12th Datacloud Global Awards winners announced
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BroadGroup, the information media technology and professional services company, today announced the winners of the prestigious 12th Datacloud Awards. The finalists in each of the 16 categories and the new Data Economy Finvest categories were selected by judges comprised of professionals from the industry. These awards recognise the teams, products, innovations, initiatives and projects that demonstrate data centre and Edge and cloud innovation and service excellence.
A precursor to the Datacloud Global Congress in The Grimaldi Forum Monaco, the awards evening took place at the breath-taking Salle des Etoiles, Le Sporting Club, Monaco and was hosted by actress, model and charity campaigner, Joanna Lumley OBE.
This year, despite a more rigorous submissions process, our judges were overwhelmed with a staggering number of entries across the categories. After much deliberation, today BroadGroup is excited to announce the 2019 Datacloud Global Awards and Finvest finalists.
Philip Low, chairman BroadGroup commented: “The Awards honour the most forward-thinking individuals and advancements and in the industry. All of this year’s winners are disrupting and innovating in ways we had never imagined and helping to define a new era in the IT infrastructure market.”
Giordano Albertazzi, the President of Vertiv in Europe, Middle East and Africa added “The 2019 Datacloud Awards was a truly spectacular evening, recognising the inspirational people, innovation and excellence that embody our industry. As the Patron Sponsor, we have had the fantastic opportunity to acknowledge outstanding industry peers at last night’s ceremony. From categories ranging from cloud and data centre architecture to connectivity and circular economy leadership, I sincerely congratulate all the very deserving winners.”
The winners of the 2019 Datacloud Global Awards:
- Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility - Kao Data
- Cloud Service Provider of the Year - Jelastic
- Data Centre Service Provider of the Year - CBRE
- Data Centre CyberSecurity Award - Cyxtera
- Data Centre for Smart City Award - RISE SICS North
- Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award - Asia Pac - GDS Services
- Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award - Europe - Green Mountain
- Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award - Middle East and Africa - Rack Centre
- Excellence in Regional Data Centre Award - Americas - GlobeNet
- Global Connectivity Innovator of the Year - Global Cloud Xchange
- Hyperscale Innovation Award - Chindata
- The Edge Innovation Award - Vapor IO
- Data Centre Location of the Year - Greater Montréal
- Digital Champion 2019 Award - SBAB Bank implemented by City Network Hosting AB
- Young Digital Leader of the Year - Sami Badri-Credit Suisse
- Young Engineer of the Year - Paul Harrison
- Law Firm of the Year Award - Eversheds Sutherland
- Edge Investment Award - EdgeConneX
- Real Estate Deal of the Year Award - Legal & General Capital & Goldacre Noe Group
- M&A of the Year Award - CyrusOne
- The BroadGroup Award - Andrew Harrison & Andrew Jay
- iMasons Sustainability Champion Award - Joe Kava, Google
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Industry: Data Centre
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