26 Companies Named India’s Best at The Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards 2005

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Monday, October 10, 2005 -- (Business Wire India)
Global growth consulting company, Frost & Sullivan, today hosted the annual Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards. The Awards seek to recognize and honour outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information & Communications Technology (ICT) industry across the country for base year 2004.

“2004 was a challenging year with competition stiffer than ever, coupled with emerging disruptive technologies. ICT companies across India have had to innovate and reinvent to rise to the challenge and increase their value proposition to stay on top of the game,” said Alok Shende, Director of ICT Practice at Frost & Sullivan.

42 of the most coveted titles in technology were conferred at the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards 2005, officiated by Mr. Sailesh Dave, Global Director – Best Practices.

The key measurement criteria employed in the benchmarking study and judging process were based on actual market performance indicators for calendar year 2004. These include revenue growth, market share and growth in market share, leadership in product innovation, breadth of products and solutions, major customer acquisitions, and business and market strategy.

Mr. Shende said, “The recipients of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards 2005 indeed represent the best in their class. Each of these outstanding recipients has demonstrated significant growth and leadership in their respective market segments.

“A common factor across all the award recipients is that they have significantly contributed to growing the industry either by bringing in strong new value propositions to the market or by developing new market segments,” he added.

From one class act to another! - Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the outstanding recipients of the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards 2005.

Company Award Title

Concerto -- Market Leadership Award for Outbound Systems Market
Scansoft -- Market Leadership Award for Speech Technology Software Market
Talisma -- Market Leadership Award for E-Mail Management Systems Market
Polycom -- Market Leadership Award for Video Conferencing End-Points Market
Polycom -- Market Leadership Award for Video Conferencing Infrastructure Market
WebEx -- Market Leadership Award for Audio Conferencing Services Market
WebEx -- Market Leadership Award for Web Conferencing Services Market
Verint -- Growth Strategy Leadership Award for Call Monitoring Applications
IEX -- Market Leadership Award for Workforce Management Software Market
MBT -- Security Strategist of the Year Award
IBM -- Market Leadership Award for Enterprise Portals Software Market
IBM -- Market Leadership Award for Enterprise Application Integration Software Market
IBM -- Market Leadership Award for Advanced Collaboration Platforms Market
SAP -- Market Leadership Award for CRM Software Market
SAP -- Market Leadership Award for Mid Market ERP Software Market
Nortel Networks -- Market Leadership Award for IVR Systems Market
Cisco Systems -- Market Leadership Award for Firewall/VPN Appliances Market
Cisco Systems -- Market Leadership Award for Wireless LAN Market
Cisco Systems -- Competitive Strategy Award for IP Telephony
Rangu Salgame -- CEO of the Year Award
Portwise -- Market Leadership Award for SSL VPN Market
Checkpoint -- Market Leadership Award for Software Firewall/VPN Market
Secure Synergy -- Market Leadership Award for Managed Anti Virus Services Market
Secure Synergy -- Customer Service Leadership Award for Managed Security Market
HCL Comnet -- Marketing Leadership Award for the Security Systems Integration
HCL Comnet -- Market Penetration Leadership Award for Managed Security Services Market
Trend Micro -- Market Leadership Award for E-Mail Filtering market
Websense -- Market Leadership Award for Web Content Filtering
Bharti -- Market Leadership Award for Managed WAN Services Market
Siemens Limited -- Market Leadership Award for KTS Market
Symantec -- Market Leadership Award for Secure Content Applications Market
ISS -- Market Leadership Award for Intrusion Detection Systems Market
Reliance Infocomm -- Market Leadership Award for Video Conferencing Services Market
Sify Limited -- Market Leadership Award for IP VPNs
Avaya GlobalConnect -- Market Leadership Award for PBX Market
Avaya GlobalConnect -- Market Leadership Award for IP - PBX Market
Avaya GlobalConnect -- Market Leadership Award for ACD Market
Avaya GlobalConnect -- Market Leadership Award for CTI Enabling Software Market
3i Infotech -- Market Leadership Award for ERP for Emerging Businesses
VSNL -- Market Leadership in the National Bandwidth Market
VSNL -- Market Leadership in the International Bandwidth Market

About the Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards

The Frost & Sullivan Technology Awards is held annually to recognize outstanding performance by companies and individuals in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in India. The awards seek to showcase best practices in the vendor and service provider segments which are synonymous with Frost & Sullivan’s in-depth analysis and coverage of the technology industry. It has attracted some of the leading names in technology on a single platform to compete for the most coveted titles in technology. Benchmarked against the highest standards of measurement criteria, the recipients of these awards indeed represent the best-of-breed in India.


About Frost & Sullivan: Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community, by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics.      


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