READING, England, February 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Entries from across the UK have flooded in for the DediPower Digital Awards, aiming to claim the first prize worth over GBP50,000.
The closing date for entries has now passed and the judges have a tough task choosing a short list from the range of high calibre entries. The short list of three finalists will be announced on Monday 15th February. There is also a judges' special Digital Innovation Award for an excellent entry, displaying inventiveness and creativity, but which did not quite make the last three.
Finalists will be invited to the Telegraph Media Group headquarters in London, on Wednesday, 24th February, to present their idea and business plan to a panel of judges which includes:
- Kamal Ahmed, Business Editor, The Sunday Telegraph - Catherine Doran, Director of Corporate Development, Network Rail - John Redwood, MP for Wokingham and former cabinet minister - Karen Price, CEO, e-skills UK - Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower Managed Hosting
The DediPower Digital Awards' first prize is up to GBP25,000 cash investment, plus GBP2,000 in development funds and a further GBP25,000 worth of business mentoring and free Internet hosting. There is also the special Judges' Digital Innovation Award to stimulate the development of other great digital ideas.
Craig Martin, CEO, DediPower Digital Hosting, comments: This is the first year of the Awards and we have been staggered by the high number of entries and the quality of the ideas. It really seems to have captured the imagination of young people aged 17 to 30 years and the judges now have an unenviable task trying to choose the finalists.
The campaign has had tremendous backing from e-skills UK and has been promoted by the Sunday Telegraph. It is all helping to recognise the young talent in the UK and to encourage innovative and determined young people with getting a start in their careers. You don't have to have a degree to have a good commercial idea, but often it is nearly impossible to get that idea off the ground. These awards are trying to change that dynamic and stimulate the entrepreneurial spirit in this country.
The DediPower Digital Award 2010 will be awarded to the winner at a special ceremony in London, on Monday 1st March, as part of EU e-skills Week.
Further details about the DediPower Digital Awards 2010 can be found at: http://www.DediPowerDigitalAwards.com.
About DediPower Managed Hosting:
DediPower is a leading UK provider of managed hosting and data centre solutions, making the internet and eBusiness innovation a reality for businesses of all sizes. Focused on delivering service excellence through our Support with Passion(R) philosophy, DediPower's enterprise class data centres support business critical applications. Providing innovative solutions and expertise in dedicated managed hosting, virtualisation, multi-server clusters, security, business continuity and co-location services. DediPower is a winner of numerous hosting awards and is a Microsoft Gold certified partner and RedHat Ready hosting partner. DediPower's headquarters is located in Reading Berkshire, UK. For additional information, call 0870-252-3600 or visit http://www.dedipower.com and keep up to date with DediPower via Twitter, twitter.com/dedipower.
SOURCE: DediPower Managed Hosting
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