Accelerated value creation and scale e.g. new services for customers trough new partnership/business model, rich collaboration for internal & external meetings, real-time access to critical information
Innovation e.g. how the solution has unleashed productivity and competitiveness, improve the time to market of the business, eased adjancencies
Secured network (Wired & Wireless) as the Application Delivery Platform e.g. Internal & external collaboration through network based devices, RFID, and video
Environmental impact e.g. how the project aligns with a global commitment to reduce the impact on the environment
Most Innovative Collaboration (UC and Video) Project of the Year
The broadest possible use of the entire Cisco Collaboration solutions portfolio: Unified Communications, Mobility, Customer Interaction Solutions (Contact Center), Telepresence and video, Conferencing (Webex and Meeting Place), Messaging and Social Software (Show&Share, Pulse, Quad)
The business impact the project has had on the organisation internally and externally e.g. financial savings, business process evolution and productivity gains, speed and agility, employee education and alignment, environmental impact reduction
Innovative application of Unified Communications in a specific vertical sector e.g. Healthcare, Defence, Finance
Integration of 3rd party application solution into Cisco Unified Communications
New business model adoption e.g. hosted services
Pervasive use of video
Most Society Impacting Network of the Year
An architectural (IP) networked solution, provided by Government bodies and/or society impacting organisations, which for example:
Positively impacts standard of living, education, healthcare, security, poverty, sustainability, etc.
Provides the ability to collaborate in Web 2.0 style, community building
Has independent & easy access locations for all citizens
Is based on open standards platform, non-proprietary and extensible applications
Has an Architectural approach, built on top of a borderless network
Is sustainable with commonly available programs
Improves society integration worldwide
Has no barriers to access, whilst still ensuring the network is safe and secure for residents and government employees in various cities, regions, and countries
Has a comprehensive suite of user applications with Data, Voice, Video to change how people work, live, learn and play
Improves GDP productivity by next generation services e.g. unemployment services
Has an Application driven network for social inclusion and genuine access for all
Demonstrates a reduction in environmental impact e.g. power consumption reduction, pollution reduction, etc.
Most Innovative Business Impacting Network of the Year
Innovative and unique implementation of networking technology generating business benefits
The network enables as a platform, the adoption of innovative network centric services such as:
Flexible and secure access
Connecting people
Collaboration technologies including Video
Safety and security
Life and Health
Natural hazards
Achieved business value and impact (Cost, Innovation, Productivity) including:
Increased customer experience
Optimisation of financial, human and environmental resources
Enabled business impacting process change (within company organisation, Partners, Suppliers or Customers)
Breaking borders for organisations, departments and individuals
Generating new type of benefits
Enabling new business models
How work gets done along the entire value chain (faster, simpler, more reliable, more cost effective)
Innovative network design using latest technology and platforms:
IP- and open standard based network (e.g. IPv6)
High Availability, business continuity
Secure Network Architecture with network based security mechanisms and capabilities
Agile and Flexible to adopt fast new services
Scale and Performance allow the adoption of various applications
Simple in Management and Operations
Most Innovative Data Centre Project of the Year
A new or significantly re-built/re-architected Data Centre facility (note, where applicable, judges will consider the ratio of innovative design, process, best practice etc. verses legacy).
Innovation in the areas of Data Centre design, build and operation that may include one or more of the following:
Resource virtualisation i.e. network facilities, storage switching, server resources, and security appliances.
Significant reduction or optimisation in power consumption (green-friendly DC)
Significant increase in availability i.e. redundant multi-site design, business continuity
Security i.e. built-in security mechanisms and capabilities
Resource optimisation i.e. server balancing, server off-loading, traffic and application optimization, consolidation, grid computing
Services, security, management and operations i.e. administration, resource/systems management, outsourcing, advanced infrastructures, cabling, network-based security, automation based on inputs from multiple management components.
Effective segmentation of shared infrastructure i.e. adoption of network container concepts.
Unified fabric and next generation interconnect adoption i.e. most extensive use of enabling technologies i.e. FCoE, OTV
Data Centre team structure, departmental/cross fictional collaboration, reporting, incentives etc. that promote significant improvements in the success and adoption of new project deliverables.
Achieved business value for the organisation, e.g. operational efficiency, environmentally friendly, increased flexibility, high-availability, faster services and applications rollout
New business model adoption i.e. pay as you grow, pay per use, risk sharing, joint go to market models, revenue sharing
Business process re-engineering that exploits consolidation, virtualisation and automation within the Data Centre
Most Innovative Hosted/Cloud Service Offering of the Year
A new Service offered through the adoption of an innovative hosted or cloud based architecture:
Using latest/advanced technologies and solutions in the Data Centre, in the IT and in the IP NGN space
With an innovative Network/DC design
Embedding a complete Orchestration layer, including Cisco and Partners
Delivering DC + NGN end to end SLA
Including Cisco CPE on-premise functions, integrated with Cloud design
Leveraging on Virtualization of IT/network resources, services, appliances (Computing, Storage, Mobility, Security, Unified Communication, ..)
Improving Security through the adoption of innovative built-in security mechanisms and capabilities
Service Green : introducing a lower environmental impact and benefits e.g. power consumption reduction, pollution reduction
A service offering targeting residential/consumer or business/enterprise/public sector users/customers, dedicated to single, large entities (Private Cloud) or offered as a Public Service to a large customer base (Public Cloud)
A service showing innovation from a service delivery perspective:
based on innovative service delivery and new business models
providing innovative service bundles and charging models
providing the ability to offer innovative SLAs and reporting
A service demonstrating business value and benefits for the organisation/user adopting it, for the provider offering it, providing proven better cost base than OTT (e.g. Amazon)
If you have any questions please contact:
Adele Carter
IDG Project Manager
Innovation Awards at Cisco Live 2011
IDG Global Solutions
t: +44(0)1784 210340
f: +44(0)1784 225830
e: Adele_Carter@IDG.com
