Data Centre 2008 Awards: Judges Consider Nominations and Special Additional Award for Green Data Centres is Announced.LONDON -- Nominations have been put forward by industry players for this year's Data Centres Europe Awards. Entries have substantially increased since last year, and reflect the prestigious role that the Awards play in contributing to brand reputation and marketing efficiency. The Judges for this year's awards include Nicola Hayes, Vice President, BroadGroup, Andrew Harrison, Director, Arup, Steven Berry, Associate Director, Buildings Engineering Group, ARUP, Zahl Limbuwala, Chairman, BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. , Greg Sherry, Regional Director, Europe, BICSI (Building Industry Consulting Service International, Tampa, FL, www.bicsi.org) An international telecommunications association providing education, registration and resources for professionals involved in the design and installation of low-voltage distribution systems in commercial and , Tim Anker, Founder, The Colocation Exchange, Ashley R. Davies, Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM TYO: 8634 ) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the world. The company, headquartered in New York City, is one of the leaders in investment banking, financial services, asset and wealth management and private equity. With assets of $1. (chairman) and Alex Rabbetts, Managing Director, TA Migration Solutions. The awards this year fall into 7 categories: Best Data Centre Operator, Best Managed Services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality Provider, Best Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in Provider Award, Best Disaster Recovery Provider Award, Best Power Product Supplier Award, Best Cooling Product Supplier Award, and the sought after Outstanding Leader in Data Centres Award (CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Award) 2008. In addition, the researchers and organisers BroadGroup has announced today that a Data Centres Europe Green Award (Judges Award) will also be given for an outstanding contribution to the evolution of green data centres (ranging from concept to architecture and design through to technical operations and service delivery). The Award winners will be announced at the annual Data Centres Europe industry dinner which takes place during the Data Centres Europe conference on the evening of 10th April 2008 at the InterContinental Park Lane Hotel The Park Lane Hotel is a 5 Star hotel on Piccadilly, London. The hotel was built in the 1920s in the Grand Art Deco Style by Sir Bracewell Smith. The building is a fine example with a mansard roof and Portland stone facade. The building is Grade II listed. . 2008 attendees include operators, carriers, managed service specialists, power and cooling specialists and supplier companies engaged in the sector. With a wider presence from East and Central Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. In addition, Northern, Southern and Southeastern Europe may variously delimit or overlap into Central Europe. and North African North Africa A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. North African adj. & n. Adj. 1. delegates, this year brings much focus to the increasingly rigorous competition occurring in the Data Centre sector, and promises to host a range of critical topics that will provide insight into these issues. The programme includes an annual review of trends in data centre services, operations, pricing and growth, trends in technical property in Europe, and the rising importance and increasing competition in managed services, a special workshop on Eastern and Central Europe, content delivery, the CEO panel, a new feature on Data Centre build and an Investment panel. Technological leadership may be enabled through achieving higher and more complex levels of virtualisation such as application hosting and storage. Experts will deliver compelling insight into these issues, and assess the disruptive case for utility computing. Insight too will be provided into power and Green issues which remain prominent themes of debate in the sector. Migration Solutions will also present a valuable workshop, How to retrofit your data centre, responding to significant interest from IT managers across the region. Sponsors include BCS, Migration Solutions, Equinix, Datacenter Luxembourg/Inexio, Cellwatch, ARUP, Active Power, BICSI, Lamda Hellix Data Centers, Tyco Electronics, the Colocation Exchange, Armstrong, TelecityGroup, CBRichard Ellis, Ni2, and CNet. Media Partners include the Web Hosting Industry Review, Data Centre Solutions and Data Centre News. |
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