13th Annual 2018 IT World Awards
13th Annual Network PG’s 2018 IT World Awards
New Products and Services
New Products and Services | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
EdgeWave (La Jolla, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Security Software) for ThreatTest v1.0.4.100
Silver Winner
Untangle, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Untangle Command Center
New Products and Services | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Impartner, Inc. (South Jordan UT USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Impatner PRM (Spring 2018 Release)
Silver Winners
Netformx (San Jose, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) for Netformx Partner Incentive Tool v1.2
Cumulus Networks (Mountain View, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) for Cumulus NetQ v1.3
Bronze Winners
AppViewX (Seattle, WA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for AUTOMATION+ (AVX 12.2)
Attunity (Burlington, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Attunity v6 Data Integration Platform
Comtrend (Irvine, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Telecommunications) for G.hn Powerline with Power over Ethernet (PoE) (version PG-9172PoE & PG-9172PT)
MapR Technologies, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for MapR Converged Data Platform 6.0
Thycotic (Washington, DC USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Secret Server 10.4
New Products and Services | 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Information Builders (New York City, NY USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for iWay 8
Silver Winner
WatchGuard Technologies (Seattle, WA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for WatchGuard Total Security Suite
New Products and Services | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Epicor Software (Austin, TX USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for Epicor Commerce Connect for Epicor Eclipse v1.0.0
Silver Winners
Viettel Group (Hanoi, Vietnam | 2,500 or more Employees | Telecommunications) for Viettel Business Intelligence (vBI) vBI 2018
Viettel Group (Hanoi, Vietnam | 2,500 or more Employees | Telecommunications) for Viettel Campaign Management System (vCampaign) version vCampaign 2018
Bronze Winners
Ceridian (Minneapolis, MN USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for Dayforce Compensation Management
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 2,500 or more Employees) for Integrated Threat Management v1.2
Startups
Startup of the Year | Formed 2014
Gold Winners
ForeverCar (Chicago, IL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) founded January 2014
Minerva Labs (Petach Tikva, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees) founded October 2014
Silver Winners
AppOrbit (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) founded October 2014
Contrast Security (Los Altos, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded June 2014
Solebit (San Francisco, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded December 2014
Bronze Winners
Cyber Skyline (Ellicott City, MD USA | 1 – 10 Employees | Education and Training) formed April 2014
Enkrypt, Inc. (Sherman Oaks, CA USA | 1 – 10 Employees) founded February 2014
Javelin Networks (Austin, TX USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) formed January 2014
Ostendio, Inc. (Arlington, VA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) founded March 2014
Waggl (Sausalito, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Human Resources) founded April 2014
Startup of the Year | Formed 2015
Gold Winners
Armis (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded September 2015
EpiFinder (Scottsdale, AZ USA | 1 – 10 Employees | Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) founde June 2015
Silver Winners
CYBRIC (Boston, MA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) founded September 2015
Dawex (Lyon, Rhone-Alpes, France | 11 – 99 Employees) founded May 2015
Bronze Winners
DataSine (London, England, United Kingdom | 11 – 99 Employees) founded February 2015
Enerbrain s.r.l. (Torino, Italy | 1 – 10 Employees) founded January 2015
Rundeck (Redwood City, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Services) founded March 2015
StatusToday (London, United Kingdom | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) founded May 2015
UkkoBox (London, England, United Kingdom | 1 – 10 Employees) founded April 2015
Startup of the Year | Formed 2016
Gold Winners
e-bot7 GmbH (Munich, Bavaria, Germany | 11 – 99 Employees) founded May 2016
NanoLock Security (Nitzane Oz, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded November 2016
Silver Winners
Layered Insight (Pleasanton, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded January 2016
XM Cyber (Herzleyia, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees) founded April 2016
Bronze Winners
PasswordPing (Boulder, CO USA | 1 – 10 Employees) founded June 2016
Sepio Systems (Gaithersburg, MD USA | 1 – 10 Employees) founded April 2016
Startup of the Year | Formed 2017
Gold Winners
Awake Security (Sunnyvale, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) founded July 2017
