FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 7, 2007
NXTcomm Eos Awards Honor Industry’s Finest
Arlington, Va. – NXTcomm, the only venue where the business and technology of
communications, information and entertainment meet, today announced the winners of the 2007 Eos Excellence of Achievement Awards. The inaugural Eos Awards honor those exhibiting companies that have developed the most promising new technologies or provided the best new network services and strategic support. NXTcomm will be held June 18-21 at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Eos Award winners were honored for best new technology or enterprise solution in twelve categories covering the entire range of wireless, broadband, and next-generation technologies and services for both public and enterprise networks. The winners and finalists will be recognized during a special reception on Wednesday, June 20.
“Our exhibitors truly raised the bar this year, resulting in fierce competition,” said Wayne Crawford, NXTcomm Executive Director. “Awards were given in 12 far-reaching categories, demonstrating NXTcomm’s enormous reach. In addition to traditional categories like backbone, core and edge technologies, Eos awards were also presented for achievement in home networking, IPTV, advanced mobile services and strategic support. Each Eos winner deserves significant praise for its leadership, innovation and role in driving our industry forward.”
A judging panel of 16 consultants, technical journalists and service providers from the communications industry selected the following Eos Award winners:
Network Design/Services Group
Backbone/Core Product or Service
Winner: XO Communications XO Inter-City Network
Runner Up: NEC Corp. of America GCI/NEC Alaskan Bandwidth Project
Wireless/Mobile/Network Services Product or Service
Winner: Clearwire Corp. Clearwire Wireless Broadband
Runner Up: Motorola Mesh Networks/China HotZone Duo Education Research Network
Network Infrastructure Product or Service
Winner: Greenfield Communications Greenfield Fiber to the Home
Runner Up: Mu Security/Net Appliance Mu-4000
Technology Innovation Group
Backbone/Edge Product or Service
Winner: Procera Networks, Inc. PacketLogic PL9200
Runner Up: Tekelec TekCore Session Manager
Optical Networking Product or Service
Winner: MRV Communications, Inc. OptiSwitch 930 10GE Metro Ethernet Demarcation
Runner Up: Ciena Corp. FlexSelect 40G Shelf/Ciena's CoreStream Agility
Opticial Transport System
Application/Layer Product or Service
Winner: RadiSys Corp. RadiSys Convedia Media Server
Runner Up: Convergin, Inc. Accolade WCS Plaform
Access Networking Product or Service
Winner: Motorola, Inc. Motorola wi4 WiMax Flexible Access Point System
Runner Up: Axerra Networks AXN10-8NR Pseudo-Wire Access Device
Wireless/Mobile Technologies Product or Service
Winner: Multi-Tech Systems Call Finder GSM/CDMA
Runner Up: Strix Systems Access/One Network Edge Wireless System 150
Home Networking Product or Service
Winner: Ruckus Wireless Ruckus MetroFlex Dual Zone System
Runner Up: Entropic Communications c.Link
Content Delivery and Management Product or Service
Winner: Redback Networks SmartEdge 1200
Runner Up: Kasenna Inc. PortalTV
Special Categories Group
Strategic Support Product or Service
Winner: Microsoft Corp. Microsoft Connected Services Sandbox
Runner Up: Hatteras Networks Mid-Band Ethernet
Ongoing Achievement Product or Service
Winner: Corning Inc. Preconnectorized Access Network Product Innovations
Runner Up: EZchip Technologies NP-x Network Processors Family
A 13th award, called the Spotlight Award, will be selected by attending press and analysts and will be given to one of the 12 Eos Award winners.
NXTcomm exhibitors nominated themselves, their customers or their vendors for best new technology or enterprise solution in 12 categories covering the entire range of wireless, broadband, and next-generation technologies and services for both public and enterprise networks. Nominated service providers or enterprise organizations must have put their services into commercial operations during 2006. Vendors or suppliers nominated for new technologies must have announced their products no earlier than September 1, 2006, and have them available for sale no later than July 1, 2007.
NXTcomm will bring together top executives from every segment of the global industry to exhibit, explore new business opportunities and buy the latest technologies driving the converged communications and entertainment industry. Showcasing hundreds of new and innovative products, the NXTcomm exhibit floor will reflect the dramatic changes in the industry. The show will also feature a broad range of educational programming.
NXTcomm, the new industry venue co-owned by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) and the United States Telecom Association (USTelecom) that will feature the business and technology of communications, information and entertainment, comes to Chicago’s McCormick Place June 18-21, 2007. NXTcomm will unite the premier information and communications technology (ICT) industry supplier and technology companies with the world’s leading communications and entertainment companies that are together driving broadband-based innovation around the world. For more information, go to http://www.NXTcommShow.com/.