Executive Cloning Service or Brilliant Technology Solution?

    BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI, February 03, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Ever wished you could clone yourself to be in multiple places at once? That's what Cisco's TelePresence Meeting solution does for Logicalis executives and clients. The company has just implemented this immersive, video meeting space technology in four countries: the U.S., U.K., Brazil and Argentina. The technology will enable Logicalis to better serve clients that do business across the globe by erasing the borders between its teams. TelePresence is a converged network technology that uses "life-size" ultra-high-definition video (1080p images), CD-quality audio, interactive technologies and a specially-designed environment to approximate the feeling of actually being in the same room as participants in remote locations. It does, quite literally, allow you to be in multiple meetings in disparate regions of the world all in the same day.

Logicalis is a Cisco TelePresence Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) approved to sell the entire Cisco TelePresence solution portfolio worldwide. Becoming a TelePresence ATP is a significant accomplishment in itself, but Logicalis didn't just meet Cisco's requirements; it exceeded them. Today, Logicalis has certifications in four geographic locations with multiple Cisco-certified TelePresence technicians serving each location, totaling nearly 25 technicians dedicated to the TelePresence solution on staff around the globe.

Logicalis implemented the TelePresence Meeting solution in its own offices, opening its four TelePresence Meeting centers to enhance its ability to work with its own multinational customers and reduce travel demands on its own executives.

"Logicalis is an international company dedicated to providing the highest quality service to our clients no matter where they are in the world," said Bob Hankins, VP Cisco Solutions, Logicalis. "The bottleneck in serving clients on a worldwide basis for many companies is being able to have key executives in meetings in multiple countries all in one day and to make decisions in a timely manner. With TelePresence, we can do both."

Companies using TelePresence realize immediate cost savings, among other benefits. According to a study by Sage Research, those savings can be substantial, ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 per executive per month. But there are many benefits that are equally important to the cost savings of reduced travel expenses. For example, Logicalis' Cisco TelePresence offering enables:

-- Connecting with colleagues or customers in other countries on a moment's notice.
-- Improving training capabilities via video recording capabilities for later replay.
-- Publishing TelePresence sessions via "Show and Share" software.
-- Making use of a company's top experts no matter where they are in the world rather than duplicating those resources due to geographic constraints.
-- Broadcasting sessions to employees not in the TelePresence rooms via Digital Media Suite.
-- Fostering key relationships across miles and cultures, building relationships and businesses by bringing all parties together at a virtual table.
-- Increasing time to market by making faster decisions collaboratively.
-- Enabling employee interviews from anywhere with ease.
-- And, by decreasing travel, saving hard dollars and lost hours of productivity.

Logicalis is among an elite group of Cisco TelePresence partners to have implemented multiple TelePresence locations across such a dispersed geographic range, giving it a distinct business advantage of its own. Importantly, Logicalis' TelePresence implementation also offers clients interested in deploying their own TelePresence Meeting solutions the opportunity to see the system in action before making the decision to move to TelePresence themselves.

TelePresence adds significantly to Logicalis' already strong capabilities in unified communications, collaboration, data center optimization, outsourcing and managed services. Find out more about the company's solutions in each of these increasingly popular technology fields at www.us.logicalis.com/uc.

"If you want to know whether or not your solution provider believes in what it is selling to you, just ask if they have implemented the solution themselves. When it comes to something like TelePresence, this is a significant investment for any business. But it's one that Logicalis was willing to make because we see the value in it every single day," Jim Dossias, Director Unified Communications, Logicalis says. "This is a huge competitive advantage for Logicalis, its multinational clients, and potential TelePresence customers."

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For more information about Logicalis, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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 center optimization; application development and integration; and outsourcing and managed services.

With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group employs over 1,900 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the needs of over 6,500 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 annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and is fast establishing itself as one of the leading IT and Communications service providers, specializing in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, a $4.2 billion revenue business listed on the Johannesburg and London AIM Stock Exchanges (LSE/JSE: DTC).

For more information about Logicalis, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

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