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And the winners are…. T he Angel Business Communications DCS Awards took place
on Wednesday 23rd May at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel and Conference Centre in Central London in front of 160 guests from across Europe, and featured a hilarious session from comedian Jimmy McGhie and music from ‘The Young and Funky Party Band’. The awards were hosted by Paul Trowbridge from Angel’s sister company EVITO and were made to the winners of the 12 categories voted for by the readership of the Angel stable of print and online publications plus the DCS Industry award made by the publishing and editorial staff of the magazines.
The Datacentre Solutions Awards recognise the products, projects and services as well as honour companies and teams operating in data centre market space. They encompass the achievements of end-users, channel partners and vendors alike, and in the case of the end-user category awards were also made to the supplier who nominated the winning organisation. A judging panel of respected editors and analysts validated all the entries and approved those that went forward to the voting process.
Entry fees to this year’s awards raised over £3,000 which is being donated to the awards 2012 charity, the Alzheimer’s Society.
END USER AWARDS Enterprise Project of the Year
sponsored by
Winner: The Cooperative Group supported by Sudlows Runner-up: Verne Global supported by Colt Data Centre Services
This is the first facility in the UK to have an ECA compliant and certified EDRUPS installed and it redefines the balance between resilience and efficiency whilst still having the flexibility to upgrade to Tier-3 configurations. It shows the innovative use of free-cooling systems and the upgrade was undertaken successfully next to existing data centre facility. The data centre was a key enabler in the new HQ achieving BREEAM status by allowing a virtual desktop environment for 4,000 users.
Public Sector Project of the Year
Winner: Malta Information Technology Agency supported by the Government of Malta Runner-up: Westgate Schools supported by Dell
MITA created a ‘state of the art’ Data Centre of the highest quality and standards to provide a Solid Platform for government ICT initiatives covering Healthcare; e-Learning, e-Government functions based innovative and cost effective solutions. They received International Accreditation from the Uptime Institute for the TIER III Data Centre Design and it is run in line with the stringent EU Code of Conduct for Data Centres policies and guidelines. The Hon. Austin Gatt, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Communications told us “The quality and standard of this data centre is something we all should be proud of. This is the first data centre in the region classified as Tier III by Uptime Institute...”
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Sponsored by Winner: Madeline Bard, Source Runner-up: Andy Hirst, Sudlows
As a founding director of Source Managed Services, Madeline (Maddy) Bard has come from a banking background and learnt the data centre and communications industry from scratch. Her vision has helped shape Source to provide a fresh approach to data centre services. She saw that by providing fixed pricing solutions regardless of the contracted term and access to World leading environments Source would gain traction within the Enterprise and Wholesale markets. Among Maddy’s skills she is identified as being a fast learner, learning from scratch to expert commercial knowledge – is an excellent communicator, shows impeccable negotiation skills, is a great networker and always demonstrates a positive attitude.
Green Datacentre Project of the Year Sponsored by
Winner: 4D Data Centres supported by Eco Cooling Runner-up: Verne Global supported by Colt Data Centre Services
4D Data Centres decreased energy usage of 88% on cooling load, Reduced carbon footprint with an estimated saving of 440,605 Kg of CO2 per year. Provided better cooling performance on hot days than traditional CRAC units and reduced PUE to 1.146. They invested in a little-known, new technology during an economic recession – they applied determination to see a difficult project through five months of implementation which required time-consuming, meticulous project management and showed enthusiasm and demonstrated a passion for the environment and the will to do something about it.
Datacentre Professional of the Year
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