Join CIOs and IT leadership teams from across the country at the third annual E&I Cloud Leadership Awards to recognize innovative cloud-based solutions in higher education institutions. The ceremony will be held at the 2019 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Chicago, IL.

The reception is invitation only.

Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 PM
Location: Hyatt Regency McCormick

Winners will be chosen based upon the criteria of each individual award category, the number of students impacted, cost savings and IT improvement performance. The judges will select a winner and runner up in each of the six categories, as well as an overall winner.

Ready to nominate an institution or want to learn more about nomination qualifications? Visit our Nominate page.

Innovation
Evaluated based upon innovative and creative use of cloud technologies to address institutional challenges and/or operational efficiencies.

Collaboration
Evaluated based on the successful collaboration between one or more individual institutions, or one or more branch campuses within an institutional system using cloud technologies.

Backup/Disaster Recovery
Evaluated as the most complete use of cloud technologies to address overall institutional backup and/or disaster recovery needs.

Cloud Storage
Evaluated as the most complete use of cloud technologies to address institution-wide administrative and/or academic storage challenges for staff, faculty and/or students.

Public/Private Cloud Security
Evaluated as the best application and/or approach to securing institutional public and/or private cloud resources. All detailed technical information on projects will be kept strictly confidential.

Hybrid Iaas/Paas
Evaluated as the best application and design for an institutional hybrid infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service solution.

The E&I Cloud Leadership Awards were originated in 2017 by E&I Cooperative Services, as a way to recognize technology leaders and their innovative cloud-based solutions in the higher education market. Cloud computing enables students, teachers, administrators and staff to reliably access information, collaborate, create and deliver content from anywhere, anytime.

Past sponsors of the E&I Cloud Leadership Awards:

2017: Adobe, CDW-G, Cisco, Microsoft

2018: Canon, D2L, DLT, Juniper