Reward Asia Pacific’s best technology deployment and inspiring IT leadership
HONG KONG — August 17, 2010 — 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 Kevin Eggleston, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific.
Last year’s competition witnessed enterprises like Li & Fung Group and Chong Hing Bank Limited from Hong Kong, and Samsung from Korea amongst others walking away with the top honors.1
1 Refer to the link to access full list of last year’s winners. http://www.hds.com/apac/itia/
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
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To find out more about the Hitachi Data Systems IT Inspiration Awards 2010, please visit: http://www.hds.com/apac/itia/
About Hitachi Data Systems
Hitachi Data Systems provides best-in-class information technologies, services and solutions that deliver compelling customer ROI, unmatched return on assets (ROA) and demonstrable business impact. With a vision that IT must be virtualized, automated, cloud-ready and sustainable, Hitachi Data Systems offers solutions that improve IT costs and agility. With more than 4,200 employees worldwide, Hitachi Data Systems does business in more than 100 countries and regions. Hitachi Data Systems products, services and solutions are trusted by the world’s leading enterprises, including more than 70 percent of the Fortune 100 and more than 80 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Hitachi Data Systems believes that data drives our world – and information is the new currency. To learn more, visit: www.hds.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 360,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2009 (ended March 31, 2010) consolidated revenues totaled 8,968 billion yen ($96.4 billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the Social Innovation Business, which includes information and telecommunication systems, power systems, environmental, industrial and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at www.hitachi.com.
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