Vincent Liew 
They came, they saw and yes…they conquered. South Asia’s leading IT honchos gathered at the St. Regis for W.Media’s South Asia Cloud & Data Center Convention as well as the South Asia Awards 2021 ceremony. Together they held a light for the industry which by and large was significant in ensuring that our lives are disrupted the least.
South Asia has seen some of the most dramatic and rapid developments in the cloud and IT industries over the past 18 months.
The role of data centres as the engine behind the success of businesses and livelihoods cannot be understated. W.Media held the South Asia Award Ceremony which was the most comprehensive and in-depth in recognising the efforts and the contribution made by the organisations and thought leaders.
The Awards consisted of various categories which included Sustainable Design & Build, Cloud Consolidation & Migration, Energy Efficient Innovation, Hyperscale Innovation (Automation), Internet Exchange Expansion & Innovation, Digital Transformation, MultiCloud Management, Cybersecurity Implementation, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Datacenter Operations Team, Datacenter Service & Maintenance Team, Business Leader, Business Leader, Technology Leader, Technology Leader.
The Awards went through a stringent selection process and was evaluted by close to 40 international industry professionals. More than 300 technology leaders from the industry had gathered for these two pivotal events in India.
W.Media congratulates all winners for the 2021 South Asia Awards Series and will return in 2022 for more elaborate celebration.
The full list of winners as below.
| Category | Winner |
| Top 7 APAC Business Leaders | Sunil Gupta Yotta Infrastructure, Co-founder and CEO |
| Top 7 APAC Business Leaders | Sanjay Bhutani AdaniConneX Senior Vice President |
| Top 7 APAC Technology Leaders | Dr. Asif Naimur Rashid Robi Axiata Chief Information Officer |
| Top 7 APAC Technology Leaders | Avinash Velhal ATOS Global IT Solutions & Services CIO, Growing Markets RBU IT |
| Category | Winner |
| Datacenter Operations Team | CtrlS Datacenters |
| Datacenter Service & Maintenance Team | OCS Group India |
| Energy Efficiency Innovation | STT Global Data Centres India |
| Hyperscale Innovation (Automation) | Yotta Infrastructure |
| Internet Exchange Expansion & Innovation | Web Werks India |
| Sustainable Design & Build | Dialog Axiata |
| Cloud Consolidation & Migration | MPHASIS |
| Cybersecurity Implementation | NTT Ltd |
| Digital Transformation | State Bank of India |
| MultiCloud Management | Equinix India |
| Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) | RAILTEL CORPORATION OF INDIA |
Join W.Media’s Singapore Cloud and Datacenter Convention 2021 & Asia Pacific Awards Ceremony and Gala at Marina Bay Sands on 1st December 2021 to find out the latest issues and innovation that concerns your digital infrastructure.
