Logicalis UK to Become Data Centre and Cloud Provider to Janet Community

SLOUGH, England, February 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

Logicalis UK Selected under Janet Data Centre and Cloud Services Framework

Logicalis UK today announced that it has been selected as one of a small number of data centre hosting and cloud services providers to the UK education community under a new Janet framework.  Eight providers of data centre and cloud services have been selected, enabling higher, further and other educational institutions to procure data centre hosting, hosted and private cloud services.

The framework was launched on the 7^th of February 2012.

Tom Kelly, Managing Director of Logicalis UK, commented, "We have been a partner of the education community in the UK for many years, helping higher and further education institutions adopt new and more efficient ICT delivery and consumption models, especially in the data centre.  Janet has long provided the UK education community with world class communications services, and with this new and innovative framework for data centre and cloud services Janet is extending its track record of service excellence into one of the biggest investment areas for the sector.  

"How universities and further education colleges provide computing and storage services in the future are going to be heavily dependent on the emergence of quality cloud services. As we have seen at Loughborough University, where £2.5million was saved through the adoption of Logicalis' Janet enabled hybrid cloud solutions and services, the power of cloud to unlock money so it can be directed at where an institution needs it most, improving student experience and educational outcomes, is now not in doubt."

Dan Perry, Head of Strategic Business at Janet, said, "We've managed to establish a framework, which is agile enough for everyone on the Janet network, in a remarkably short space of time.  Institutions are queuing up to use it, with our support, to help them move to cloud computing and data centres."

Logicalis will offer data centre hosting and cloud services from its UK based data centres, as well as private and hybrid on-site solutions, and a range of IaaS cloud services.

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 centre; business analytics; video; professional and managed services, hosting and cloud services.

Logicalis Group employs nearly 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,000 corporate and public sector customers. To achieve this, Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft and NetApp.

The Logicalis Group has annualised revenues of over $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, South America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications solution integrators, specialising 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 $5 billion.

For more information visit http://www.uk.logicalis.com

Contact:
Andy Parker/Sarah Chidgey
Cohesive Communications
+44(0)1291 626200
Logicalis@cohesive.uk.com