Streamlio (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) formed April 2017
Silver Winners
Balbix (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded June 2017
Fortanix (Mountain View, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) founded June 2017
Bronze Winners
AppsCo Inc. (St. Louis, MO USA | 1 – 10 Employees) founded February 2017
CashPundit Technologies Pvt Ltd (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 1 – 10 Employees | industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) founded February 2017
Cloudbric (Seoul, Seoul Special Metropolitan City, South Korea | 1 – 10 Employees | industry: Security Services) founded December 2017
Prescriptive Data Solutions (San Antonio, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Services) founded May 2017
Startup of the Year | Formed 2018
Gold Winner
Perimeter 81 (Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees) founded January 2018
Hot Company of the Year (alphabetically)
Gold Winners
Attivo Networks (Fremont, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) formed 2011
BigID (New York, NY USA | 11 – 99 Employees) formed 2015
Circadence Corporation (Boulder, CO USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Dynafios (Issaquah, WA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) formed 2004
FixStream (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) formed 2013
Garland Technology (Buffalo, NY USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Hardware) formed 2008
Osprey Security (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) formed 2015
Best Products and Services
Access Solutions & Management
Gold Winner
ADTRAN (Huntsville, AL USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for ADTRAN Mosaic
Silver Winner
HOB GmbH & Co KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany | 100 – 499 Employees) for HOB RD VPN v2.3
Application Delivery
Gold Winner
AppViewX (Seattle, WA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for ADC+ (AVX 12.2)
Application Security Testing (AST)
Gold Winner
CYBRIC (Boston, MA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for CYBRIC Continuous Application Security Platform v1.5
Apps
Gold Winner
ALE International (Colombes, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for ALE Customer Success Story App v1
Silver Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for My Orange for MEA (Middle East and Africa)
Best IT Services (New or Upgrade version)
Gold Winner
Amdocs (Chesterfield, MO USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for EaaS – Environment as a Service v1
Best IT Software (New or Upgrade version) | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Streamlio (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) Streamlio Platform
Silver Winner
5nine (West Palm Beach, FL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) for 5nine Manager
Bronze Winners
Adaptiva (Kirkland, WA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) for Windows 10 Accelerator Program
FixStream (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) for FixStream AIOps v7.0
Best IT Software (New or Upgrade version) | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Versa Networks (San Jose, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Cloud IP Platform (Versa Cloud IP Platform 16.1.R2)
Silver Winner
HOB GmbH & Co KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany | 100 – 499 Employees) for HOB RD VPN v2.3
Bronze Winner
Impartner, Inc. (South Jordan UT USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Impatner PRM (Spring 2018 Release)
Best IT Software (New or Upgrade version) | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Eaton (Dublin, Ireland | 2,500 or more Employees) for Visual Capacity Optimization Manager (VCOM)
Business Intelligence and Analytics
Gold Winner
Avaya, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Telecommunications) for Avaya Customer Happiness Index and Behavior Pattern Analytics
BYOD (Bring Your Own Device)
Gold Winner
GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (San Antonio, TX USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) Workspaces v7.4.5
Cloud Computing/SaaS
Gold Winner
PagerDuty (San Francisco, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for PagerDuty Digital Operations Management Platform v1
Silver Winner
CloudHealth Technologies (Boston, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for CloudHealth Platform
Bronze Winner
CloudBerry (New York, NY USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for CloudBerry Backup v5.8
Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
Gold Winner
Amdocs (Chesterfield, MO USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for EaaS – Environment as a Service v1
Cloud Security
Gold Winner
Netskope (Los Altos, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Security Software) The Netskope Cloud Security Platform v50
Silver Winners
AlienVault (San Mateo, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for AlienVault® Unified Security Management® / USM Anywhere
Dome9 Security (Mountain View, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Dome9 Arc Platform
Bronze Winners
HOB GmbH & Co KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany | 100 – 499 Employees) for HOB RD VPN v2.3
