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Frost & Sullivan Announces Recipients of the Australia 2010 Best Practice Awards

Announcement posted by Frost & Sullivan 01 Dec 2010

SYDNEY, 1 December 2010 – Frost & Sullivan has recognised outstanding performance of companies in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Australia by presenting 18 awards to deserving organisations at the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards.  Staged last night in Sydney, theawards banquet, in its fifth year, was attended by key opinion and business leaders within Australia’s ICT industry.
 
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 three industry categories: Security & Infrastructure, Enterprise Communications and Telecommunications.
 
The Frost & Sullivan Awards are presented to companies that demonstrate best practices in the industry, commending their diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance and excel in the competitive global marketplace. Each of these award recipients were selected based on their market performance; inclusive of revenue growth, product innovation, breadth of products or solutions and growth in subscriber base.
 
”The ICT industry in Australia has recovered well from the effects of the global financial crisis, and we are seeing good growth resume across most segments of the industry. This year’s award recipients are to be congratulated on growing their businesses in these challenging market conditions,” says Mark Dougan, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan, Australia and New Zealand.
 
Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2010 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards:
 
Security & Infrastructure   
IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year - Axis Communications   
Biometrics Vendor of the Year - Argus Global
RFID Technology Vendor of the Year - Magellan Technology   
UPS Vendor of the Year - APC by Schneider Electric   
Application Networking Vendor of the Year - Riverbed   
Secure Content Management Vendor of the Year - Websense   
Network Security Vendor of the Year - Cisco Systems   

Enterprise Communications   
Digital Signage Systems Vendor of the Year - Samsung   
Contact Centre Applications Vendor of the Year - Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories   
Videoconferencing Vendor of the Year - Tandberg   
Hosted Contact Centre Service Provider of the Year - Telstra   
Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year - Cisco Systems   

Telecommunications   
Data Communications Service Provider of the Year - Telstra   
Managed Security Services Provider of the Year - Verizon Business   
Managed Service Provider of the Year - Telstra   
Broadband Service Provider of the Year - Telstra   
Mobile Service Provider of the Year - Vodafone Hutchison Australia   
Service Provider of the Year - Optus  

”We congratulate all awards recipients in their success in what are highly competitive market segments,” said Dougan.
 
The 2010 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards are supported by PeopleXS as Awards Partner and salesforce.com as the Silver Sponsor.  PR Newswire is the official newswire for the banquet.  For more information on the awards, visit http://www.frost-awards.com.au

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