8th Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best

IT INDUSTRY AWARDS


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“Being recognized at the top of the category among so many worthy solutions is a testament to the innovation and engineering team behind Xsuite. As our customers continue to adopt hybrid-cloud architectures, we have significantly enhanced Xsuite to meet their next-generation security and compliance requirements. This selection by Network Products Guide further demonstrates our dedication to staying at the forefront of privileged identity management, and we have no intention of slowing down.”

Glenn Hazard, CEO of Xceedium

“Our goal is to empower digital marketers with a software suite to help them overcome the cross-channel marketing and lead generation issues many organizations face today, and this recognition only further validates that. We’re honored to be recognized with such an esteemed industry and peer award.”

Rob Eleveld, CEO of Optify

"We are very proud of these new awards, they represent the talent and hard work put in by our team, but we still have a lot of work to do. The dynamic threat landscape has put additional pressure on our security engineers to focus more on behavioral based threat detection. We are working with Cisco to develop innovative ways to uncover rogue behaviors and under cover activities."

Michael Patterson, Founder and CEO of Plixer International

“We are honored to be recognized by the industry and our global business peers. This award further validates the power that Dayforce HCM gives businesses to transform their organizations and create the most efficient and effective workforce possible.”

David Ossip, CEO of Ceridian HCM

“Being recognized at the top of the category for Best Product in Business Transaction Management is validation for our customers that they are receiving the most advanced solution to manage the performance and availability of their business critical applications. As the environments of these IT systems continue to grow more and more complex, we will be sure to continue looking forward and pioneer the next crucial innovations in our product.”

Chris Neal, CEO of BlueStripe

"The industry and peer award recognitions are not only thrilling, but a testament to ForeScout's strength in the NAC and network security markets. ForeScout CounterACT technology uniquely solves the visibility and control challenges that the mobility and BYOD market forces present for the largest networks in the world and more effectively protect against external and internal network threats."

Gord Boyce, CEO of ForeScout

“In today’s business environment, secure remote access to enterprise data is absolutely critical as executives frequently travel or work from home and the need for IT security becomes an increasingly pressing concern. The Hot Companies and Best Products Awards are highly regarded and we are very honored that HOB’s Remote Desktop VPN is recognized as an outstanding solution that meets the need for robust and most importantly, secure access to enterprise data anytime and anywhere.”

Klaus Brandstätter, CEO of HOB

“Winning the Gold honor in the technology sector is a fabulous accolade. Network Products Guide is a well-respected resource in our field, so to be honored among the best of the best truly affirms the hard work we do to help companies serve customers better than ever.”

Robert C. Johnson, CEO of TeamSupport

"NComputing is honored to be recognized by Network Products Guide and ultimately our peers and the IT industry for our N-series for Citrix desktop virtualization innovation. With Citrix, we are transforming the economics of desktop virtualization and proud to offer businesses a viable alternative to PCs and the best in simplicity, performance and value."

Raj Dhingra, CEO of NComputing

“We are honored that AcceleNet has gained the Network Products Guide Reader Trust recognition. ICT is truly revolutionizing software-based WAN acceleration. Hardware-based acceleration helps large corporate offices, but deprives branch office, home office, and mobile workers of the same benefits. With AcceleNet, we’re dedicated to meeting our customers’ needs by improving the productivity of all enterprise workers.”

Michael Slygh, President of Intelligent Compression Technologies Inc. (ICT)

“This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of webNetwork by Network Products Guide is IT industry’s greatest honor. This further validates our position as a company poised to successfully address the challenges of IT organizations everywhere by providing a simple, safe and reliable way for companies to grant access to files, applications and reports to their end users.”

Rick German, CEO of Stoneware

“We are honored with Network Products Guide’s recognition of Total Defense for Business as a leading contender in cloud security. This annual achievements and award program is viewed and respected by a broad spectrum of distinguished industry experts, making this award a validation of our efforts to provide innovative solutions to successfully combat the ever growing threat landscape.”

Paul Lipman, CEO of Total Defense

“We are pleased to be recognized by Network Products Guide as it reaffirms our position as the leading provider of IT Security Products and Services for enterprises in finance, banking and insurance. In a recent Corero-sponsored third party survey, more than a two-third of banks suffered at least one DDoS attack in the last 12 months. This award is a testament to Corero’s commitment to protecting customers’ networks against these types of malicious attacks.”

Ashley Stephenson CEO of Corero

"Network Products Guide's recognition of our UTM+ solution is the greatest endorsement to the fact that we are ahead of the curve when it comes to best-in-class security services. Whichever industry one considers, the win is further validation of how Network Box's unparalleled, top-notch managed security services and solutions keep our clients safe and secure."

Pierluigi Stella, CTO of Network Box USA

“We’re thrilled to receive these awards from Network Products Guide. Network Products Guide has a very thorough selection process and our competition included a number of highly respected companies. Innovation represented the cornerstone of our efforts to create ATRIO, the hotel industry’s most significant new product development in the last twenty-five years. Receiving recognition for Innovation and as a Software Company, in a single year, confirms our vision surrounding ATRIO and ability to execute against that vision.”

Lawrence W. Hall, President and CEO of PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc.