NETSCOUT Arbor (Burlington, MA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Security Services) for NETSCOUT Arbor Cloud v2.3
Webscale Networks Inc. (Mountain View, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Services) for Cloud Secure Enterprise
Cloud Single Sign-On
Gold Winner
SSO (Needham, MA USA | 1 – 10 Employees) for EasyConnect (version 2017)
Data Center Infrastructure Management
Gold Winner
vXchnge (Tampa, FL USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for in\site v1
Digital Experience Platforms
Gold Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for My Personal Offer v6
Disaster Recovery as a Service
Gold Winner
Quest Software (Aliso Viejo, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for Quest Rapid Recovery v6.1
Email, Security and Management
Gold Winner
Valimail (San Francisco, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for Valimail Enforce
Silver Winner
SonicWall (Milpitas, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for SonicWall Email Security v9.1
Bronze Winner
EdgeWave (La Jolla, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Security Software) for ePrism Email Security v11.1
Endpoint Security
Gold Winner
Absolute (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for Absolute Platform, featuring Reach v7
Silver Winner
Minerva Labs (Petach Tikva, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees) for Anti-Evasion Platform v2.3
Bronze Winners
Code42 (Minneapolis, MN USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Industry: Security Software) for Code42
PC Pitstop (Sioux City, IA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for PC Matic Pro
Field Service Management
Gold Winner
WorkWave (Holmdel, NJ USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for WorkWave Service
Firewalls
Gold Winner
SonicWall (Milpitas, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for SonicWall NSA 2650 Firewall v1
Silver Winner
Untangle, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for NG Firewall Version 13.1
Governance, Risk and Compliance
Gold Winner
TrustArc Inc. (San Francisco, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for TrustArc Data Privacy Management Platform (version 2018)
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Gold Winners
iWorkGlobal (San Francisco, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for iWorkGlobal MyVista
Ultimate Software (Weston, FL USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for UltiPro
Silver Winner
Kronos Incorporated (Lowell, MA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Workforce Dimensions by Kronos v1.0
Identity and Access Management as a Service (IDaaS)
Gold Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 2,500 or more Employees) for Physical Identity & Access Management (version PIAM 4.0)
Information Security and Risk Management
Gold Winner
Jumio (Palo Alto, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Security Services) for NetVerify v2.12.0
Silver Winner
NSS Labs (Austin, TX USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for NSS Labs Continuous Security Validation Platform v3.0
Bronze Winners
Balbix (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for BreachControl™ v2.0
NopSec (Brooklyn, NY USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Unified VRM v4.6.13
Innovations in IT (Information Technology)
Gold Winner
Streamlio (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) Streamlio Platform
Silver Winner
FixStream (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) for FixStream AIOps v7.0
Integrated Risk Management
Gold Winner
Balbix (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for BreachControl™ v2.0
IT Products and Services for Agriculture
Gold Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Senekela Sandji v1
IT Products and Services for Critical Infrastructure
Gold Winner
Tenable (Columbia, MD USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for Tenable.io®
IT Products and Services for Education
Gold Winner
Epson America, Inc. (Long Beach, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for Epson BrightLink 710Ui Interactive Display
IT Products and Services for Enterprise (Large)
Gold Winner
Amdocs (Chesterfield, MO USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for EaaS – Environment as a Service v1
IT Products and Services for Finance, Banking and Insurance
Gold Winner
Thomson Reuters (London, United Kingdom | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for MyTR v1
Silver Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Check & Go Mobile Connect
Bronze Winner
Attivo Networks (Fremont, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Attivo ThreatDefend Deception and Response Platform v4.1
IT Products and Services for Government
Gold Winner
Netwrix Corporation (Irvine, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Netwrix Auditor v9.5
Silver Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Check & Go Mobile Connect
IT Products and Services for Healthcare
Gold Winner
Acceliant (Santa Clara, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services) for Acceliant v7.0.2
Silver Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Cycle M v1
