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 27th May saw the presentation of this year’s Business Continuity Awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
The long-running annual event is organized by CIR Magazine which has supplied Continuity Central with the following list of this year’s winners:
Student of the Year
Joseph Mshelbwala Gana
Most Innovative Product of the Year
Business Continuity Exercising Toolkits, Ear Productions Ltd
Most Effective Recovery of the Year
Deutsche Bank
Business Continuity Consultant of the Year
Hugh Morris, Marsh
Industry Personality of the Year
Rick Cudworth, Partner, Deloitte
Most Innovative Solution of the Year
Crisis Commander, Safeguard Communications
Business Continuity Management Planning Software of the year
eSecurus, NonVerba
Business Continuity Team of the Year
Citi EMEA Institutional Clients Group
Business Continuity Initiative of the Year
Deborah Stewart, Sarah Alcock and Alan Goulder with Young Enterprise Business Continuity Scheme
Excellence in Business Continuity in the Insurance Industry
Lloyd’s of London
Data Centre Strategy of the Year
National Australia Group
Crisis Strategy of the Year
Royal Mail Group
Industry Newcomer of the Year
Dan Castle, RWE Npower
Specialist Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Company of the Year
Harwell Document Restoration Services
Business Continuity Strategy of the Year
Vodafone
Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year
SunGard Availability Services
Public Sector Continuity Manager of the Year
James McAlister, Business Continuity Manager, Merseyside Police
Lifetime Achievement
Julia Graham
Business Continuity Manager of the Year
Simon Dunn, Rolls-Royce
More information and winners’ statements will be posted here as it becomes available.
2nd June: updated with SunGard press release:
SunGard Availability Services, the pioneer and leading provider in Information Availability and the world’s fifth largest global IT managed hosting services provider*, was on Wednesday night named “Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year” for an unprecedented sixth time at the annual Business Continuity Awards. SunGard has been nominated for this award on 10 occasions in the 11 year history of the awards. SunGard was also a finalist in the Business Continuity Management Planning Software of the Year, Data Centre Strategy of the Year and Most Innovative Product of the Year categories, highlighting the strength and breadth of its services portfolio.
Commenting on the awards, Keith Tilley, managing director UK & executive vice president Europe, SunGard Availability Services, said: “We're delighted to be recognised as the Business Continuity Service Provider of the Year for an unparalleled sixth time. The business continuity industry continues to evolve and adapt to changing risks and social trends and it has come a long way since the days when it focused purely on IT disaster recovery and backup. The recent emergence of swine flu and the growing trend towards cloud computing are just two of the next challenges businesses will need to adapt their business continuity strategies to address, especially as the convergence of business continuity into other areas of ensuring availability – such as managed services – continues.
“In today's uncertain economic climate, as organisations look to make cuts in different areas of their business, business continuity is one area that should remain bullet-proof. Research has shown that customers are increasingly likely to switch providers if they don't experience a good service, so if an organisation does not have the resilience to continue operating following a business disruption, it is putting both short term profits and long term business survival at risk.”
* Tier 1 research Spring '09 - Managed Hosting Global Report.
www.sungard.co.uk
•Date:28th May 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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