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'People' have long been the silent asset of the data centre. Now that is changing, as all elements of opportunity and risk within the data center are scrutinized more closely.  All of what happens inside the data centre depends directly or indirectly upon the people charged with design, operation and management and since the data centre professional is rarely working in isolation, this places an added premium upon the capability of the data centre operator to develop, manage and motivate effective teams to carry the operation forward. This Award seeks to recognise team achievement where the team has been convened for a special purpose or task above and beyond everyday duties. This may be at any stage of the ‘strategizing’, design, construction, fit out, operation, refit or decommissioning of a data center just so long as it represents a ‘special assignment or series of activities’ in the life of the data center. 



2010 Winner: The Britannia Powerdown Team

2009 Winner: The Computacenter Manchester Migration Team

2008 Winner: Morgan Stanley

2007 Winner: BSkyB

• Be EMEA based
• Include personnel who are current employees of data centre end‐users, owners or operators although the team may also include personnel from consulting engineers or contractors
• Be comprised of a set of people formally brought together by an organisation for the execution of a particular project, strategy or initiative (i.e not who just happen to be working together for a common purpose).
• Must include a minimum of four people
• Have been formed since 1st July 2010 and have been or will be active for a period of at least six months.

• The criticality of the process or issues the team has been designated to design, implement, improve or monitor (10%).
• The success of the team in meeting their designated objectives (30%).
• The efficiency of the team in design, decision making, planning and implementation processes in incorporating the needs and opinions of all relevant stakeholders (10%).
• The development of the means to measure and analyse the impact of the team made through the process (10%).
• The power of the team to make and implement recommendations (10%).
• The capability of the project and/or the process to act as an exemplar or in a mentoring capability to other organisations (30%).