Bronze Winner
Attivo Networks (Fremont, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Attivo ThreatDefend Deception and Response Platform v4.1
IT Products and Services for Retail
Gold Winner
Akamai Technologies (Cambridge, MA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Akamai Web Performance Solutions Suite v4
IT Products and Services for Small Business, SOHO and Consumers
Gold Winner
Untangle, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for NG Firewall Version 13.1
IT Products and Services for Telecommunications
Gold Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for #303# My Store (version G2R2)
IT Products and Services for Transportation
Gold Winner
WorkWave (Holmdel, NJ USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for WorkWave Route Manager
IT Risk Management
Gold Winner
Balbix (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for BreachControl™ v2.0
IT Service Management
Gold Winner
Samanage (Cary, NC USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Samanage Service Platform
IT Services
Gold Winner
Viettel Group (Hanoi, Vietnam | 2,500 or more Employees | Telecommunications) for Global Business Operation Center (GBOC) version GBOC 2018
Managed Security Services
Gold Winner
Proficio (Carlsbad, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Proficio’s SOC as a service
Silver Winner
SonicWall (Milpitas, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for SonicWall Cloud Global Management System
Bronze Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 2,500 or more Employees) for Security Management Center v1.1
Mobile and Wireless Solutions
Gold Winner
Actiontec Electronics, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Telecommunications) for Optim
Most Innovative IT Service
Gold Winner
Amdocs (Chesterfield, MO USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for EaaS – Environment as a Service v1
Most Innovative IT Software
Gold Winner
HOB GmbH & Co KG (Cadolzburg, Bavaria, Germany | 100 – 499 Employees) for HOB RD VPN v2.3
Network Management
Gold Winner
NetBrain (Burlington, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) for NetBrain Integrated Edition v7.1
Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostics
Gold Winner
Nyansa (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) for Voyance (1 – this is a SaaS offering that is updated every 2 weeks)
Silver Winner
LiveAction (Palo Alto, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for LiveNX v7.0
Bronze Winners
Actiontec Electronics (Santa Clara, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Telecommunications) for Optim
Nectar Services Corp. (Jericho, NY, USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Nectar Unified Communications Diagnostics and e2e Diagnostics
NetBrain (Burlington, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) for NetBrain Integrated Edition v7.1
Networking
Gold Winner
Wistron NeWeb Corp. (Hsinchu, Taiwan | 2,500 or more Employees) for Tri-radio Wi-Fi Smart Router
Policy Management
Gold Winner
AlgoSec (Ridgefield Park, NJ USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for AlgoSec Security Management Solution version 2017.2
Products and Services for EMEA
Gold Winner
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for My Sponsored Data v1
Sales Performance Management
Gold Winner
MTC Performance (Schaumburg, IL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Business Products and Services) for Channel Manager Pro and Vendor Manager Pro Series – Automated Sales Incentive Software v3
Secure Web Gateways
Gold Winner
EdgeWave (La Jolla, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Security Software) for iPrism Web Security v8.1
Security Awareness Computer-Based Training
Gold Winner
Inspired eLearning, LLC (San Antonio, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Others – Security Awareness and Compliance) for Security Awareness Training Library v5.0
Silver Winner
Circadence Corporation (Boulder, CO USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Project Ares 3.0
Security Hardware (New or Upgrade version)
Gold Winner
WatchGuard Technologies (Seattle, WA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for WatchGuard Firebox M370 (Fireware 12.1)
Security Information and Event Management
Gold Winner
Wipro Limited (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 2,500 or more Employees) for Security Intelligence as a Service v4.0
Security Services (New or Upgrade version)
Gold Winner
Ixia, a Keysight Business (Santa Rosa, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Electronics) for Active SSL v1
Security Software (New or Upgrade version)
Gold Winner
Dell, Inc. (Round Rock, TX USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Information Technology Hardware) for Dell Data Guardian
Silver Winner
NCP engineering GmbH (Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany | 11 – 99 Employees) for NCP Exclusive Remote Access Solution
Bronze Winners
Awake Security (Sunnyvale, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Security Investigation Platform v1.0
Jumio (Palo Alto, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Security Services) for NetVerify v2.12.0
Tenable (Columbia, MD USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for Tenable.io®
Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Gold Winner
Versa Networks (San Jose, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Others – SD-WAN) for Versa Cloud IP Platform v16.1.R2
Storage Solutions
Gold Winner
Avere Systems (Pittsburgh, PA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for FXT Edge filer (version FXT 5850)
Silver Winner
Apricorn (Poway, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Hardware) for Aegis Secure Key 3z / Aegis Configurator v2
Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure
Gold Winner
Actiontec Electronics (Santa Clara, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Telecommunications) for T3200M Bonded VDSL2 Wireless AC Modem Router
Best Deployments in Asia-Pacific
Gold Winner
Trilliant (Cary, NC USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Trilliant Develops Successful Pilot of Nation’s First Smart Communications Network
Silver Winner
B2X Care Solutions GmbH (Munich, Bavaria, Germany | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for B2X forms strategic partnership with Samsung in Vietnam
Best Deployments in EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa)
Gold Winners
ALE International (Colombes, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for ALE Network supports passenger and vehicle safety in Gotthard Tunnel
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Smart Energy Metering solution offers a new way to consume and control the energy
Silver Winners
Orange (Paris, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for To offer a sustainable and affordable way to get electricity in rural areas
Seismic (San Diego, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Rapid deployment of Seismic improves dataxu®’s global sales productivity
Best Deployments in Latin America
Gold Winner
ALE International (Colombes, France | 2,500 or more Employees) for Pontificia Universidad Javeriana: a digital campus supported by ALE network
Best Deployments in USA | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Nextivity, Inc. (San Diego, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Telecommunications) for Law Enforcement Agency Gets Cellular Coverage inside Multiple Facilities with Cel-Fi QUATRA
Best Deployments in USA | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Quick Base (Cambridge, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) for Quick Base Automates Processes & Unifies Data, Reducing Costs & Time
Silver Winner
Seismic (San Diego, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Rapid deployment of Seismic improves dataxu®’s global sales productivity
Bronze Winner
Proficio (Carlsbad, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Pacific coast college seeks cybersecurity guidance
Best Deployments in USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
TRIANZ (Santa Clara, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Services) for Managed Services for ITSM and Endpoint Platform
Best Deployments in USA | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
ADTRAN (Huntsville, AL USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for ADTRAN helps Ting Internet make MAGIC Smart Homes a reality
Product Development/ Management Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Matt Tweedy, Vice President of Product Design – InfinityQS International (Fairfax, VA USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
CIO/ITExecutive of the Year
Gold Winner
David Baker, Chief Information Officer @ Pacific Dental Services (Irvine, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees | Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Biotech, Health Products & Services)
IT Project of the Year
Gold Winner
Richard George – VP Customer Self Service, MyTR Program Lead – Thomson Reuters (London, United Kingdom | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for MyTR | Names of other people in the Project Head’s Team: David Gallihawk, Product Director; Kate Kent, Programme Manager; Miriam Malik, Delivery Director; Neal Solanki, Lead Business Analyst; Eric Fosdike, Lead Architect; Andrew McGrath, UX UI Lead; Jenny Fallover, Delivery Lead; Vinod Jadye, Delivery Manager; Satanik Das, Delivery Manager; Anjali Alford – Adoption Manager; Alison Lynch – Adoption Manager
IT Department of the Year
Gold Winner
Chris Bezuidenhout, CIO Markets Finance IT @ Deutsche Bank (London, United Kingdom | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) Names of other key people in this Department: There are 200 people in the team in total and the senior team leaders are Manal Koujan, Manish Patel, Philip Smith, Alan Turner, Athar Patel, Ajith Manohar, Abhishek Mehta, Garry Thom, Colin Pearson, Aiola Tufa
Silver Winner
Yatin Wadhavkar, IT Manager @ Cisco Systems, Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC USA | 2,500 or more Employees) Names of other key people in this Department: Hatinder Chawla, Yatin Wadhavkar, Seshagiri Surapaneni, Prashanth Mounachar, Clement Joseph, Sreedhar Dulla, Rashmi Hongunti
IT Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
ACI Accelerated Migration Team of Cisco Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees) Achievement: ACI Accelerated Migration Strategy
