Pipeline Announces the 2013 COMET Awards Winners

Pipeline magazine today announced the winners of its prestigious 2013 COMET Innovation Awards program, which provides the highest level of objective endorsement for innovations and thought leadership in the communications and entertainment technology (COMET) industry. The awards call attention to technology advancements that shape the way we communicate as a society.

This year there were more than 130 nominations from over 70 companies in 14 categories, from which a select group of finalists were identified and presented to Pipeline’s exclusive industry judging panel for final voting. The 2013 Innovation Awards judging panel is an esteemed consortium comprised of key executives from leading service providers around the world, influential industry analysts, and one of the world’s largest system integrators. Each of the judges cast their vote as to which finalist they believed best demonstrated true innovation in each category.

"The COMET Awards recognize the many outstanding accomplishments of both service providers and vendors. It has been a pleasure to be able to participate as a judge for this important program as it has given me the opportunity to learn even more about the innovative, market-leading companies that provided submissions showcasing their tremendous level of innovation, technical excellence, collaboration, customer service, and more," said Deb Osswald, VP of CSP Operations for IDC.

At the request of the service provider judges who participated last year, Pipeline opened the competition to service providers as well this year, which added an interesting dynamic that recognized innovations from both technology suppliers and service providers.

“Pipeline’s Innovation Awards recipients this year represented a range of true cutting edge companies—ones that I expect will continue to present the industry with new innovations,” said Craig Clausen, Principal Analysis at NPRG. “The competition among this year’s finalists was tight and the judging process was particularly rigorous to identify winners across the categories. The addition of service providers proved intriguing and added a rounded perspective to the awards.”

The 2013 Innovation Award winners and runners-up were announced on Monday, May 13, 2013 at an exclusive red-carpet awards reception in Nice, France. They are:

For the category of Technical Innovation:

For the category of Product Innovation:

For the category of Innovation in Connectivity:

For the category of Innovation in Networking:

For the category of Innovation in Cloud & Virtualization:

For the category of Content Innovation:

For the category of Innovation in Big Data and Analytics:

For the category of Innovation in CEM:

For the category of Innovation in Security & Assurance:

For the category of Innovative Collaborations:

For the category of Best Deployment:

For the category of Vendor of the Year:

For the category of Provider of the Year:

For the category of Editor’s Choice:

“The Pipeline team applauds all the winners of this year’s COMET awards,” said Scott St. John, Executive Editor, Pipeline. “The award submissions were incredibly strong and demonstrate the true vibrancy of technical innovation that is occurring today.”

Resources:
For more information on Pipeline’s 2013 Innovation Awards please visit www.pipelinepub.com or contact COMET@pipelinepub.com.

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About Pipeline Publishing, L.L.C.:
Pipeline Publishing, L.L.C. is the publisher of Pipeline magazine, which explores real-world issues, technologies, and trends facing service providers. Pipeline provides global editorial coverage of the communications and entertainment technology (COMET) industry and real-time news that affects the service providers and suppliers who are enabling the future of communications and entertainment services. We invite you to visit and subscribe today: http://www.pipelinepub.com/info/subscribe.php

For more information about Pipeline or its Innovation Awards program, visit: www.pipelinepub.com.

Contacts:

Pipeline Publishing, L.L.C.
Scott St. John, 734-707-4988 ext 100
Executive Editor
scott@pipelinepub.com

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