Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), today announced the launch of the annual IT Inspiration Awards that recognize and reward the inspiration that is powering the success of Asia Pacific’s enterprise technology industry.
Online public voting starts today across all five award categories on the event microsite (http://www.hds.com/apac/itia/). This year, over 130 nominations have been received from 70 companies across the Asia Pacific region. The winners will be announced in the prize presentation ceremony on November 10, in Japan, at the annual Hitachi Data Systems CIO Summit.
Split into two categories—industry and thought-leadership—the awards reflect the changes sweeping the enterprise storage industry. The four industry categories reflect current hot buttons like cloud-computing and cost-efficiency, while the ‘CIO of the Year’ award recognizes exemplary IT leadership. A diamond, platinum and gold award will be given in each industry category.
Over the last three years—since the inception of the awards in 2008—the IT Inspiration Awards has generated widespread interest amongst enterprises across the region as demonstrated by the increase in nominations each year. The nominations received in the form of case studies have highlighted a variety of business problems and how they have been resolved with ingenuity, perspiration, inspiration and leading storage technology. This has since established a reservoir of best practices that companies can draw on and be inspired by.
“Data drives our world and information is the new currency, making it the most prized assets of every organization. The awards echo our vision that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable. The IT Inspiration Awards are an ideal platform to share best practices within the IT community and about how technology can solve complex storage challenges. It is an eagerly-awaited event as each year the awards set new benchmarks, bring new insights and most importantly are a source of learning for companies in the Asia Pacific,” said Vivekanand Venugopal, Vice President & General Manager, India Hitachi Data Systems.
Last year’s competition witnessed enterprises like Karnataka Bank Ltd, Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Infosys Technologies Ltd, amongst others walking away with the top honors.[1]
The call for entries was initiated in June this year and public voting for the nominees starts today and closes on October 15, 2010. The winners will be selected through a mix of public voting and an esteemed judging panel. Voters can cast their vote for each of the categories online at the specially-created website to support the awards http://www.hds.com/apac/itia/. A few lucky voters stand a chance to win Apple iPads.
Hitachi Data Systems IT Inspiration Awards 2010 Award Categories
CIO of the Year & CIO of the CIOs
· Best Cloud Infrastructure Strategy
· Most Innovative Use of Technology
Best Cost-Efficient IT Strategy
Best Virtualization Strategy
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