Datacloud Global Awards 2021: Deadline for entries looming!
Although the sector will not be making its annual pilgrimage to Monte Carlo in June this year, our global community will still congregate for a virtual version of Datacloud Global Congress from 1st to 3rd June that is poised to set the standard for industry events. Even better news, the Datacloud Global Awards are still taking place, also virtually, on 1st June and this looks set to be a bumper year both for entries and for opportunities to showcase industry best practice and outstanding achievements. Entries for 2021 Datacloud Awards close at the end of March so you don’t have long to finalise and upload your submissions.
I am lucky enough to sit on the judging panel, setting and refining categories and reviewing the submissions. It’s always an interesting journey. Judges are assigned to those categories best suited to their expertise. Everyone judges individually and then discusses conclusions with the other judges for that category. Finally they have to present their choices to the full panel for scrutiny. The result usually ends up in lively discussion – judges don’t always agree.
The 2021 categories are below and you can also find the collection of tips that I’ve developed after reviewing entries over the years here.
These include simple things you can do to increase the likelihood of success - and things to avoid! Many may seem like statements of the obvious but it is always surprising how many entries fall foul of the simplest rules of thumb.
And now for the 2021 categories…
Category 01: Cloud Service Provider of the Year 2021
Category 02: Data Centre Service Provider of the Year Award 2021
Category 03: Data Centre CyberSecurity Award 2021
Category 04: Excellence in Regional Data Centre Awards 2021
Category 05: Inward Investment Initiatives for Data Centres 2021
Category 06: Data Centre Construction Award 2021
Category 07: The Innovation Award 2021
Category 08: Sustainable Data Centre Award 2021
Category 09: Energy Solution Provider Award 2021
Category 10: Connectivity Innovator of the Year 2021
Category 11: Edge Award 2021
Category 12: Excellence in Community Engagement Award 2021
Category 13: Young Digital Leader of the Year Award 2021
Category 14: Young Engineer of the Year Award 2021
Category 15: Commitment to diversity and talent development
Category 16: The Judges’ Award 2020
Datacloud Global Awards will take place virtually on 1st June 2021 as part of the Datacloud Global Congress which runs from 1st to 3rd June.
Lucas Banach
Lucas Banach is Programme Assistant at techUK, he works on a range of programmes including Data Centres; Climate, Environment & Sustainability; Market Access and Smart Infrastructure and Systems.
Luisa C. Cardani
Luisa C. Cardani is the Head of the Data Centres Programme at techUK, aiming to provide a collective voice for UK operators and working with government to improve business environment for the data centres sector.
