Schneider Electric was awarded the 2015 Southeast Asia ‘UPS Vendor of the Year’ and ‘UPS Service Provider of the Year’ awards for the fourth consecutive year at the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards ceremony.
The energy management and automation specialist was also presented with the prestigious ‘Asia Pacific Data Centre Integrated Power Infrastructure Company of the Year’ award for 2015 for the second year in a row.
Pattabhi Rajan, Regional Manager, Software Solution Architect, APJ; Bhagwati Prasad, Business Development Lead, 3-Phase Power and Racks, APJ; and Ronald Schepers, Vice President for IT in Singapore, accepted the awards and shared their insights on the Asia Pacific market and current trends affecting the UPS and data centre markets.
“As the Internet of Things continues to grow at an exponential rate, so does the sheer velocity of digital data. In order to manage the substantial volume of data and manage costs, there is intense pressure to deliver efficiency without sacrificing reliability and availability throughout their entire lifecycle of a data centre,” said Pankaj Sharma, Vice President, Asia Pacific, IT Business at Schneider Electric.
“Schneider Electric has its finger on the pulse of the industry and is two steps ahead of the game, strongly positioned to anticipate industry challenges and provide innovative products, solutions and services to customers of all sizes.”
These accolades are in recognition of Schneider Electric’s remarkable performance in Asia Pacific for understanding customer needs and providing customer-oriented support and innovative product and service offerings.
Frost & Sullivan Excellence Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development.
The recipients of the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards were identified based on in-depth research conducted by Frost & Sullivan's analysts. The award categories offered each year are carefully reviewed and evaluated to reflect the current market landscape and include new emerging trends.
The shortlisted companies were evaluated on a variety of actual market performance indicators, which include revenue growth; market share and growth in market share; leadership in product innovation; marketing strategy and business development strategy.