Logicalis Announces "Pump Up My Portal" Enterprise Portal Remodel Contest

Technology Solutions Provider to Award $25,000 in Consulting Services to Winning Organization that Demonstrates why its Enterprise Portal is Most Deserving of a Makeover

Bloomfield Hills, MI (PRWEB) November 11, 2008 -- Does using your enterprise portal mean you must log into five separate applications? Is it nearly impossible to generate a report? Is your intranet stuck in 1999? Today's enterprise portal is enjoying resurgence as companies look to upgrade and adopt new Web 2.0 standards and capabilities. Logicalis (www.us.logicalis.com), a global provider of high-performance technology solutions, wants to help. The company is announcing today its first ever "Pump Up My Portal" enterprise portal remodel contest to help one lucky organization develop a plan for transforming its current laggard enterprise portal into a Web 2.0 superstar. Eligible entrants must submit a brief description of their current portal (or need for a portal) along with any available screenshots or they can post a short video on YouTube that demonstrates why their current enterprise portal needs a makeover. One winner will be selected from among the most deserving, original and quirky entries. Complete rules and a submission form are available at http://us.logicalis.com/myportal.

A complimentary report detailing best practices for enterprise portals (http://www.us.logicalis.com/ep), "Harnessing Portal Power for Your Organization," as well as a podcast with a Logicalis portal expert, are available to all entrants and interested organizations for download from: http://www.us.logicalis.com/ep

"An enterprise portal is a secure, customizable, browser-based interface that can provide employees, customers and partners with access to a range of information sources, allowing them to interact directly with the information and colleagues --anytime and anywhere," said Shaun Olsen, Logicalis Vice President of Consulting Services. "It's an important communication and collaboration platform for any organization and we're hoping to highlight the best features portals have to offer through this contest. We can showcase the need for better standards in portal development and help organizations tap into the possibilities portals can offer."

The contest will be open to qualified organizations - both profit and not-for-profit - through December 1, 2008. The winning organization will be selected based on its ability to convincingly demonstrate its need to upgrade its enterprise portal, as well as explain how the upgrade will benefit the organization. The winning company will be contacted, highlighted on the Logicalis web site and announced to the media. In addition, the first 25 eligible entrants will receive $100 fuel cards just for participating. Interested organizations are encouraged to visit the Logicalis web site for complete rules and a submission form at http://us.logicalis.com/myportal.

About Logicalis

Logicalis is a global provider of high-performance technology solutions. With over 1,500 people worldwide, Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific needs, not the latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options, direction and support to more than 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. The company attributes its success to the everyday positive experiences with its customers and strategic partners such as IBM, HP, and Cisco.

Logicalis has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America. Logicalis is a division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE: DTC), a $4 billion multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With over 30 offices in the United States, the company's U.S. headquarters are in Bloomfield Hills, MI. For more information about the Logicalis experience, visit www.us.logicalis.com.

Media contacts:

Lisa Dreher, VP, Marketing & Business Development, Logicalis, Inc.

lisa.dreher@us.logicalis.com; 425-201-8111

www.us.logicalis.com

Arthur Germain, Principal, Communication Strategy Group (http://www.gocsg.com/services_pub_relations.html) for Logicalis

agermain@gocsg.com; 631-239-6335

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