Frost & Sullivan Honors Industry Innovators

- Superlative Accomplishments Recognized at Best Practices Awards Gala

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honored recipients of its 2013 Excellence in Best Practices Awards at a dinner gala held Tuesday, March 12, 2013, in San Diego, California, at the Hilton San Diego Resort & Spa.

The Excellence in Best Practices 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:

AAI Logistics & Technical Services and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems - 2012 North American Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Customer Service Leadership Award

Achates Power, Inc. - 2013 North American Medium and Heavy-duty Commercial Vehicle Engine New Product Innovation Award

Acuo Technologies part of Perceptive Software - 2012 North American Enterprise Imaging Informatics Market Share Leadership Award

Anritsu Corporation - 2012 Global Test & Measurement Company of the Year Award

Antenna Software, Inc. - 2012 North American Mobile Workforce Management New Product Innovation Award

AtSite, Inc. - 2012 North American Environmental and Sustainable Solutions in Buildings Customer Value Enhancement Award

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - 2012 North American Laboratory Researchers' Choice: Future Market Leader of Digital PCR Technology Award

Bird Technologies - 2012 Global Radio Frequency Test Equipment Customer Value Enhancement Award

Celestica - 2012 Global EMS Aerospace and Defense Company of the Year Award

CGI - 2013 North American Government Cloud Solutions Company of the Year Award

Citrix - 2012 Global Web Conferencing Services Growth Leadership Award

cPacket Networks - 2013 North American Network Performance Monitoring Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

CopperEgg Corporation - 2013 North American Cloud Monitoring Solution New Product Innovation Award

Entrust, Inc. - 2013 North American SSL Certificate Product Leadership Award

ESET - 2012 North American Endpoint Security Products Customer Value Enhancement Award

Fortinet - 2012 North American Enterprise Firewalls Market Penetration Leadership Award

FRX Polymers, Inc. - 2013 North American Flame Retardant Polymers New Product Innovation Award

Galena Biopharma, Inc. - 2013 Global Breast Cancer Vaccine New Product Innovation Award

GenePOC - 2013 North American Molecular Diagnostics Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

HealthUnity - 2013 North American Health Information Exchange Enabling Technology Award

Independa, Inc. - 2011 North American Telehealth Product Line Strategy Award

Insera Therapeutics, Inc. - 2012 North American Stroke Intervention New Product Innovation Award

Interchange Solutions Inc. "SalesNOW" - 2013 North American Mobile Sales Force Automation Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

JiWire, Inc. - 2012 North American Mobile Advertising New Product Innovation Award

KAER Biotherapeutics Corporation - 2012 North American Aerosol Drug Delivery Technology Innovation Award

Kilopass Technology, Inc. - 2012 Global Non-Volatile Memory Technology Innovation Award

Level 3 Communications - 2013 U.S. Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) Services Growth Leadership Award

Limelight Networks, Inc. - 2012 Global Online Video Platforms Product Line Strategy Award

LucidWorks - 2012 Global Enterprise Search Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

magicJack - 2013 North American Consumers' Choice: Overall Best VoIP Service Provider Award

Malwarebytes Corporation - 2012 North American Endpoint Security Products Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Microsoft Corporation-Microsoft PlayReady - 2012 Global Content Protection Enabling Technology Award

Novus International - 2012 North American Animal Feed Ingredients Product Differentiation Excellence Award

Ooyala - 2012 Global Online Video Platforms Customer Value Enhancement Award

OpenText - 2013 Global Enterprise Digital Media Company of the Year Award

Pharmaco-Kinesis Corporation - 2013 Global Biosensors New Product Innovation Award

POWERVAR - 2013 Global Healthcare Uninterruptible Power Supplies Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

Proofpoint, Inc. - 2012 North American Email Content Security Product Differentiation Excellence Award

QUA Group - 2013 North American Industrial Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology New Product Innovation Award

RWL Water Group - 2013 North American Water and Wastewater Treatment Excellence in Mergers & Acquisition Strategy Award

ShinewayTech - 2012 Global Fiber Optic Test Equipment Price Performance Value Leadership Award

SIMCO Electronics - 2013 North American Calibration and Repair Service Leadership Award

Sprint -

2012 North American Mobile Communications and Collaboration Customer Value Enhancement Award

2012 North American Mobile & Wireless Green Excellence Award

2013 North American Automotive Usage Based Insurance Customer Value Enhancement Award

TEOCO - 2012 Stratecast Global Communications Service Provider Financial Assurance Product Line Strategy Award

The Sente Group - 2013 North American Test Asset Management Solutions for Aerospace & Defense Customer Value Enhancement Award

TomTom Business Solutions - 2012 North American Commercial Vehicle Telematics Customer Value Enhancement Award

Trustwave -

2012 Global Web Content Filtering Products Product Differentiation Excellence Award

2012 North American Managed Security Service Providers Growth Leadership Award

Vidtel - 2012 North American Video Conferencing Hosted and Managed Services Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Vidyo - 2013 Global Video Conferencing Technology Leadership Award

Virtual Piggy Inc. - 2012 Global Online Digital Media Entrepreneurial Company of the Year 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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