02 March 2005
Logicalis opens IBM Data Retention Center of Competance to help clients meet long term data retention and compliance requirements
Logicalis Data Retention Center of Competence allows customers to "test drive" IBM Data Retention and Compliance Solutions
Las Vegas, NV – March 2, 2005 – Logicalis, an international IT integration company, announced today from the floor of IBM's PartnerWorld the opening of an IBM Data Retention Center of Competence to help clients address growing needs for long term data retention and government regulations surrounding the retention of data. The new state-of-the-art facility features integrated software and hardware that can simulate real world scenarios for clients to test their applications.
"As companies move to comply with corporate policy and existing regulations, new mandates are emerging and businesses are struggling to manage data efficiently," said Alan Stuart, Chief Strategist for Data Retention Solutions, IBM Risk and Compliance Council. "Compliance can mean confusion, but it is something that every organization has to weave into the fabric of their business operations. Through these Data Retention Centers of Competence, IBM is equipping Business Partners such as Logicalis with the tools they need to help clients obtain an integrated view of their processes, organization, technology and controls across all industries."
This new center will allow Logicalis to provide clients with:
- Demonstration and Proof of Concept capabilities
- Technical design, planning, configuration and implementation
- Competitive skills and knowledge tools
- ILM Services Methodology
At this new center, Logicalis can deploy IBM's competitive total cost of ownership (TCO) tool to compare various compliance and data retention solutions. The TCO tool helps analyze the ownership costs of IBM's TotalStorage DR550. The tool models customer environments, illustrates data growth over the life of the data, and provides comparative TCO for alternative solutions based on customer provided storage management and offering details.
"As compliance becomes integral to the way organizations perform day-to-day business, solution providers need to be prepared to help clients understand, meet and exceed compliance requirements," said Bob Hankins, Director, IBM Storage Sales. "Now Logicalis will be able to provide the compliance and data retention guidance and support our customers require in our IBM Data Retention Center of Competence. The Center will become a critical aspect of our Data Management services practice that provides our clients with data protection, high availability, IT consolidation and virtualization, replication, and data lifecycle management services."
One of the first products that will be available through the centers is IBM TotalStorage DR550, a system designed to deliver a central point of control for managing data. By leveraging IBM's TotalStorage DR550 offering, Logicalis can help customers manage long term data retention and regulatory compliance requirements.
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international provider of high-performance IT integration solutions. Logicalis employs 800 people worldwide, including highly-trained service specialists who specify, design, deploy and manage IT infrastructure to meet the needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers. Logicalis maintains strong partnerships with technology leaders such as HP, IBM, Cisco and EMC.
The Logicalis Group is a division of Datatec Limited, a $2.5 billion business listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis' global revenue is approaching $500 million from operations in the US, UK, Germany and South America. In North America, Logicalis accounts for nearly $350 million in revenue and 350 employees. For more information, visit www.us.logicalis.com.
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For more information, contact:
Lisa Dreher
Logicalis
lisa.dreher@us.logicalis.com; 425-201-8111