IT Marketing Professional of the Year
Gold Winner
Erika Etlen, Marketing & Communications Director @ Bloomberg Tax (Arlington, VA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance)
IT Public Relations Team of the Year (In-house or Agency)
Gold Winner
Cara Sloman, Executive Vice President – Nadel Phelan, Inc. (Scotts Valley, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) & Team
CEO of the Year (Chief Executive Officer) | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Amit Bareket, Founder and CEO @ Perimeter 81 (Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees)
CEO of the Year (Chief Executive Officer) | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
Jennifer Tejada, CEO @ PagerDuty (San Francisco, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Silver Winner
Dave Labuda, Founder, CEO and CTO @ MATRIXX Software (Saratoga, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Telecommunications)
Bronze Winners
Brad Taylor, Chief Executive Officer @ Proficio (Carlsbad, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Ran Sarig, CEO and Co-Founder @ Datorama (New York, NY USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet)
CEO of the Year (Chief Executive Officer) | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Ron Nersesian, President and CEO @ Keysight Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees)
CTO of the Year (Chief Technology Officer)
Gold Winner
Joe Kinsella, Chief Technology Officer @ CloudHealth Technologies (Boston, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Silver Winner
Kunal Anand, Co-Founder & CTO @ Prevoty (Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software)
Bronze Winner
Corey Nachreiner, Chief Technology Officer @ WatchGuard Technologies (Seattle, WA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees)
Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Marie Hattar, Chief Marketing Officer @ Keysight Technologies (Santa Rosa, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees)
Silver Winners
Praniti Lakhwara, Senior Vice President of Information Technology & Facilities @ Apttus (San Mateo, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees)
Tim McElwee, President @ Proficio (Carlsbad, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Bronze Winners
Chad Casselman, Chief Information Officer @ JVZoo (Oviedo, FL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Services)
Sagi Gidali, Founder and CPO @ Perimeter 81 (Tel Aviv, Gush Dan, Israel | 11 – 99 Employees) founded January 2018
Women in IT
Gold Winner
Stephanie Fohn, President & CEO @ Rundeck (Redwood City, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) Achievement: Rundeck doubled revenue in 2017 under Fohn’s leadership.
Silver Winner
Mischel Kwon, CEO @ MKACyber (Fairfax, VA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | industry: Security Services) Achievement: Transforming SOC from reactive/unorganized to holistic and fully integrated
Bronze Winners
Petrisa Pecnik, VP Customer Success @ BlueCat Networks, Inc. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 100 – 499 Employees) Achievement: Achievement: Rose from Manager to VP-rank by making a huge impact across the company.
Ritu A Thakkar, IT Head Processes & QA @ Vakrangee Limited (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 500 – 2,499 Employees)
Information Technology (IT) Vendor Achievement of the Year | 1 – 10 Employees
Gold Winner
LogZilla (Austin, TX USA | 1 – 10 Employees | Information Technology Software) Achievement: Save AIG $49M dollars through software that filters data and removes duplication
Silver Winner
CashPundit Technologies Pvt Ltd (Bangalore, Karnataka, India | 1 – 10 Employees | industry: Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) Achievement: Became partner of Sage Business Cloud
Information Technology (IT) Vendor Achievement of the Year | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winners
Dynafios (Issaquah, WA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: Significantly improving patient outcomes & reducing healthcare costs.
VirtualHealth (New York, NY USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: VirtualHealth expanded operations to provide care for 5.6 million patients.
Silver Winners
Awake Security (Sunnyvale, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: Helping customers resolve threats 10x faster with the Awake platform.
PC Pitstop (Sioux City, IA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: Developed a malicious scripting block, preventing fileless malware infections.
Teramind (New York, NY USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) Achievement: File anti-exfiltration analysis allows administrators to tag sensitive files.
Bronze Winners
e-bot7 GmbH (Munich, Bavaria, Germany | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: From 0 to biggest customers in 1.5 years
Fluency (College Park, MA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) Achievement: Offering the fastest cloud database for central log management.
Javelin Networks (Austin, TX USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) Achievement: Signed contracts with customers in US government and Fortune 500.
