ComNet '95 new product achievement award competition winners announced.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JAN. 26, 1995--Show Management is pleased to announce the winners of the fourth annual ComNet New Product Achievement Award Competition. The New Product Achievement Award Competition recognized the best and brightest new products, product enhancements, and/or product upgrades making their debut at ComNet `95, the premier computer networking
Computer networking is the engineering discipline concerned with communication between computer systems or devices. and communications conference and exposition, held this week at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. in Washington, D.C. The winners were announced this evening at an Awards Ceremony held at the Renaissance Ballroom at the Washington, D.C. Renaissance Hotel. Gary Beach Gary Beach is a Tony Award-winning American actor, primarily in Broadway musical theatre. Biography He was born on October 10, 1947 in Alexandria, Virginia, and is a graduate of the North Carolina School of the Arts, the same school as Terrence Mann, his , President of Computerworld, the sponsor of the program, congratulated all winners and presented each winner with a crystal award. Winners also received exclusive rights to use the ComNet `95 New Product Achievement Award winner logo in all promotional literature for one year. The winners are: ComNet `95 Best New Transport Technology Product Orion Atlantic - VISN VISN Veterans Integrated Service Network VISN Virtual Integrated Sky Network (Loral Orion) VISN Visual Interactive Support Network Virtual Integrated Sky Network ComNet `95 Best New Network Management Product IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corp - Net SP Secured Network Gateway Comnet `95 Best New LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. & Internetworking Product NetEdge Systems - ATM Connect ComNet `95 Best New Carrier Product MCI Communications This article is about MCI before it merged with WorldCom. For other uses, see MCI. MCI Communications was an American telecommunications company that was instrumental in legal and regulatory changes that led to the breakup of the AT&T monopoly of American telephony and - 800 Digital Service ComNet `95 Best New Infrastructure Product Northern Lights Cable - Microcable ComNet `95 Best New Multimedia & Desktop Product Fore Systems See Marconi. - FORERUNNER AVD-200 ATM Video Decoder ComNet `95 Best New Switching Product Promptus Communications - OASIS 2000 Switched Digital Server ComNet '95 Best New Software and Application Product Cheyenne Communications - BitWare 3.2 ComNet `95 Best New Wireless Product Cylink Corp - Airlink Bridge ComNet `95 Most Innovative New Product - Grand Winner IBM - Net SP Secured Network Gateway Product entries from ComNet `95 exhibitors were evaluated prior to ComNet by a pre-show judging panel consisting of representatives from the trade and business press, industry research firms, financial community, and academia. The products were evaluated on the basis of innovation, industry contribution, integration with their current product lines, migration capabilities and return on investment. Three finalists were selected per category. At the show, attendees viewed the new product finalists in the ComNet `95 New Product Achievement Award Showcase located in the main lobby of the Washington Convention Center and voted electronically for one winner per category plus the grand winner. Exhibitors were excluded from the voting process. To qualify for the competition, products must be making their debut at ComNet `95 and cannot have already been introduced or exhibited in the same form at previous trade shows. New products that have been announced within eight weeks preceding ComNet `95 were also eligible. "The prestigious New Product Achievement Award was presented to the most outstanding new products debuting at ComNet. The award not only represents prestige, but indicates the popular choice of the users - the people that rely on newest innovations to manage their networks. These products will make a tremendous impact on the industry for months to come," said Robin Andreola, ComNet Show Director. The ComNet `95 New Product Achievement Award Competition is sponsored by Computerworld, and International Data Group (IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) ) publication and the newspaper of information systems management. ComNet Honorees Since 1986 when ComNet introduced its New Product Program, over 1550 new products have made their debut at ComNet. The ten winners of this year's competition will join the ComNet `94, `93 and `92 honorees. ComNet `94 Honorees were Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , IBM, US Robotics US Robotics - U.S. Robotics, Inc. Inc., Optical Cable Corp, and MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Corp. The ComNet `93 Honorees were Crescendo Communications, John Fluke Manufacturing Company, MCI and Tekelec. The ComNet `92 Honorees were Compression Labs, Cylink, MCI, Newbridge Networks Newbridge Networks was an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada company founded by Canadian/Welsh entrepreneur Terry Matthews. It was founded in 1986 to create data and voice networking products after Matthews was forced out of his original company Mitel. and Tellabs. ComNet `95 ComNet `95 is being held at the Washington Convention Center this week. The show floor, featuring over 400 exhibiting companies will be open Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. IDG World Expo IDG World Expo, an International Data Group (IDG) company, is the leading producer of professional conferences, expositions and seminars exclusively for the information technology industry. IDG World Expo currently produces more than 64 events in over 24 countries, including an international series of MACWORLD Expo, ComNet, SunWorld, Object World, and Windows World An earlier computer exposition sponsored by COMDEX. Its first show was in 1991, and it was often held in conjunction with another computer show. See COMDEX. Shows. IDG World Expo also manages the Information Superhighway Summit, Network World Unplugged and the Digital Executive Programs. -0- ComNet and MACWORLD EXPO are the registered service marks of International Data Group, Inc. Network World Unplugged and Information Superhighway Summit are service marks of International Data Group, Inc. Object World is a registered trademark of Object World Corp. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation and used by licensees under license from owner. All other trademarks and trade names are used to identify entities claiming the marks and names of their products. CONTACT: IDG World Expo Cress O'Brien, 508/820-8631 or ComNet Press Room Cathy Maloney, 202/371-5066 |
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