Frost & Sullivan Announces the 2009 Best Practices Awards Recipients
- 26 November, 2009 09:20
SYDNEY, 26 November 2009 – Frost & Sullivan has presented 18 awards to the best and brightest in the Australian Information & Communications Technology (ICT) industry at the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards.
Held for the fourth consecutive year, Frost & Sullivan Awards Banquet was attended by the who’s who of the Australian ICT industry. The Awards recognise outstanding performance by companies in the ICT industry in Australia. Benchmarked against leading companies in each category, the recipients of these awards represent the best-of-breed in their sector in the country.
This year’s Awards were focused on five industry categories: Telecommunications, Enterprise Communications, IT and Infrastructure Security, Digital Media and Sustainability.
Each of these award recipients were selected according to their market performance and customer satisfaction ratings researched from Frost & Sullivan’s demand side market surveys.
“The Awards recognise the exceptionally talented Australian-based teams that have focused on exceeding the market expectations around product and service innovation and customer satisfaction. This has resulted in quality of delivery and results-driven client relationships. Indeed, all the award recipients have a road map that is based on a clear view of the future requirements that customers will face,” says Mark Dougan, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan, ANZ.
~ Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards ~
Infrastructure Security
UPS Vendor of the Year - APC by Schneider Electric
UPS Service Provider of the Year - Chloride Power Protection
Biometrics Vendor of the Year - Sagem Securite
IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year - Axis Communications
Sustainability
Green IT Vendor of the Year - IBM Australia
IT Security
Secure Content Management Vendor of the Year - Websense
Managed Security Services Vendor of the Year - Verizon Business
Digital Media
Ad Network Broker of the Year - Adconion
Search Marketing Company of the Year - FirstClick Consulting
Online Publisher of the Year - Fairfax Digital Media
Enterprise Communications
Contact Centre Applications Vendor of the Year - Genesys Laboratories
Hosted Contact Centre Service Provider of the Year - Telstra
Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year - TANDBERG
Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year - Cisco Systems
Unified Communications Systems Integrator of the Year - Alphawest Services
Telecommunications
Emerging Broadband Service Provider of the Year - Internode Broadband Service Provider of the Year - Telstra
Mobile Service Provider of the Year - Vodafone Hutchison Australia
“The Award recipients have consistently demonstrated excellence in delivering value-focused solutions and services which help customers address their industry and business requirements. They have all demonstrated innovative, creative and successful approaches to building momentum in 2009 and truly deserve their current success,” said Dougan.
The 2009 Frost & Sullivan Awards are supported by salesforce.com as the Gold Sponsor. Silver sponsors are Check Point Software, Cyara Solutions and Interactive Intelligence. For more information on the awards, visit http://www.frost-awards.com.au
Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, partners with clients to accelerate their growth. The company's TEAM Research, Growth Consulting and Growth Team Membership empower clients to create a growth-focused culture that generates, evaluates and implements effective growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan employs over 45 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses and the investment community from 40 offices on six continents. For more information about Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Partnerships, visit http://www.frost.com
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