Slough, UK, 10th February 2012 - 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 7th 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 IT solutions and managed services provider with a
breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and
collaboration; data centre and cloud services; and managed
services.
Logicalis Group employs over 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 and Microsoft.
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 further information please
contact:
Andrew Parker/Sarah Chidgey
Cohesive Communications
T: +44 (0)1291 626 200
E: Logicalis@cohesive.uk.com