Nominations are NOW open for the DCS awards

In a re-shaping of their 2014 awards plans, Angel have decided to focus all of the end-user projects awards normally given as part of the DCS Awards and the Storage Virtualization and Cloud (SVC) Awards held in December onto a new set of awards entitled the ‘IT In Action Awards’ planned
for the summer of 2014. The DCS awards are designed to reward the product designers, manufacturers, suppliers and providers operating in data centre arena. The Awards recognise the achievements of the vendors and their business partners alike and this year encompass a wider range of both facilities and information technology award categories designed to address all of the main areas of the datacentre market in Europe.

The DCS Awards categories provide a wide-range of options for organisations involved in the IT industry to participate, so you are encouraged to get your nominations made as soon as possible for the categories that you think you have achieved something outstanding or where you have a product that stands out from the rest.

The editorial staff at Angel Business Communications will validate entries and announce the final short list to be forwarded for voting between 1st April and 1st May. The winners will be announced at a gala evening on 15th May in London. What better way to reward your team for their hard work than to take one day off their busy schedule and to celebrate your success?

The 2014 DCS Awards feature 20 categories across three groups. The facilities and ICT technology awards are open to products and solutions that have been available, i.e. shipping in Europe, before 1st July 2013 while the channel/provider awards nominees must have been present in the EMEA market prior to the 1st January 2013.

For a full set of descriptions of each award category, the entry criteria associated with them, and to make your nominations please visit www.dcsawards.com, there are no entry fees but all entries must feature a comprehensive set of supporting materials in order to be considered for the voting short-list.

Good luck!

Categories:
DCS FACILITIES:
£ Datacentre Power and Cooling Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Infrastructure Management Product
of the Year
£ Datacentre Design/Build Supplier of the Year
£ Datacentre Hosting/co-location Supplier of the Year
£ Datacentre Energy Efficiency Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Management Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Physical Security Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Fire/Safety/Lighting Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Cabling Product of the Year
£ Datacentre Cabinets/Racks Product of the Year

DCS COMPANIES:
£ Datacentre Facilities Company of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Company of the Year
£ Overall Datacentre Company of the Year

DCS ICT:
£ Datacentre ICT Application Product of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Server Product of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Storage Product of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Security Product of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Management Product of the Year
£ Datacentre ICT Networking Product of the Year

DCS CHANNEL:
£ Distributor of the Year
£ VAR/SI of the Year
£ MSP of the Year
£ Vendor Channel Programme of the Year