Logicalis Launches new Operation in Indonesia Formed From Joint Venture With Metrodata

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Logicalis Launches new Operation in Indonesia Formed From Joint Venture With Metrodata

SLOUGH, England, January 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

    Logicalis, an international IT solutions and managed services provider, has now
launched its joint venture operation in Indonesia. The new company, known as Logicalis
Metrodata Indonesia, was formed with leading Indonesian ICT Group, P.T. Metrodata
Electronics, Tbk based in Jakarta. Logicalis has a 51% shareholding and Metrodata 49%.

    Logicalis Metrodata Indonesia has approximately 25 employees reporting to a new
managing director, Dewi W. Irawan, and will focus on network communications, collaboration
and data centre solutions to the commercial, enterprise and service provider markets in
Indonesia.

    The Indonesian market is experiencing strong domestic growth at 6.5% (the 3rd largest
growth market in Asia, behind China and India[*]). In particular, the IT services market
is also showing a period of strong growth ahead. It is valued today at over $1 billion and
with compound growth predicted at 12.7% up to the year 2014[**], this brings the value to
one and half times what it is today.

    [*]Asia Pacific Executive Brief, January 2012, IMA Asia

    [**]Gartner Market Insight: IT Services Market Assessment, Indonesia, 2011, 16 June
2011

    About Logicalis

    Logicalis is an international IT solutions and managed services provider with a
breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications and collaboration; data centre and
cloud services; and managed services.

    Logicalis Group employs over 2,500 people worldwide, including highly trained service
specialists who design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the
needs of over 6,000 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 over $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 of approximately $5 billion.

    For more information, visit http://www.logicalis.com.

   
    For further information please contact:
    Jennifer Manning
    Cohesive Communications
    T: +44(0)1291-626200
    E: logicalis@cohesive.uk.com

Source: Logicalis

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