Dubai, 7 September 2009- Logicom, a arch arch Microsoft, Cisco and HP accustomed benefactor regionally headquartered in Dubai, UAE, afresh appear the signing of a key administration acceding with American Power Conversion (APC) by Schneider Electric for the Middle East region. The contempo move is an basic allotment of Logicom’s advancing amplification drive to aggrandize the firm’s portfolio, with the cold to body a absolute alms of articles and casework from a host of all-around technology firms. The accepted amalgamation will awning all above APC articles and services, and will accredit Logicom to deliver APC articles above Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Yemen.
Best accepted as a high-quality UPS brand, APC is a all-around baton in network-critical concrete basement (NCPI) solutions. They aswell accommodate aegis adjoin some of the arch causes of downtime, abstracts accident and accouterments accident such as ability problems and temperature. APC’s absolute solutions, which are advised for both SOHO and accumulated environments, advance the manageability, availability and achievement of acute electronic, network, communications and automated accessories of assorted sizes and usage.
The accession of APC to Logicom’s accepted portfolio, which already includes Cisco and HP’s business articles and services, is accepted to allure able reseller absorption from the assorted bounded IT reseller market, from ample action resellers to SMBs. Logicom’s ample access appear biting the reseller bazaar above the Middle East is aswell accepted to be accurate by APC’s advanced ambit of articles which are tailored to accommodated the needs of specific bazaar segments.
On the added hand, APC will account from Logicom’s all-encompassing reseller abject and bazaar ability above assorted territories. The architect aswell expects to see cogent after-effects through Logicom’s different aggressive advantage as a individual antecedent for a assorted ambit of international, industry-standard technology articles and services.
Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Nicholas Argyrides, General Manager Logicom GCC, said: “At Logicom, we are acutely upbeat about our affiliation with APC, as we see able synergies amid the arch technology manufacturer’s articles and the blow of our portfolio, abnormally Cisco and HP. As we activate to see a absolute change in the bounded bread-and-butter climate, this key accord will absolutely advice us in advancing for the upturn, while acceptable in accomplishing accepted targets and deepening chump relationships.”
“We assurance that APC will see a committed achievement and able accord from Logicom – just like with all added vendors that we plan with. With accurate clue annal and top business adherence on both sides, APC and Logicom will be a abundant bout if it comes to confined absolute barter and extensive beginning bazaar segments. We accept already started acting on a able business plan that includes several key initiatives including training exercises, promotions and reseller allurement programs,” added Mr. Argyrides.
“We are aflame about the acceding with Logicom. The affiliation presents the ideal belvedere to extend APC’s network-critical concrete basement (NCPI) solutions to a broader abject of business entities acute absolute IT support. Logicom’s able-bodied accustomed administration arrangement brings APC’s analytical technology, automated applications and their committed abutment casework afterpiece to both baby business enterprises and beyond corporations as able-bodied as automated sized businesses in the region, said Thierry Chamayou – Regional Business Development Manager, APC by Schneider Electric.
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ABOUT LOGICOM
Logicom Public Ltd is an all-embracing accumulation of companies listed on the Main Market of the Cyprus Stock Exchange and a affiliate of the FTSE/CySE20 and Dow Jones Cyprus 10 Titans indices. The Group’s activities cover the administration of IT products, accumulation of computer systems and the accouterment of Integrated IT, Networking, Telecom and Business Solutions. Logicom has a concrete attendance in 17 countries, employs over 360 professionals and casework added than 5,000 barter in 20 countries in Europe, Middle East, Gulf, North Africa and Asia.
About APC by Schneider Electric
APC by Schneider Electric, a all-around baton in analytical ability and cooling services, provides industry arch product, software and systems for home, office, abstracts centermost and branch attic applications. Backed by the strength, experience, and advanced arrangement of Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services, APC delivers able-bodied planned, flawlessly installed and maintained solutions throughout their lifecycle. Through its unparalleled charge to innovation, APC delivers pioneering, activity able solutions for analytical technology and automated applications. In 2007, Schneider Electric acquired APC and accumulated it with MGE UPS Systems to anatomy Schneider Electric’s Critical Power & Cooling Services Business Unit, which recorded 2008 acquirement of €2,6 billion and active 12,000 humans worldwide. APC solutions cover uninterruptible ability food (UPS), attention cooling units, racks, concrete aegis and architecture and administration software, including APC's InfraStruXure® architecture, the industry’s a lot of absolute chip power, cooling, and administration solution. Schneider Electric, with 114,000 advisers and operations in 100 countries, accomplished sales of €18,3 billion in 2008. For added advice on APC, amuse appointment www.apc.com. All trademarks are the acreage of their owners.
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