cisco and EMC.
Logicalis is a part of Logicalis Group, a division of Datatec Limited (JSE:DTC), a $3.5 billion multi-national Group listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group has annualized global revenues of over $900 million from operations in the U.S., UK, Germany and South America. In the U.S., Logicalis' annualized revenues amount to some $550 million with over 600 employees. For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
Contacts
Logicalis, Inc.
Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development
425-201-8111
lisa.dreher@us.logicalis.com
www.us.logicalis.com
or
Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis
Arthur Germain, Principal, 631-239-6335
agermain@gocsg.com
www.gocsg.com
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