Monday 26 November 2012

DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards 2012 Finalists

The most prestigious accolades in the data center industry will be presented at the 6th Annual DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards on December 13th at the Lancaster London Hotel. 

Special non-shortlisted awards for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry and Business Leader of the Year will also be presented at the ceremony.

 George Rockett, chief strategy officer at DatacenterDynamics, said: The DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards form part of the Global Awards Programme which recognises innovation and leadership across the data center industry. The judging process, conducted by industry experts from across the sector, will continue between now and the Gala ceremony on December 13th which will see this years people and projects join previous winners as the recognised leaders in the data center industry. Built up over the last six years the DatacenterDynamics Awards are the most sought after in the industry. The Global Awards Programme consists of separate awards which celebrate the people, companies and developments in markets including North America, LATAM, Brazil, China and South East Asia.




Asetek, Inc. for RackCDU Liquid Cooling System For Data Center Efficiency

Iceotope for The Iceotope Liquid Cooling Solution

Munters Ltd for DigiPlex A2A Indirect Evaporative Cooling Modular Data Centre Solution University of Troms for Design And Implementation Of A Data Center Based On Hot Water Cooling Cable & Wireless Worldwide C&W Worldwide - Urban Blueprint

Digital Realty for Optimised Chilled-Water Cooling Solution At Digital Chessington

Lloyds Banking Group for Horizon Datacentre Programme

Mafi Mushkila Limited for Rack Mounted Server Emulator Development

Cannon Technologies for Cannon T4 Modular Data Centre

Euclyde Data Centers for Neoclyde Data Centre

Mercedes-Benz for Mercedes-Benz UK Primary Data Centre

NHS Airedale, Bradford and Leeds for NHS Bradford, Airedale & Leeds High Density Data Centre

ARM Ltd for New High Performance Computing (HPC) Data Centre

Colt Technology Services for Colt - A New Generation Of Data Centres

GSI for GSI MiniCube Data Center Powered By eCube

Sudlows for The BelleVue Data Centre - Sudlows


Ark Continuity for Ark Continuity's Spring Park Data Centre

HP for HP Suttons, Reading BCRS Facility Phase II.

MEEZA for M-VAULT 3

SBERBANK of Russia for Sberbank Mega Datacenter

Kent County Council for Kent Connects Regional Data Centres

MITA for MITA-01 Corporate Data Centre - Government Of Malta

Nottinghamshire County Council for Nottinghamshire County Council Data Centre

Trinity College Dublin for Trinity College Green Data Centre

De Novo for De Novo DC

Interoute for Interoute Virtual Data Centre

Linxdatacenter for Cloud Linxdatacenter Facility In Warsaw

Vtesse for Arup Move To Vtesse Cirrus

Equinix for Equinix Renewable Heating Project

Hetzner Online AG for Hetzner Online Data Center Parks

TelecityGroup for TelecityGroups AMS5 Data Centre Verne Global for Verne Globals Dual-Sourced,
Renewable Powered Datacentre


Green Datacenter AG for greenDatacenter Zurich West

Interxion for Seawater Cooling Project

LAMDA Hellix Data Centers SA for LAMDA Hellix Mission Critical Facility


TIZZON B.V. for PCM Control

Interoute for Interoute Virtual Data Centre Cloud Migration

Logica (now part of CGI) for Logica - Data Centre Consolidation Programme

Sleek Networks Ltd for Sleek Cloud Alignment


University of St Andrews for ICT Transformation At The University Of St Andrews

Asteros for The Oil Company "Bashneft" Corporate Data Center

Cannon Technologies for Cannon T4 Modular Data Centre

FORTRUST for FORTRUST IO Modular Data Centers

Minkels for Swiss Cold War Bunker Project

Arup: Chris Tolmie

IBM France: Emmanuel Tong-Viet

Red Engineering Design Ltd: Alex Nock

Romonet: Ehsaan Farsimadan

Colt Technology Services: Colt/Verne Global Delivery Team

Lloyds Banking Group: Horizon Prorgramme Team


MITA: MITA-01 Data Centre Migration Project - MALTA

UKFast: Migration Team

The DatacenterDynamics EMEA Awards headline sponsor is infinity. DatacenterDynamics is grateful to infinity and to all the category sponsors for their continued support.

A limited number of tickets remain. To attend the event or for more information about the awards contact
paul.mangles@datacenterdynamics.com

http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2012/11/datacenterdynamics-emea-awards-2012-




Wednesday 21 November 2012

Tech Trailblazers Awards Finalists Announced




Which startups have the most promising technologies? Vote for your favorites now.
The first-annual Tech Trailblazers Awards for enterprise information technology startups today announced
shortlisted finalists across the nine categories: Big Data, Cloud, Emerging Markets, Infosecurity, Mobile, Networking, Storage, Sustainable IT and Virtualization.
The first outing of the awards received a considerable groundswell of high quality entrants making the judging
quite a challenge.
The winners of the Tech Trailblazers Awards 2012 will be determined by the voting public and the judging panel. Which startups have the most promising technologies? Discover the finalists and vote for your favorites now from the Tech Trailblazers website just click on the Vote Now tab.

