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The increasing need for organisations to look more closely at which parts of their IT they need to keep in-house and which parts they can outsource has combined with advances in both facility design and cloud-based technologies to revolutionise outsourcing services. While every organisation will have a different opinion based on its own evaluation of the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing, providers across the outsourcing spectrum have developed new models to meet the growth in demand. As IT reliance grows in both the enterprise and public sectors so do the demands made on outsourcing products and services, from those offering one‐stop collocation services, to those offering hosting, managed service or cloud-based operations. This Award seeks to underline the importance of the cluster of services that constitute the outsourcing sector not just in offering space, facility or management options to clients but in advancing outsourcing services through the understanding of market business requirements, their ability to present the best business case for outsourcing and through the development of services that meet the expectations that clients have of outsourcing services.



2010 Winner: D-Alix Project: Canary Islands data center

2009 Winner: ControlCircle - On-Demand Enterprise Application Services Delivery Platform

2008 Winner: Digital Realty Trust IBM Paris Project

2007 Winner: Smart Bunker

• Come from organisations offering outsourcing, collocation, managed or related services
• Have started operation since 1st September 2010 or is due to be operational by 31st December 2011
• Be located in EMEA.

• The strength of the business case presented for outsourcing and the strategic benefits of outsourcing presented as an alternative to other data storage/processing options (25%)
• The success of the outsourcing design and delivery in meeting stated client objectives (25%)
• The use of innovative design techniques or service delivery strategies to meet stated client objectives (25%)
• The demonstrated success of the project or initiative in moving forward the business case for outsourcing services (25%).

• Facility new build
• Design, construction or retrofit of a data centre
• Developing whole of operation management or engineering strategies.
• The incorporation of new technological solutions.
• The incorporation of transformation strategies.
• Development and adoption of new outsourcing business models.