Best-In-Class Companies Recognized by Frost & Sullivan for Growth, Innovation & Leadership

-- Awards Gala co-located with Frost & Sullivan's Growth, Innovation & Leadership (GIL): Silicon Valley Event

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honored recipients of its 2013 Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards at a dinner gala held Wednesday, September 11, in San Jose, Calif., at The Fairmont San Jose. The Awards banquet was preceded by a 60-minute CEO Roundtable. During the session, chief executives from selected companies discussed the most pressing issues facing their companies and industries today.

The Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards are presented each year to 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 and transform industries in the near future.

Awarded companies included:

ActiveHealth Management
2013 United States Early Intervention and Wellness Technology Leadership Award

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 
2012 Global Radio-frequency (RF) Test Equipment Company of the Year Award     

2013 Global Oscilloscopes Growth Leadership Award

AIMS Innovation         
2013 Global Application Performance Monitoring Customer Value Leadership Award

Anritsu Corporation    
2013 Global PIM Test Equipment New Product Innovation Award

2013 Global Cable and Antenna Analyzers Market Share Leadership Award

Berg    
2013 North American Drug Discovery Technology Innovation Award

BIO-key International  
2013 North American Fingerprint Biometric Solutions Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

BioScale
2013 North American Protein Analysis New Product Innovation Award

Cegedim, Inc. 
2013 North American Mobile Sales Force Automation Customer Value Enhancement Award

Crescendo Bioscience            
2013 North American Clinical Diagnostics Market Penetration Leadership Award

DAON  
2013 Global Biometrics Software and Services Product Leadership Award

DebMed          
2013 North American Hand Hygiene Solutions New Product Innovation Award

Equinix
2013 United States Retail Co-location Services Market Share Leadership Award

GNF Technologies, LLC          
2013 North American Patient Nutrition New Product Innovation Award

Heller Industries, Inc.  
2013 Global SMT Reflow Soldering Equipment Market Share Leadership Award

Hermon Laboratories Ltd.       
2013 Global Wireless R&D and Manufacturing Test Equipment Price Performance Value Leadership Award

Hewlett-Packard Company     
2013 Global Big Data Software-Hardware Integration Technology Innovation Award

Huawei           
2013 Global Telecom Solutions Providers' CEM Solutions Strategy Leadership Award

Invensas         
2013 North American 3D Packaging and 3D IC for Mobile Computing Customer Value Enhancement Award

Legrand          
2013 Global Uninterruptible Power Supplies Growth Leadership Award

2013 Global Uninterruptible Power Supplies Company of the Year Award

Living PlanIT SA         
2013 European Smart City Projects Growth Excellence Leadership Award

MatriX Technologies GmbH    
2013 Global SMT Automatic X-ray Inspection Equipment Company of the Year Award

Merge Healthcare       
2013 North American Medical Imaging Interoperability Solutions Product Leadership Award

MorphoTrust USA        
2013 North American Government Biometrics Company of the Year Award

mPhase Technologies, Inc.    
2013 North American Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Award

Mytrus 
2013 North American Clinical Trials Product Leadership Award

Netspective Communications, LLC.    
2013 North American Medical Device Interoperability New Product Innovation Award

Parature, Inc.  
2013 North American Social Customer Service Applications Customer Value Enhancement Award

Plantronics     
2013 North American Unified Communications and Collaboration and Customer-care Visionary Innovation Award

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
2012 North American Magnetic-based Wireless Power Transmission Technology Innovation Award

RACO Wireless
2013 North American M2M Communications New Product Innovation Award

Snap-on, Incorporated
2013 U.S. Automotive Technicians' Choice: Overall Best Brand of Pneumatic/Air Tools Award

2013 U.S. Automotive Technicians' Choice: Overall Best Brand of Hand Tools Award

2013 U.S. Automotive Technicians' Choice: Overall Best Brand of Power Tools Award

2013 U.S. Automotive Technicians' Choice: Overall Best Brand of Tool Storage Devices Award

2013 U.S. Automotive Technicians' Choice: Overall Best Brand of Handheld Diagnostic Tools Award

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc.    
2013 Global Oncology Investment Opportunity Award

Sutherland Global Services    
2013 North American Customer Care and Technical Support Outsourcing Customer Value Enhancement Award

Ventura Foods
2013 Vision Alignment Award

Zetec   
2013 Global Portable Phased Array Ultrasonic Test Equipment New Product Innovation Award

Zoltek Companies, Inc.           
2013 North American Automotive Carbon Fiber New Product Innovation Award

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices.

For further information about the Awards Banquet, please contact a member of the Best Practices Team.

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