Logicalis Wins IBM Beacon Award for IBM Global Services Product Affinity

Logicalis has been named winner of the "IBM Global Services Product Affinity" award in the annual IBM Beacon Awards competition, which honors IBM Business Partners for their ingenuity, innovation, customer satisfaction and outstanding achievements in providing business solutions. Logicalis (www.us.logicalis.com), a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, competed against IBM Business Partners from all over the world in winning the award.

A Premier IBM Business Partner, Logicalis focuses on server and storage consolidation and virtualization, high availability, security solutions, and data management. As part of its growth strategy, Logicalis has maintained a strong relationship with all segments of IBM Global Services, leading to a high "clothing" rate for its IBM product sales with IBM Maintenance, education offerings, Remotely Delivered Services, Business Continuity, and General Technology Services. In addition to increased revenue and profit, working closely with IBM Global Services allows Logicalis to provide a richer selection of solutions to its clients.

The Logicalis IBM Business Partner Innovation Centers (BPICs) (http://www.us.logicalis.com/ibm.html) in Lisle, Illinois and Green Bay Wisconsin along with their Virtualization Centers in Minneapolis and Houston have been an important key to its success in delivering high-performance solutions that meet the business needs of its customers. Logicalis manages these centers to provide customers hands on access to the latest software and hardware for testing and briefing sessions.

To ensure efficient customer service, IBM and Logicalis have established relationships for a broad set of offerings, including Authorized Agent for IBM e-business Hosting (ebHS) territories, IBM Business Continuity and Resiliency Services (BCRS) solutions, Applications on Demand, SAP reseller, Global Business Services Express offerings, and Solution Provider of Global Technology Services offerings. Logicalis is the first Business Partner to invest in becoming an Authorized Delivery Partner (ADP) with IBM Global Services.

Judges commented that, "Logicalis has everything -- a fantastic range of services, large signings, and major investments in its people, marketing and processes. Logicalis shows a high degree of innovation with many attached solutions. Their commitment to IBM is well established."

"As an IBM Beacon Award winner, Logicalis has demonstrated superior results through its commitment to driving sales of the IBM Global Services product affinity-based portfolio to accompany its IBM product sales," said Ravi Marwaha, general manager, IBM Global Business Partners. "The success that Logicalis has achieved reflects its success in tailoring solutions to client needs and leveraging its broad capabilities across IBM's products and services offerings."

"Our partnership with IBM has helped us deliver innovative technology solutions to customers all over the globe," said Kirk Zaranti, Sr VP of Sales, Logicalis. "We're delighted that IBM has recognized us for delivering technology solutions tailored to the specific business needs of our customers, technology that directly affects their bottom lines."

In addition to the Global Services Product Affinity Beacon Award, Logicalis was one of three finalists for the 2008 IBM Global Financing Beacon Award in recognition of its innovative approaches to driving the adoption of IBM Global Financing for end users.

Last year, Logicalis was also in the winner's circle at PartnerWorld, earning the "Overall Technical Excellence" Beacon award and the "IBM Business Partner Excellence Award."

About IBM Beacon Awards

More than 725 nominations were judged by a team of leading industry journalists, analysts, and IBM executives, who selected winner and finalists in 37 award categories. These IBM Business Partners will be honored during a gala event at the IBM Business Partner Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on April 30 - May 2, 2008. For more information about the IBM Beacon Awards, please visit http://www-1.ibm.com/partnerworld/pwhome.nsf/weblook/2008_awards.html.

About Logicalis

Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. With over 1,500 people worldwide, Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific needs, not the latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options, direction and support to more than 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. The company attributes its success to the everyday positive experiences with its customers and strategic partners

Logicalis has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America. Logicalis is a division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE:DTC), a $3.2 billion multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With over 30 offices in the United States, the company's U.S. headquarters are in Bloomfield Hills, MI. For more information about the Logicalis experience, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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Media contacts:

Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Logicalis, Inc.

lisa.dreher @ us.logicalis.com; 425-201-8111

www.us.logicalis.com

Arthur Germain, Principal, Communication Strategy Group for Logicalis

agermain @ gocsg.com; 631-239-6335

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Logicalis Wins IBM Beacon Award for IBM Global Services Product Affinity