JeraSoft (London, United Kingdon | 11 – 99 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) Achievement: Launch of the IoT Billing Platform
N2WS, a Veeam Company (West Palm Beach, FL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Cloud Computing/SaaS/Internet) Achievement: N2WS Pushes AWS Public Sector Cloud Data Protection Momentum
Nerdio (Skokie, IL USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: First-ever IT automation platform that democratizes access to Microsoft Azure.
UpGuard (Mountain View, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) Achievement: Found over 10 cases of cloud leaks in AWS bucket
Information Technology (IT) Vendor Achievement of the Year | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winners
Anuta Networks (Milpitas, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) Achievement: Deployed Multi-Vendor Network Orchestration at Tata Communications for 10,000 devices
Silver Winner
Inside Secure (Meyreuil, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Services) Achievement: First mobile payment platform fully accredited by MasterCard and Visa
ZL Technologies (Milpitas, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) Achievement: GDPR compliance solution for personal data management and SAR response
Bronze Winners
2Checkout (formerly Avangate) (Atlanta, GA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software) Achievement: Increased conversion rate for acquisition flow (Visicom Media)
DiCentral (Houston, TX USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) Achievement: DiCentral Launches New Cloud-Based Dropship Solutions for Retailers
Information Technology (IT) Vendor Achievement of the Year | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Tech Mahindra Ltd. (Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India | 2,500 or more Employees | Information Technology Services) Achievement: Only global organization to reskill 100% workforce
Best IT Company of the Year (Services)
Gold Winner
RiskIQ (San Francisco, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Security Services)
Best IT Company of the Year (Software) | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Contrast Security (Los Altos, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) – Contrast Security a leading provider of security technology that enables software applications to protect themselves against cyberattacks. Contrast Security fundamentally changes the way software is produced and operated, introducing a new era of self-protecting software.
Best IT Company of the Year (Software) | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
SparkCognition (Austin, TX USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Silver Winner
Netskope (Los Altos, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Security Software)
Bronze Winners
Circadence Corporation (Boulder, CO USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Quick Base (Cambridge, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) – Quick Base is a platform for building applications with no code required. Companies use Quick Base to empower those closest to the work to solve problems quickly by streamlining processes, consolidating data from disparate sources, and extending the value of legacy systems.
Samanage (Cary, NC USA | 100 – 499 Employees)
Best IT Company of the Year (Software) | 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Rubrik (Palo Alto, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software)
Silver Winner
SYSPRO (Costa Mesa, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees)
Best Overall IT Company of the Year
Gold Winner
Cloudera (Palo Alto, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software)
Business Expansion of the Year (e.g. new markets, new partners, etc.)
Gold Winner
2Checkout (formerly Avangate) (Atlanta, GA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Industry: Information Technology Software)
Innovative Company of the Year (IT)
Gold Winner
Ceridian (Minneapolis, MN USA | 2,500 or more Employees)
Silver Winner
Contrast Security (Los Altos, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software)
Hot Technologies and products suitable for EMEA (Europe, Middle-East and Africa)
Gold Winner
Trio Mobil (Istanbul, Turkey | 11 – 99 Employees) for Facility Management System
Hot Technologies and Products suitable for USA | 11 – 99 Employees
Gold Winner
Kinetica (San Francisco, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Kinetica Advanced Analytics Database v6.1
Silver Winner
NSS Labs (Austin, TX USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for NSS Labs Continuous Security Validation Platform
Bronze Winners
CYBRIC (Boston, MA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for CYBRIC Continuous Application Security Platform
