NETSTARLOGICALIS STRENGTHENS AUSTRALIAN DATA CENTRE PRACTICE WITH THREE NEW APPOINTMENTS

Sydney, AUSTRALIA – 28 April 2010 – NetstarLogicalis Australia today announced it has strengthened its data centre team with the appointment of three key senior positions. These include Stan Sotiropoulos to the role of Data Centre Practice Manager, Matthew Boettcher and Alberto Ramos to the positions of Data Centre Solution Architects.

Chris Meager, Managing Director of NetstarLogicalis, said, “We are committed to building our data centre practice and specialist consulting division because we believe this area is fundamental to the future of networking and virtualised data centre environments. Stan, Matthew and Alberto have extensive knowledge and an accumulated wealth of experience across the IT industry. We look forward to their involvement in creating significant value for our partners and customers.”

Sotiropoulos has over 17 years experience in the information technology industry, specialising in practice management, strategic IT consulting, solution and product management. Sotiropoulos’ most recent appointment was with Thomas Duryea Consulting in the role of National Practice Manager of Data Centre Solutions. As NetstarLogicalis’ Data Centre Practice Manager, Sotiropoulos will primarily be responsible for driving the company’s data centre strategy including the development of their product portfolio and service offerings. He will also be managing NetstarLogicalis relationships including VMware and EMC.

Boettcher joins NetstarLogicalis with over ten years experience in public/private cloud computing and technical project management. Prior to joining NetStarLogicalis, Boettcher held various positions at Microsoft including Infrastructure Architect and Technical Marketing Manager. In the new role, Boettcher is primarily responsible for driving NetstarLogicalis design and migration consulting business for private cloud infrastructures by leveraging virtualisation, enterprise storage and management solutions.

Ramos joins NetstarLogicalis with 11 years experience in highly technical roles, including 10 years at Dell as a technical consultant and systems engineer, specialising in Virtualisation and storage architecture solutions. As NetstarLogicalis’ Data Centre Solutions Architect, Ramos will provide architecture and consulting services for customers regarding Cisco, VMware and EMC data centre solutions.

ABOUT NETSTARLOGICALIS
NetstarLogicalis is part of the Logicalis Group, which is a division of Datatec Limited (DTC), a $4.2 billion multi-national Group listed on the AIM market of the LSE and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. NetstarLogicalis offers a complete range of end-to-end solutions for converged data, security and Data Centre infrastructure. NetstarLogicalis’ state-of-the-art network management facilities help customers reduce the cost of managing their infrastructure. Our goal is to help customers better run their business, leveraging our proven networking and Data Centre expertise and experience. For more information visit www.au.netstarlogicalis.com .

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