Innovative Companies Recognized at Frost & Sullivan's Black Tie Awards Gala

Awards ceremony honors game-changers in various markets for outstanding achievements

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Dec. 4, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan honored recipients at its Excellence in Best Practices Awards Gala on Monday, December 3, 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in San Antonio, TX.

Frost & Sullivan's 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 a marketplace standard, and have created advanced technologies that will catalyze and transform industries in the near future.

"The mission of our Best Practice Awards is to identify true innovators, disruptors, and leaders, people who demonstrate unique excellence in fields such as Product Innovation, Business Strategy, and Customer Value," said Jeff Frigstad, Global Sr. Vice President, Best Practices at Frost & Sullivan. "Best practice companies lead the way and set the example for others."

Awarded companies included:

3M - 2018 North American Clinical Documentation Improvement Technology Leadership Award
AMD Global Telemedicine - 2018 North American Telemedicine Market Leadership Award
Astea International - 2018 North American Mobile Field Service Management Company of the Year Award
Automotive Grade Linux - 2018 Global In-Vehicle Infotainment Enabling Technology Leadership Award
Behr Technologies, Inc. - 2018 Global Industrial IIoT Sensor Connectivity Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
Carboline Company - 2018 North American Anti-corrosion Coatings New Product Innovation Award
CenturyLink - 2018 North American MPLS/IP VPN Services Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
Cicero Inc. - 2018 North American Contact Center Software Enabling Technology Leadership Award
CSG - 2018 Global Stratecast CSP Monetization for Interconnect & Settlement Market Leadership Award
Datameer - 2018 Global Big Data Analytics Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
Digital Defense, Inc. -  2018 Global Vulnerability Management Customer Value Leadership Award
DigitalOcean - 2018 North American Infrastructure as a Service Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
Eigen Innovations - 2018 North American AI-enabled IoT Solutions Product Line Strategy Leadership Award
Flutura - 2018 North American Artificial Intelligence in Energy Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award
ForeScout Technologies, Inc. - 2018 Global Network Access Control Growth Excellence Leadership Award
Gemalto - 2018 Global Digital Banking Solutions Company of the Year Award
Gemalto - 2018 Global Identity Verification and Authentication Solutions Company of the Year Award
Guavus, a Thales company - 2018 Global Big Data Analytics Customer Value Leadership Award
Heller Industries, Inc - 2018 Global Surface Mount Technology Reflow Soldering Equipment Company of the Year Award
HUBER Technology, Inc. - 2018 North American Liquid/Solid Separation Technology Product Line Strategy Leadership Award
Intel - 2018 Global IoT Platforms Growth Innovation & Leadership Frost Radar Award
NanoMech - 2018 North American Nanocoatings Technology Innovation Award
NanoXplore - 2018 North American Graphene Technology Innovation Award
Netcracker Technology - 2018 Global Stratecast CSP Monetization Growth Excellence Leadership Award 
Netcracker Technology - 2018 Global Stratecast CSP Monetization for the Partner Management Market Leadership Award 
NIKSUN - 2018 Global Network Forensics Price/Performance Value Leadership Award
Noble Systems - 2018 North American Outbound Dialing Systems Market Leadership Award
Olink Proteomics - 2018 Global Cardiac Protein Biomarker Research Enabling Technology Leadership Award
Omni-ID - 2018 Global Material Flow Management Solution for Manufacturing 4.0 Product Leadership Award
Optum - 2018 North American Population Health Management Company of the Year Award
PAS Global, LLC - 2018 North American Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Technology Innovation Award
Philips- 2018 North American Medication Adherence Enabling Technology Leadership Award
Protego - 2018 Global Serverless Security New Product Innovation Award
Scienstry, Inc. - 2018 North American Smart Glass New Product Innovation Award
ServicePower, Inc. - 2018 North American Mobile Field-Service Management Customer Value Leadership Award
Slack Technologies, Inc - 2018 Global Messaging-centric/Team Collaboration Market Leadership Award
SMARTRAC - 2019 Global RFID Solutions Company of the Year Award
Snap-on - 2018 North American Technicians' Choice of Automotive Tools Product Line Strategy Leadership Award
Sprinklr - 2018 North American Social Suites Customer Value Leadership Award
Thinking Systems - 2018 North American Molecular Imaging Informatics Product Leadership Award
Verve Industrial Protection - 2018 North American Industrial Cybersecurity Services Growth Excellence Leadership Award
Vonage - 2018 North American Programmable Communications Competitive Strategy Innovation and Leadership Award
vXchnge - 2018 North American Data Center Services Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
WeDo Technologies - 2018 Global Stratecast CSP Financial Assurance for Overall Revenue Market Leadership Award
Xevo Inc. - 2018 North American Cloud-Based Platform for In-Vehicle Data Monetization Solutions New Product Innovation Award
Zoom Video Communications - 2019 Global Video Conferencing 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 Gala, please contact a member of the Best Practices Team.

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