FixStream (San Jose, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Information Technology Software) for FixStream AIOps
ForeverCar (Chicago, IL USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) for ForeverCar Digital Vehicle Service Plan Platform
Prevoty (Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for Prevoty Autonomous Application Protection
Hot Technologies and Products suitable for USA | 100 – 499 Employees
Gold Winner
NetMotion, Inc. (Seattle, WA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Others – Enterprise Mobility) for Operational Intelligence for Enterprise Mobility
Silver Winner
Demisto (Cupertino, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Security Software) for Demisto Enterprise
Bronze Winners
Bsquare (Bellevue, WA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for DataV
Quick Base (Cambridge, MA USA | 100 – 499 Employees | Information Technology Software) for No-code development platform
Hot Technologies and Products suitable for USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees
Gold Winner
Automation Anywhere (San Jose, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for Automation Anywhere IQ Bot
Silver Winner
Cambium Networks (Rolling Meadows, IL USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for cnMedusa PMP 450m
Hot Technologies and Products suitable for USA | 2,500 or more Employees
Gold Winner
Epson America, Inc. (Long Beach, CA USA | 2,500 or more Employees) for Epson WorkForce Enterprise WF-C20590
Live Events – Brand Experience Event
Gold Winner
Attivo Networks (Fremont, CA USA | 100 – 499 Employees) for Hall of Mirrors Attacker’s Altered Reality at Black Hat
Corporate Collateral and Publications – Best E-Book of the Year
Gold Winner
Kinetica (San Francisco, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees) for Introduction to GPUs for Data Analytics
Video of the Year | Training
Gold Winners
Inspired eLearning, LLC (San Antonio, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Others – Security Awareness and Compliance) for Evil Twin
Inspired eLearning, LLC (San Antonio, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Others – Security Awareness and Compliance) for The In-Personator: A Social Engineering Threat
Websites, Design, and Content – Best Home Page
Gold Winner
Thomson Reuters (London, United Kingdom | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) Creative and production people and organizations that contributed to its development: David Gallihawk, Product Director; Kate Kent, Programme Manager; Miriam Malik, Delivery Director; Neal Solanki, Lead Business Analyst; Eric Fosdike, Lead Architect; Andrew McGrath, UX UI Lead; Jenny Fallover, Delivery Lead; Vinod Jadye, Delivery Manager; Satanik Das, Delivery Manager; Anjali Alford – Adoption Manager; Alison Lynch – Adoption Manager
Websites, Design, and Content – Best Interface Design
Gold Winner
Thomson Reuters (London, United Kingdom | 2,500 or more Employees | Industry: Accounting, Banking, Financial, and Insurance) Creative and production people and organizations that contributed to its development: David Gallihawk, Product Director; Kate Kent, Programme Manager; Miriam Malik, Delivery Director; Neal Solanki, Lead Business Analyst; Eric Fosdike, Lead Architect; Andrew McGrath, UX UI Lead; Jenny Fallover, Delivery Lead; Vinod Jadye, Delivery Manager; Satanik Das, Delivery Manager; Anjali Alford – Adoption Manager; Alison Lynch – Adoption Manager
IT Customer Service Executive of the Year
Gold Winner
Kevin Bury, SVP Customer Experience @ SolarWinds (Austin, TX USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Information Technology)
IT Customer Service Team of the Year
Gold Winner
Kevin Bury, SVP Customer Experience @ SolarWinds (Austin,TX USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees | Information Technology) Team includes: Tomas Kučera, Rebecca Gallegos, Petr John, Michal Till, Anezka Muller, Agata Trzopek, Eva Vinklarkova, Radek Behavy, Martina Kyjakova, Olumide Aluko, Mindy Kerber, Cal Smith
Silver Winner
Matt Stone, Senior Director of Services and Operations @ Samanage (Cary, NC USA | 100 – 499 Employees) Team includes: Chris Walls, Tye Graham, Chris Greer, Donald Norman, Ramon Geertjens.
IT Support Achievement of the Year
Gold Winner
Ultimate Software (Weston, FL USA | 2,500 or more Employees) Achievement: Ultimate Customer Success Portal Delivers Results: 80% Increase in Satisfaction
Milestone of the Year
Gold Winner
Prevoty (Los Angeles, CA USA | 11 – 99 Employees | Security Software) for Prevoty developed the first and only completely autonomous RASP solution.
Silver Winner
Quest Software (Aliso Viejo, CA USA | 500 – 2,499 Employees) for Quest’s Toad DevOps Toolkit; purpose-built to improve DevOps processes