Dimension Data And Subsidiary Nexus Named To CRN's Managed Service Provider 500 List

Companies recognized as top data center-focused solution providers within MSP Elite 150 category

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Feb 20, 2015, 08:00 ET

NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dimension Data, the $6.7 billion (USD) global ICT services and solutions provider, and its subsidiary Nexus IS, Inc. ("Nexus"), a leading global provider of professional, cloud and managed services for advanced IT solutions, today announced that both companies have earned recognition on The Channel Company's 2015 CRN Managed Service Provider (MSP) 500 list as one of the MSP Elite 150. CRN's annual MSP 500 list distinguishes the top technology providers and consultants in North America whose leading approach to managed services enables clients to improve operational efficiencies, elicit greater value from IT investments and successfully leverage technology to achieve greater competitive advantage. The MSP Elite 150 Elite category recognizes large data center-focused solution providers with a strong mix of on-premise professional services as well as off-premise services.

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"The data center has become one of organizations' most strategic assets. Our clients rely on the flexibility, performance and resiliency of the data center to differentiate their business and deliver end user satisfaction," said Mark Slaga, CEO of Dimension Data Americas. "We're honored to be recognized, along with Nexus, as an MSP Elite 150 provider, and to help clients around the world transform their businesses through the power of our combined strengths in on-premise, off-premise and managed data center services."

In today's world of outsourced IT, the expertise of MSPs has become increasingly important to organizations. The plethora of choices in terms of consumption and procurement of technology can become overwhelming. To help facilitate companies' selection and adoption of managed services and providers, CRN, the leading media outlet for technology vendors and solution providers who serve end-user customers, has identified the top 500 MSPs.

Dimension Data provides clients with a complete range of integrated data center and public, private and hybrid cloud services. Hosted across its own global data center footprint or within client data centers, its Managed Cloud Platform^™ (MCP) is comprised of cloud infrastructure (servers, storage, networking, virtualization and operating system software) and its CloudControl^™ management system, which provides operational control and automation of cloud resource provisioning, orchestration, administration and billing. Dimension Data also helps clients enable more efficient and agile data centers with greater automation and responsiveness in delivering desktop and server virtualization, storage and data management, data center networking and facilities design and operation, among other services.

Acquired by Dimension Data in April 2014, Nexus provides advanced IT solutions – with industry specializations in government, education and healthcare – to enterprises, mid-sized business and public sector clients. Through a combination of consulting, managed services and collaboration with industry leaders, such as Cisco, EMC, F5, NetApp and Red Hat, Nexus creates powerful data center solutions focused on storage, infrastructure and client virtualization, backup and recovery and networking. Together, Dimension Data and Nexus are able to deliver a formidable portfolio of cloud, data center and other managed services, backed by deep technical expertise, to clients on a global basis.

In 2014, Dimension Data and Nexus were also named to CRN's Solution Provider 500 list, which identifies the nation's top solution providers by revenue. Dimension Data was ranked number thirteen, with Nexus climbing 23 points to number 55.

Coverage of the MSP500 is featured in the February 2015 issue of CRN and online at www.CRN.com.

About Dimension Data
Founded in 1983, Dimension Data plc is an ICT services and solutions provider that uses its technology expertise, global service delivery capability, and entrepreneurial spirit to accelerate the business ambitions of its clients. Dimension Data is a member of the NTT Group. Visit us at http://www.dimensiondata.com/en-US and www.facebook.com/DimensionDataAmericas or follow us on Twitter: @DimensionDataAM.

About Nexus
Nexus leverages its extensive experience and expertise to enable organizations to Connect, Collaborate and Create by providing end-to-end technology solutions based on six distinct, yet complementary, practices: Collaboration, Data Center, Borderless Networks, Managed Services, Cloud and Business Video. Nexus partners with industry leaders including, Cisco, EMC, NetApp, VMware, Citrix, Microsoft and NEC, to provide the most comprehensive and competitive solutions to clients. Nexus serves the private sector, from small business to the Fortune 500; and the public sector including local, state, and federal government. Additionally, Nexus has highly specialized vertical market practices including GovEd, Healthcare and retail, where it has developed proprietary applications that turn unified communications into clinical workflow solutions. Nexus is a Dimension Data company. Learn more at: http://www.nexusis.com.

About the Channel Company
The Channel Company, with established brands including CRN, XChange Events, IPED and SharedVue, is the sales channel community's trusted authority for growth and innovation. For more than three decades, we have leveraged our proven and leading-edge platforms to deliver prescriptive sales and marketing solutions for the technology sales channel. The Channel Company provides Communication, Recruitment, Engagement, Enablement, Demand Generation and Intelligence services to drive technology partnerships. Learn more at www.thechannelcompany.com.

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