Finalists in the Tech Trailblazers Awards 2012

Big Data
-DataSift (@DataSift), www.datasift.com
-GoodData (@GoodData), www.gooddata.com
-GridStore (@GridStore), www.gridstore.com
-MapR (@MapR), www.mapr.com
-Verdigris Tech (@Verdigristech), www.verdigristech.com

Cloud
-Backupify (@Backupify), www.backupify.com
-CloudLock (@CloudLock), www.cloudlock.com
-SaaSID (@SaaSID), www.saasid.com
-Tiatros (@Tiatros), www.tiatros.com
-Virtustream (@Virtustream), www.virtustream.com
-Zadara Storage (@ZadaraStorage), www.zadarastorage.com

Emerging Markets
-ABCD Experts (@ABCDexperts), www.abcdexperts.com

-Chalet Tech (@ChaletTech), www.chalettech.com
-CloudByte (@CloudByteInc), www.cloudbyte.com
-SustainableIT (Twitter: @sustainableIT), www.sustainableit.co.za
-Infotectsecurity, www.infotectsecurity.com

Mobile
-Genwi (@Genwi), www.genwi.com
-GoCanvas (@GoCanvas), www.gocanvas.com
-ImageVisionLabs (@ImageVisionLabs), www.imagevision.com/
-Mezeo (@Mezeo), www.mezeo.com
-Moasis (@MoasisGlobal), www.moasisglobal.com

Networking
-Aryaka (@AryakaNetworks), www.aryaka.com
-Embrane (@Embrane), www.embrane.com
-Infineta (@Infineta), www.infineta.com

Security
-Chalet Tech (@ChaletTech), www.chalettech.com
-CipherCloud (@CipherCloud), www.ciphercloud.com
-Dome9 (@Dome9), www.dome9.com
-SaaSID (@SaaSID), www.saasid.com
-Vaultive (@Vaultive), www.vaultive.com
-Ventisys (@Ventisys), www.ventisys.com

Storage
-Actifio (@Actifio), www.actifio.com

-CTERA (@CTERA), www.ctera.com
-SMART Storage Systems (@SMARTSSD), www.smartstoragesys.com
-SolidFire (@SolidFire), www.solidfire.com
-Virtual Instruments (@Virtual_Inst), www.virtualinstruments.com

Sustainable IT
-Building Sustainability (@BSLEnergyTeam), www.buildingsustainability.net
-GreenQloud (@GreenQloud), www.greenqloud.com
-Iceotope (@Iceotope), www.iceotope.com
-Nutanix (@Nutanix), www.nutanix.com
-SustainableIT (@SustainableIT), www.sustainableit.co.za

Virtualization
-GreenBytes (@GetGreenBytes), www.getgreenbytes.com
-Nutanix (@Nutanix), www.nutanix.com
-Virtual Instruments (@Virtual_Inst), www.virtualinstruments.com
-VMTurbo (@VMTurbo), www.vmturbo.com
-Zerto (@ZertoCorp), www.zerto.com

Rose Ross, founder of the Tech Trailblazers Awards, commented, “The Tech Trailblazers Awards were designed to put a spotlight on the best-of-the-best of new technology startups from around the world. Our shortlists highlight some of the hidden gems of the global enterprise information technology industry, from Icelandto Israel, from Singapore to the Silicon Valley.” Ross added, “Our global community of judges had some hard work to do in selecting the shortlists from an impressive pool of contenders, but they did a great job. The 41 finalists in the Tech Trailblazers Awards represent some rising stars in the technology world-pioneers who are helping invent the systems that make business faster, more efficient, more secure, more environmentally friendly and, ultimately, more connected.”

All voters will be entered into a draw where winners will be selected at random to receive one of 5 exclusive Tech Trailblazers Awards t-shirts or one of 5 year subscriptions to Prezi.

http://www.thedatachain.com/news/2012/11/tech_trailblazers_awards_finalists_announced

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Wonga Future 50: Iceotope


Proprietary technology that solves a clear problem in a mega, growing industry. This set of circumstances mark out a real market-busting entrepreneurial play.


Steve Jobs had a weird obsession: computer fans. The damn things whirr, eat electricity and get covered in cobwebs. He eliminated fans in Apple’s laptops whenever he could.

The datacentre industry has the same problem. The servers get seriously hot, and the current approach is to add more and more fans. They cost a ton of money, regularly need servicing, and powering them destroys any claim to being green.

The answer is Iceotope’s liquid cooling.

Developed with support from key partners including 3M and the University of Leeds, the Sheffield-based firm has a patented liquid cooling system which is far cheaper, far greener, and far more quiet than any fan configuration.

Is it a big deal?

Of course it is. The datacentre industry’s CO2 emissions are set to be on par with that of the airline industry within a few years' time and energy consumption continues to grow at 19 per cent per annum. Furthermore, the UK is believed to have the greatest concentration of datacentres on the planet at over seven million sq ft, consuming more than 6.4 GW of power per year (equivalent to six million households).

Founded in 2012, Iceotope is designed, engineered and manufactured in Great Britain.