Frost & Sullivan Celebrates 10th Annual Asia Pacific ICT Awards

~ 5 new award categories introduced ~

SINGAPORE, June 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan celebrates the 10^th Annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards with a dinner gala to be held on Wednesday, 17 July 2013 from 6.00pm at The St Regis Singapore.

Founded in 2004, the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards program is now in its 10th consecutive year, and seeks to recognize companies and individuals that have demonstrated best practices in their industry, commending the diligence, commitment, and innovative business strategies required to advance in the global marketplace.

"Frost & Sullivan is proud to host the Asia Pacific ICT Awards banquet for the 10th consecutive time. When we first started back in 2004, we knew we wanted the Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards to be the most anticipated event of the year by the ICT business community in Asia Pacific. We are delighted that the awards have surpassed our expectations, just like the caliber of its recipients," said Manoj Menon, Partner and Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific.

The 10th Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards will confer a total of 36 awards, inclusive of 5 new award categories. The 5 new awards are Most Innovative Telecom OSS/BSS Vendor of the Year, Mobile Advertising Company of the Year, UC as a Service Vendor of the Year, Mobile Commerce Service Provider of the Year, and the Beyond Connectivity Service Provider of the Year.

With the largest team of analysts in Asia Pacific, the Frost & Sullivan ICT Practice is dedicated to researching the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in the region. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices.

The findings of the detailed evaluation are then presented to a panel of independent judges comprising influential personalities and leaders in the Asia Pacific ICT industry, to decide on the recipient for each category.

Expert judges for the Telecom Vendors category include Tim Harris, Managing Director of South East Asia, BT Global Services; Wilfred Kwan, Independent Consultant and Former Chief Technology Officer, Pacnet; Rudi Frey, Executive Advisor for Fixed Network and Fixed/Mobile Operations, PLDT Group; Zia Zaman, Chief Strategy Officer at SingTel Group Enterprise, SingTel; Richard Zawila, Senior Executive Technology Advisor & Head of NTPI & NOAT, Sun Cellular; and Mohd Rais Azhar, Vice President of Network Architecture, Telekom Malaysia Berhad.

Expert judges for the Enterprise Vendors category include Joseph Tan, Chief Technology Officer, Certis CISCO Security; TC Seow, Editor, CIO Asia; Andrew Low, Vice President of Solutions & Services, CrimsonLogic; Mark Winn, Ancillary Allied Health, Healthcare Analytics, Integrated Health Information Systems Pte Ltd; Goh Kim Soon, Senior Vice President of Technology Support / Technology Support (IMD), MediaCorp; Tan Hock Hai, Chief Information Officer, Singapore Technologies Engineering; and Darrel Wang, Senior Director, Head of IT, Asia Pacific, Quintiles.

Expert judges for the Service Providers category include Tony Kalcina, Founder & Industry Evangelist, Clarity; Martin Backstrom, Vice President Head of Industry Area Datacom, Ericsson; Lim Chee Siong, Regional CMO, Head of Strategy & Marketing Division, South Pacific Region, Huawei Technologies; Andy Miller, Vice President, Advanced Technologies, APAC, Juniper Networks; Raghu Prasad, Senior Director, Communications & Media Industry Solutions Group, Asia Pacific & Japan, Oracle; and Sharat Sinha, Vice President & Head of Asia Pacific Theater, Palo Alto Networks.

For more details on the 2013 Asia Pacific ICT Awards log-on to http://www.ict-awards.com/. You can also connect with Frost & Sullivan on social media, including Twitter, Facebook, SlideShare, and LinkedIn, for the latest news and updates. You can also stay tuned to the awards at #apictawards.

"This year we are not only celebrating the award recipients but also introspecting into what we have witnessed in the past 10 years and what we envision for the next 10 years in the ICT industry. Come reflect and anticipate with us at #in10yrstime," said Manoj.

Channel News Asia is the International Broadcast Media Partner for the 10^th Annual Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards. Media partners for the awards banquet include CIO Asia, Digital News Asia, MIS Asia, and Top 10 of Asia.

2013 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards
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