Six-Year Agreement to Support Marks & Spencer’s
Strategy of Efficiency and
Innovation
Slough, UK, 25th July
2011 – International solutions provider, Logicalis, has
been awarded a six-year services and managed service contract with
high-street retailer, Marks & Spencer, aimed at improving the
efficiency and agility of their network infrastructure, as well as
supporting the cost-effective deployment of innovative ICT
services.
Logicalis' on-site and Managed Service Centre
(MSC) teams will provide professional services and 24/7 management
of the wired and wireless network infrastructure across M&S's
700 UK stores, Head Office, regional offices, distribution centres
and depots.
Richard Presant, head of operations at Marks
& Spencer comments: “In Logicalis we have a partner with the
ability to align IT to the needs of our business. Our relationship
is founded on Logicalis’ continued achievement in maintaining
excellent levels of service.”
The six-year agreement includes access to a
wider range of Logicalis UK’s services and managed services,
particularly focussed on providing strategic consulting to M&S
on future technology innovation and project strategy and
implementation.
Tom Kelly, managing director of Logicalis UK,
adds: “Logicalis will continue to act as an extension to Marks
& Spencer's IT team, with a strong cultural fit and
understanding of the pressures of operating in the retail
industry.
“Quality is a watchword within M&S, and
Logicalis are committed to maintaining the excellence of service
delivery M&S has come to expect of us. This new agreement will
also now support M&S in their goals of further efficiency and
continuous service improvement. Our experience in providing service
excellence and innovation to M&S under a cost-efficient
framework sets us in good stead to further our strategic
partnership a long time into the future.”
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 &
collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed
services.
Logicalis Group employs over
2,000 people worldwide, including highly trained service
specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT
infrastructures to meet the needs of over 5,000 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 $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 in excess of $4 billion.
For further information please
contact:
Logicalis UK
Andrew
Parker/Jennifer Manning
Cohesive Communications
T: +44 (0)1291 626200
E: Logicalis@cohesive.uk.com