NOTE: We have extended our entry registration date to March 2nd, 2012. See "Contest Entry Form and Rules" below for details.
Welcome! We are excited to announce our video contest. We are sponsoring a contest where K-12 Students could have a chance to win a $500 grant. This will be a fun and educational way to get students involved in a creative project while at the same time giving you a chance to win a $500 grant for your school. Schools, we are looking for your most creative students to produce a short 90 second or less video illustrating the importance of IT disaster recovery planning. The sky is the limit and the funnier, the better! Videos can incorporate actual people, Animation, CG, Claymation, etc.- be creative!
VIDEO THEME
The Importance of IT Disaster Recovery. If you are unfamiliar with IT Disaster Recovery, here's a quick definition:
"Establishing practices toward preparation for recovery or continuation of technology infrastructure critical to an organization after a natural or human-induced disaster."
Businesses and Schools run IT infrastructure for email, applications, accounting and so on. What happens when these systems are compromised due to power loss, hardware failure, disasters, viruses, etc.? How long can an organization afford to have these systems down? What if data is lost- what would that do to a business or school? So, IT Disaster Recovery is putting in place practices to reduce or eliminate down time of IT systems and protect data from loss. Below are some links to information on the Indiana Data Center and Data Center Services that are utilized in IT Disaster Recovery practice.
INFORMATION
Please take some time to review our website. There is a lot of information that should help you understand Indiana Data Center and services available to assist organizations in IT Disaster Recovery. Pages to review specific services include:
Colocation- Where organizations host their physical IT infrastructure in the data center. This could be primary infrastructure or a secondary system that would take over in the event the primary would go down.
Virtual Servers and Cloud Computing- A great alternative to physical infrastructure.
Data Backup & Recovery- Protecting data from loss.
Data Center Brochure- An overview of the data center and Disaster Recovery Solutions.
CONTEST ENTRY INFORMATION
Please reference the following document for contest entry, rules and deadlines. The deadline for video submission is Friday, April 27th, 2012. Upon video submission, we will be posting all videos on our Indiana Data Center YouTube Channel. Make sure to tell everyone you know to go watch your video on YouTube!! The winning videos will also be posted to the Indiana Data Center website. We are really looking forward to this and getting a ton of fun videos! If you have any questions at all please don’t hesitate to contact Steve Steigmeyer at (260) 407-7474 or ssteigmeyer@inddc.com.
Contest Entry Form and Rules
Logo- Here's our logo with a transparent background for use in your video. If you need our logo in another format, please let us know and we'll get it to you!