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

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honored recipients of its 2013 Growth, Innovation & Leadership Awards at a dinner gala held Monday, September 9, 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:

ADTRAN - 2013 Global Enterprise Media Gateway and Session Border Controllers Customer Value Enhancement Award

Aegis Mobility - 2013 North American Distracted Driving Solutions Customer Value Leadership Award

Alcatel-Lucent (Motive) - 2013 Global Customer Experience Management Product Leadership Award

AMVONET - 2013 North American Learning Collaboration Platforms New Product Innovation Award

Aquatech International Corporation - 2013 North American Wastewater Treatment for Canadian Oil Sands New Product Innovation Award

ASCEND - 2013 North American Cardiology Informatics Customer Value Leadership Award

Aspect Software - 2013 North American Hosted Contact Center Solutions Customer Value Enhancement Award

Banom - 2013 North American Cut-Resistant Gloves Product Leadership Award

Barco - 2013 North American Diagnostic Image Displays Product Line Strategy Award

Calxeda - 2013 North American Smart Performance for Scalable Computing Technology Innovation Leadership Award

Cannon Technologies Ltd - 2013 European Racks and Cabinets Technology Innovation Leadership Award

CradlePoint - 2013 North American M2M Communications Competitive Strategy Leadership Award

Decisiv, Inc. - 2013 North American Fleet Maintenance Customer Value Leadership Award

EMC - 2013 Global Enterprise Content Management Product Quality Leadership Award

Genesys - 2013 Global Workload Management Technology Innovation Award
                2013 North American Contact Center Systems Company of the Year Award

Hempel (USA), Inc - 2013 North American Protective and Marine Coatings Growth Excellence Leadership Award

Huber Technology, Inc. - 2013 North American Solid/Liquid Separation Technology Customer Service Leadership Award

IBM Watson Solutions - 2013 North American Customer Engagement New Product Innovation Award

Intelerad Medical Systems - 2013 North American Medical Imaging Workflow Solutions Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

iSonea Limited - 2013 North American Mobile Health Applications for Asthma Management New Product Innovation Leadership Award

Lenos Software - 2013 Visionary Innovation Award

LI-COR Biosciences - 2013 North American In-Vivo Molecular Imaging Technology Leadership Award

Quark Software Inc. - 2013 Global Dynamic Publishing Solutions Competitive Strategy & Innovation Leadership Award

Riverbed Technology - 2013 North American Application Delivery Controllers New Product Innovation Award

Selventa - 2013 North American Systems Diagnostics Technology Leadership Award

Siemens Healthcare - 2013 North American Interventional Radiology Company of the Year Award

SimpleSignal - 2013 North American Hosted IP Telephony and UC Services Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Sourcefire - 2013 Global Intrusion Prevention Systems Product Leadership Award

Symantec - 2013 North American SSL Certificate Market Share Leadership Award

Teledyne LeCroy - 2013 Global Oscilloscopes Technology Leadership Award

The KAITEKI Institute, Inc. - 2013 APAC Innovation to Establish a Sustainable Society Visionary Innovation Award

VoltDelta - 2013 North American Hosted Interactive Voice Response Enabling Technology Award

Frost & Sullivan partnered with HCL Excellence Awards:

The Boeing Company - 2013 Business Processes Excellence Award

Juniper Networks, Inc. - 2013 Excellence in New Product Launch Award

Xerox Corporation - 2013 Excellence in Technology 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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