Frost & Sullivan honored industry leaders for outstanding performance at last week's 3rd annual Excellence in Information & Communications Technologies Awards Banquet held in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The banquet recognized 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 industries in the near future.

In her keynote speech, Nortel's Vice President & General Manager of Multimedia Applications, Roxann Swanson, commented on the industry by saying, "The latest telecommunications technology is 'life-altering' to all of us both in our professional and personal lives. That is what makes our work so exciting."

A CEO Roundtable Discussion preceded the banquet earlier that day, moderated by Khali Henderson, Group Editor of Virgo Publishing Inc. During the CEO Roundtable Discussion, panelists answered a variety of questions focusing on sales and marketing strategies and the challenges of succeeding in a demanding economy.

Roundtable participants included: Mark Spurlock, Vice President, Sales, Southwest Region, Avaya; Grant Henderson, Executive Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Convedia(R) Corporation; J. Scott Etzler, President, InterCall; Alain Fernando-Santana, CEO, NetCentrex; Owen Matthews, CEO, NewHeights Software; Dan Moffat, President & CEO, New Edge Networks; Roxann Swanson, General Manager & Vice President, Multimedia Applications, Nortel; Jon Korin, Director, Strategic Planning, Northrop Grumman Information Technology; John Melick, Co-President, Primus Telecommunications Inc.; Luke Tristram, CEO, Proximity Corporation; Dan Castles, President & CEO, Telestream Inc.; Andy Salo, Director, Product Management, TippingPoint Technologies Inc.; Vernon Irvin, Executive Vice President & General Manager, Communications Services, and, VeriSign; Thomas Howe, CTO, Versatel Networks.

An open networking session followed, allowing the recipient companies to develop and strengthen business relationships.

Awarded companies included:

Alcatel - 2005 Enterprise Communications Applications Product of
          the Year Award

Avaya - 2005 Contact Center Company of the Year Award; 2005
        Enterprise Infrastructure Company of the Year Award

Convedia(R) Corporation - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure
                          Company of the Year Award

IDT Corporation - 2005 Prepaid Market Product of the Year Award

InterCall - 2005 Audio Conferencing Service of the Year Award

Microsoft - 2005 Enterprise Infrastructure Product of the Year
            Award

NetCentrex - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure Product
             of the Year Award

New Edge Networks - 2005 Telecommunications Services Product of
                    the Year Award

NewHeights Software - 2005 Enterprise Applications Entrepreneurial
                      Company of the Year Award

Nimcat Networks - 2005 Enterprise Infrastructure Entrepreneurial
                  Company of the Year Award

Nortel - 2005 Enterprise Applications Executive of the Year Award:
         Roxann Swanson, General Manager & Vice President, Multimedia
         Applications, Nortel

North Plains Systems - 2005 Digital Media Applications Company of
                       the Year Award

Northrop Grumman Corporation - 2005 U.S. Federal Government IT
                               Vertical Company of the Year Award

Omneon - 2005 Digital Media Enabling Technologies CEO of the Year
         Award: Joe Kennedy, CEO, Omneon

Postini - 2005 Security Technologies Infrastructure Protection
          Service of the Year Award

Primus Telecommunications Inc. - 2005 VoIP Services CEO of the Year
                                 Award: John Melick, Co-President,
                                 Primus Telecommunications, Inc.

Proximity Corporation - 2005 Digital Media Applications
                        Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

SAP - 2005 CRM Company of the Year Award

ScanSoft - Enterprise Applications Company of the Year Award

Sourcefire Inc. - 2005 Network Security Infrastructure Protection
                  Company of the Year Award

Telestream Inc. - 2005 Digital Media Applications Product of the
                  Year Award

TippingPoint Technologies Inc. - 2005 Network Security Infrastructure
                                 Protection Entrepreneurial Company of
                                 the Year Award

VeriSign Inc. - 2005 Telecommunications Service Provider Company
                of the Year Award

Versatel Networks - 2005 VoIP Equipment & Network Infrastructure
                    Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Frost & Sullivan holds annual Awards banquets for the information and communication technologies, industrial technologies, and healthcare industries. For further information on the Award banquets or recipients or for digital photos, please contact Stacie Jones, 210-247-2450, Stacie.Jones@frost.com.

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