24 October 2011
Local partnership extends existing
international relationship between the two organisations.
Sydney, October 24, 2011 – NetApp today
announced the appointment of Logicalis as an Australian Partner.
Logicalis is one of the world’s leading IT solutions and managed
service providers.
Chris Meager, CEO of Logicalis Australia, said, “Logicalis’
customers are in continuous need of flexible IT solutions that will
not only save them money but allow them to conduct business more
efficiently. Therefore, we sought a partner experienced in
providing solutions that allow business agility and scalability on
demand. Our NetApp partnership will allow us to deliver
cost-effective storage solutions to customers based on our
experience in communications and collaboration, data centre and
professional and managed services.
“This partnership, when combined with our Cisco expertise,
enables us to also deliver and support FlexPod solutions that
accelerate the transition to the cloud by integrating disparate
compute, storage, and network components into a single
architecture. We are one of the only organisations in Australia
that can provide an integrated FlexPod maintenance offering, with a
single phone number for support and SLA-backed managed services
offerings.”
“We are very pleased to be working with Logicalis as a NetApp
Partner,” said Peter O’Connor, Vice President for NetApp Australia
and New Zealand. “Our partnerships are one of the keys to the
success of our business across ANZ, so it is important we make the
right choices when deciding on new relationships. Logicalis’s
experience in the local market and reputation for exemplary
customer relationships makes the company an excellent partner for
NetApp. We look forward to working together to help our customers
transform their businesses.”
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