Frost & Sullivan Honors Leaders in Information & Communications Technologies.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. -- Frost & Sullivan honored industry leaders for outstanding performance at last week's 3rd annual Excellence in Information & Communications Technologies Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry Awards Banquet held in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale (O'odham Vaṣai S-vaṣonĭ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. Scottsdale has become internationally recognized as a premier and posh tourist destination, while maintaining its own identity and culture as " . The banquet recognized companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth in their industries, have identified emerging trends before they became the standard in the marketplace, and have created advanced technologies that will catalyze cat·a·lyze v. To modify, especially to increase, the rate of a chemical reaction by catalysis. catalyze to cause or produce catalysis. industries in the near future. In her keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work , Nortel's Vice President & General Manager of Multimedia Applications, Roxann Swanson, commented on the industry by saying, "The latest telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. technology is 'life-altering' to all of us both in our professional and personal lives. That is what makes our work so exciting." A CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Roundtable Discussion preceded the banquet earlier that day, moderated by Khali Henderson, Group Editor of Virgo Publishing Inc. During the CEO Roundtable Discussion, panelists answered a variety of questions focusing on sales and marketing strategies and the challenges of succeeding in a demanding economy. Roundtable participants included: Mark Spurlock, Vice President, Sales, Southwest Region, Avaya; Grant Henderson, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Convedia(R) Corporation; J. Scott Etzler, President, InterCall; Alain Fernando-Santana, CEO, NetCentrex; Owen Matthews, CEO, NewHeights Software; Dan Moffat, President & CEO, New Edge Networks; Roxann Swanson, General Manager & Vice President, Multimedia Applications, Nortel; Jon Korin, Director, Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. , Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Information Technology; John Melick, Co-President, Primus Telecommunications Inc.; Luke Tristram, CEO, Proximity Corporation; Dan Castles, President & CEO, Telestream Inc.; Andy Salo, Director, Product Management, TippingPoint Technologies Inc.; Vernon Irvin Vernon L Irvin (born 1962 near Pittsburgh) is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for XM Satellite Radio. He previously held positions at MCI (where he was key in creating the "Friends & Family" package); and latterly VeriSign, where he became known as the , Executive Vice President & General Manager, Communications Services, and, VeriSign; Thomas Howe Thomas Howe may refer to:
An open networking session followed, allowing the recipient companies to develop and strengthen business relationships.
Awarded companies included:
Alcatel - 2005 Enterprise Communications Applications Product of
the Year Award
Avaya - 2005 Contact Center Company of the Year Award; 2005
Enterprise Infrastructure Company of the Year Award
Convedia(R) Corporation - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure
Company of the Year Award
IDT Corporation - 2005 Prepaid Market Product of the Year Award
InterCall - 2005 Audio Conferencing Service of the Year Award
Microsoft - 2005 Enterprise Infrastructure Product of the Year
Award
NetCentrex - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure Product
of the Year Award
New Edge Networks - 2005 Telecommunications Services Product of
the Year Award
NewHeights Software - 2005 Enterprise Applications Entrepreneurial
Company of the Year Award
Nimcat Networks - 2005 Enterprise Infrastructure Entrepreneurial
Company of the Year Award
Nortel - 2005 Enterprise Applications Executive of the Year Award:
Roxann Swanson, General Manager & Vice President, Multimedia
Applications, Nortel
Northrop Grumman Corporation - 2005 U.S. Federal Government IT
Vertical Company of the Year Award
Omneon - 2005 Digital Media Enabling Technologies CEO of the Year
Award: Joe Kennedy, CEO, Omneon
Postini - 2005 Security Technologies Infrastructure Protection
Service of the Year Award
Primus Telecommunications Inc. - 2005 VoIP Services CEO of the Year
Award: John Melick, Co-President,
Primus Telecommunications, Inc.
Proximity Corporation - 2005 Digital Media Applications
Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
SAP - 2005 CRM Company of the Year Award
ScanSoft - Enterprise Applications Company of the Year Award
Sourcefire Inc. - 2005 Network Security Infrastructure Protection
Company of the Year Award
Telestream Inc. - 2005 Digital Media Applications Product of the
Year Award
TippingPoint Technologies Inc. - 2005 Network Security Infrastructure
Protection Entrepreneurial Company of
the Year Award
VeriSign Inc. - 2005 Telecommunications Service Provider Company
of the Year Award
Versatel Networks - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure
Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
Frost & Sullivan holds annual Awards banquets for the information and communication technologies, industrial technologies, and healthcare industries. For further information on the Award banquets or recipients or for digital photos, please contact Stacie Jones, 210-247-2450, Stacie.Jones@frost.com. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a founded in 1961, partners with clients to create value through innovative growth strategies. The foundation of this partnership approach is our Growth Partnership Services platform, whereby we provide industry research, marketing strategies, consulting and training to our clients to help grow their business. A key benefit that Frost & Sullivan brings to its clients is a global perspective on a broad range of industries, markets, technologies, econometrics econometrics, technique of economic analysis that expresses economic theory in terms of mathematical relationships and then tests it empirically through statistical research. , and demographics The attributes of people in a particular geographic area. Used for marketing purposes, population, ethnic origins, religion, spoken language, income and age range are examples of demographic data. . With a client list that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, as well as the investment community, Frost & Sullivan has evolved into one of the premier growth consulting companies in the world. For more information, visit www.frost.com. |
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