Logicalis Recognized as Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Authorized Technology Provider in the U.S.

NEW YORK, Dec. 30, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed services provider (www.us.logicalis.com), announced today that it has achieved Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) designation from Cisco. The designation recognizes Logicalis as having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure products and solutions.

Participation in the Cisco ACI ATP Program allows Logicalis to offer its customers a new data center architecture designed to simplify operations and greatly reduce provision time through automation for their applications.

"Logicalis US is proud to have been recognized for the training we've undergone and the significant sales support resources we have put in place to be able to offer our customers Cisco's Application Centric Infrastructure," says Renae Johnson, Vice President, Cisco Solutions, Logicalis US.  "It's becoming very clear that, today, information technology is a business in transition, shifting from a focus on technology to a services focus.  To accommodate these changes, CIOs are adopting more agile and automated development techniques, and Cisco's ACI offers the kind of centralized automation and network programmability that gives our clients the ability to rapidly deploy new applications while scaling resources up or down as needed, quickly and efficiently."

To earn the ACI ATP designation, Logicalis US fulfilled Cisco application centric infrastructure training and exam requirements. Logicalis also met the personnel and post-sales support requirements set forth by Cisco.

The Cisco Authorized Technology Provider Program is part of the Cisco go-to-market strategy for emerging technologies. The program helps Cisco to define the knowledge, skills and services that channel partners need to successfully sell, deploy and support an emerging technology practice.

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About Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure
Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in the data center is a holistic architecture with centralized automation and policy-driven application profiles. ACI delivers innovative software flexibility with the scalability of hardware performance.  An ACI network is deployed, monitored, and managed in a fashion that supports DevOps and rapid application change. ACI does so through the reduction of complexity and a common policy framework that can automate provisioning and managing of resources.

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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 employs over 3,800 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex IT infrastructures to meet the needs of almost 6,000 corporate and public sector customers.  To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, CA Technologies, EMC, NetApp, Microsoft, VMware and ServiceNow.

The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues of $1.6 billion from operations in Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific and is 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 $6 billion.

For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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Media contacts:
Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development,
Logicalis US
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www.us.logicalis.com

Karen Franse, Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis US
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