Company type | Private |
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Industry | Information Technology |
Founded | London, UK 1997 |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Jens Montanana(
Chairman) Robert Bailkoski ( CEO) |
Products | See [1] |
Revenue | £1.24 billion (2012) £1.05 billion (2011) [2] £840 million (2010) |
Number of employees | 3,500 |
Parent | Datatec |
Logicalis is a United Kingdom-based information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and service provider. The company is owned by Johannesburg, South Africa-based multinational ICT solutions[ buzzword] and services group Datatec.
Logicalis’s origins go back to 1997 when Datatec acquired Logical Networks plc, a UK based networking integrator (a company that had been established since 1988). From 1997 to 2000, Datatec embarked on a globalisation strategy, acquiring more than 20 IT integration and services companies across Europe, North and South America and Australasia.[ citation needed]
In 2001, Logicalis Group, which is 100% owned by Datatec, became the formal statutory holding company of the Logicalis operating companies.[ citation needed]
In 2003, Logicalis received an unsolicited offer from IBM for the Group's Australian and New Zealand businesses. The disposal was concluded in March 2004. [3] Since then, Logicalis has continued to acquire companies throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia Pacific, focusing on IT integration solutions[ buzzword] and network and enterprise systems. [4] [5]
The US operation was ranked 24th in the CRN Magazine 2011 VAR 500. [6]