Logicalis US Tapped for Thought Leadership Educational Videos in Three Key Tech Areas

NEW YORK, March 5, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Logicalis US, an international IT solutions and managed services provider (www.us.logicalis.com), announced today that three of its subject matter experts were tapped by SmartPros, a leading provider of accredited professional education and training to Fortune 500 companies, to discuss communications and collaboration, converged infrastructure, and in-memory databases in three of SmartPros' WatchIT videos, part of the company's eCampus Learning Management System.

WatchIT provides relevant, real-world broadcast-quality briefings, presented by leading subject matter experts, early adopters of technologies and expert analysts. The briefings offer business and IT professionals the means to understand current technology initiatives, recognize the pitfalls and opportunities associated with technology change, and to evaluate products and technologies.

Communications & Collaboration
The first video, "Unified Communications: An Introduction," is about communications and collaboration, or what some call "unified communications" or "UC." In this informational video, WatchIT host, Michael Quinlan, interviews Logicalis communications and collaboration expert Mike Johnson, Director of Architecture Solutions, Communication & Collaboration. In the video, Johnson defines communications and collaboration, its components and business benefits, discusses with Quinlan the challenges in implementing UC and how to navigate them, and examines the communications and collaboration vendor landscape.  To watch this video, click here.

Converged Infrastructure
In another video, "Converged Infrastructure: Benefits & Challenges," Quinlan talks with Logicalis' Samad Ali, Director of HP Business Development, about the ways an integrated solution can transform an enterprise organization's IT, enabling it to meet today's demands as well as tomorrow's.  Part of what Logicalis calls the IT Transformation Journey, a converged infrastructure (CI) reduces complexity, pools resources, and aids in automating IT processes while lowering costs and increasing IT's ability to respond to the needs of the business.  In this video, Ali discusses the benefits of CI, the implementation challenges, and the circumstances when organizations should consider embracing these solutions.  To watch this video, click here.

In-Memory Databases
The third video, "An Introduction to In-Memory Database Systems," focuses on the growing interest in in-memory databases.  An in memory database stores information in internal core memory.  This started with analytics and the need to analyze massive amounts of data with lightning-fast speeds.  But in-memory databases are also now moving into the realm of OLTP systems or backbone ERP systems.  In this video, Logicalis' Dan Quirk, SAP National Practice Leader and in-memory database thought leader, explores what this means for industries ranging from retail to the financial markets, telecommunications, or national defense systems and how in-memory database systems can offer a competitive advantage over those employing disk-based storage.  To watch this video, click here.

"The world of technology is going through some significant disruptive changes primarily related to the way IT is delivered," says Lisa Dreher, Vice President of Marketing for Logicalis US.  "SmartPros' WatchIT series provides a means for business professionals to quickly gain the knowledge they need to stay up to speed on some of the most important technology changes occurring in business today. It is critical that business leaders understand the different on-premise and as-a-service delivery models, as well as the challenges and business benefits associated with each specific IT decision. We are happy to support SmartPros' WatchIT series of informational videos and the goal they have to provide this important information."

"When producing our WatchIT videos, we search for the most talented and knowledgeable experts in any given IT category," says Jim Fallon, SmartPros WatchIT Business Unit Manager.  "Since Logicalis is a recognized leader in IT solutions and managed services, asking the company's experts to assist us in exploring communications and collaboration, converged infrastructures, and in-memory databases was a natural fit for our WatchIT professional education videos."

Want to Learn More?

• Learn more about Communications & Collaboration here: http://www.ict-log.us/t35XK.
• Find out how servers, storage, networking, virtualization, and other technologies form an integrated solution with converged infrastructure here: http://www.ict-log.us/t35Ib.
• Download a Logicalis eBook, "The Need for Speed," or explore a Logicalis microsite on SAP technology here: http://www.ict-log.us/t36aN.
• To visit the WatchIT demo catalog, click here: http://www.ict-log.us/uchMk.

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 nearly 3,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT 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 over $1.4 billion from operations in Europe, North America, South America and Asia Pacific and is fast establishing itself as 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 over $5 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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425-201-8111
www.us.logicalis.com

Karen Franse, Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis US
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