DatacenterDynamics was celebrating the best examples of data center engineering and management across South-East Asia, at a glittering gala dinner at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on Wednesday.
The DatacenterDynamics Asia Pacific Awards, taking place during the Singapore Data Center Week, are part of a unique event series that provides worldwide recognition to outstanding individuals, teams and projects. In this complex and competitive market, there are few greater accolades than to be awarded one of these industry ‘Oscars’. And there is no more rigorous judging process: an independent panel of industry experts had carefully considered every contender and decided a winner. Past winners include many of the world’s leading brands, and every shortlisted finalist shares recognition for their exceptional performance and contribution to the industry.
Top quality and unequalled diversity for 2015 awards
“The diversity and quality of this year’s entries has been outstanding,” said chairman of the judges, Ed Ansett. “The majority of the projects that we have had to consider are world-class, which is indicative of a fast-maturing industry sector. Every project or team that has made the next stage is noteworthy.”
Keith Murray, regional vice-president for Data Center Solutions (APAC) at Schneider Electric, headline sponsor of the Awards programme, commented: “We are delighted to again be supporting the DCD Awards. It is programmes such as this that spur data center owners and operators to embrace best practice and innovation, and all the finalists are exemplars to the wider community.”
And the winners are…
| Category name | CATEGORY SPONSORED BY | Entry name | COMPANY | |
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WINNER |
[01] The Enterprise Data Center Award |
i3 Solutions |
Huawei Langfang Cloud Data Center |
Huawei
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WINNER |
[02] The Internet Data Center Award |
Emerson Network Power
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China Unicom Guangdong Cloud Data Center Shenzhen Yantian Base |
Huawei
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WINNER |
[03] The Service Provider Data Center Award |
CBRE
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Equinix revolutionizes data center services with 3Is - Innovation, interconnected initiatives |
Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX)
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WINNER |
[04] The Modular Deployment Award |
CEEDA
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Shanghai Guofu - Huawei Modular Data Center Project |
Huawei
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WINNER |
[05] Data Center Critical Environment Team of the Year |
DCProfessional Development
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Digital Realty -Data Center Critical Environment Team of the Year |
Digital Realty
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WINNER |
[06] Critical Environment Future Thinking Award |
Schneider Electric
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Container-type Modularized Data Center with 40℃ HTA products |
NEC & Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
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WINNER |
[07] The Energy Efficiency Improver’s Award |
M+W Group
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Digital Realty - Energy Efficiency Improver’s Award |
Digital Realty
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WINNER |
[08] Data Center Transformation Project of The Year |
Panduit
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Virtualized Layer 1 Network for Software-Defined Data Centers |
Telstra
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WINNER |
[09] The “Open” Data Center Project Award |
Cloud3DView: A Human-Centric 3D-Gamification Platform to De-risk New Technology Adoption in Modular Data Centre Operations |
Nanyang Technological University
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WINNER |
[10] Cloud Journey of the Year |
Equinix Cloud Exchange revolutionizes the cloud marketplace |
Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX)
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WINNER |
[11] The Data Center Evangelist Award |
Digital Realty |
Ka Vin Wong – Managing Director, 1-Net |
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WINNER |
[12] Outstanding Contribution to the Industry |
IO |
Tomoo Misaki – Senior Researcher/Manager, NRI |
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We salute all of the winners and remind all of the nominees that getting that far was an achievement in itself.