"We are honored that Panasas ActiveStor 14 was selected as the best new product of the year out of a crowded field of industry heavy hitters by Network Product Guide. The recognition reinforces the value of our unique application of Solid State Drive (SSD) technology as part of a fully integrated, hybrid scale-out NAS solution. ActiveStor 14 addresses a particularly wide range of big data workloads without incurring the prohibitive cost of SSD-only solutions."

Barbara Murphy, CMO of Panasas

"We're deeply honored to be recognized by industry peers and experts as having one of the best customer satisfaction programs in the industry. We're proud of our reputation for outstanding customer service and optimized our entire organization around ensuring a hassle-free experience that enables nearly 8,000 customers to obtain increased profitability and workplace productivity."

Suresh Kuppahally, Senior VP of Replicon

“We are gratified to be recognized by Network Products Guide as it reaffirms our position in the industry as an innovator and thought leader. Arbor is addressing some critical problems from denial of service attacks to the broader advanced threat landscape. This is a challenging time for our industry, and we are committed to innovating and staying ahead of the threat environment. This recognition is a testament to the people at Arbor and the passion they bring to work every day."

Colin Doherty, President of Arbor Networks

"We are very honored to be recognized by Network Products Guide in three categories and as a finalist by the American Business AwardsThese esteemed, peer-honored accolades validate the impact our software has had on customers across multiple industries, and further promote our ability to significantly improving IT efficiencies across large-scale computing environments."

Cherie Wentz Blehm, Marketing at Adaptiva

"We are honored to receive this recognition from Network Product Guide for three consecutive years. These awards are a testament to our continued dedication to delivering innovative technology and software solutions that are enabling our customers to drive efficiency, increase productivity and achieve business growth."

John Hiraoka, Executive VP and CMO of Epicor

"We are thrilled to receive this accolade from the Network Products Guide Awards. This recognition is a testament to the power of the Jackery Giant which gives users an incredible amount of extra operational time from a very small device. Jackery Giant offers busy individuals a powerful yet compact charging solution for multiple devices. Many users travel with two or more devices, and Jackery Giant is the ideal charging solution for people on the go."

Julie Wang , COO of Jackery

“Our SIEM Simplified solution has made big waves since being introduced last year. It is no wonder as it provides clients with peace of mind knowing that their enterprise security events are constantly monitored with our expertise. We are very happy to receive this accolade for SIEM Simplified from Network Products Guide.”

A. N. Ananth, CEO of EventTracker

“This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of Motive Interactive by Network Products Guide is IT industry’s greatest honor. This further validates our position as a leading technology and emerging media company poised to successfully drive the future of mobile and online advertising and overcome the saturation and lack of innovation that plagues the industry today.”

Brendan Smith, CEO and Founder of Motive Interactive

"The Network Liberation Tour was created to offer our partners and customers an interactive, first-hand experience of Extreme Networks award winning solutions. This award for the Network Liberation Tour recognizes Extreme Networks' ongoing commitment to connect with our customers and partners by actively innovating and working to deliver to them solutions that will scale to the demands of today's data centers, enterprises, and campuses."

David Ginsburg , CMO of Extreme Networks

"We believe it is essential for technology companies to elevate their messaging beyond technology to the underlying business values of their customers. It is also critical for PR to act as an extension of a company's sales efforts. When the right messaging and the right programs are combined we enable our clients to be more successful with their target audiences and meet their key business objectives."

Richard M. Williams, President, Connect2 Communications

"Enterprise mobile has turned the usually isolated, individual field technician into a collaborative hub of problem-solvers ready to delight the customer -- whether that's a global supplier of everyone's favorite soft drink or the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices for treating cancer. We are on the front lines of this revolution and are honored to be recognized by Network Products Guide for the impact our technology is having on our customers."

Dave Yarnold, CEO of ServiceMax

"The broad spectrum of initiatives that enterprises and governments are implementing - such as BYOD, Mobility, Cloud, Consolidation, M&A and Outsourcing - are accelerating the speed of change within networks, compromising traditional perimeter security methodologies and increasing risk. IPsonar uniquely solves the challenge of knowing 100% of a network, giving executive management a clear view of risks and policy violations arising from network change. We're very pleased that IPsonar has been recognized with a Network Products Guide Best Products award."

Michael Markulec, President & CTO of Lumeta

“Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a small start-up or a traditional company with remote workers or frequent travelers, Broadview’s cloud services help you maintain a professional image and seamless communications. We are proud to offer products and services that deliver business continuity, security and true disaster avoidance to people and companies of all sizes across the country.”

Jeff Blackey, Senior VP of Marketing of Broadview Networks

"As the demand for secure digital collaboration increases across all markets, data protection and management continue to be two key issues influencing its adoption. We're very pleased that our technology solutions, as well as our thought leadership in this area, have been recognized with Network Products Guide Awards"

David Gibson, Vice President of Varonis

“This industry and peer award recognition of RiseSmart by Network Products Guide is a great honor as we continue to prove our leadership status as a next-generation outplacement solutions provider. We leverage a unique blend of technology and human touch to provide results-oriented outplacement solutions to transitioning workers. This further validates our position as a company poised to successfully help corporations overcome the issues faced by HR departments today using the power of technology.”

Sanjay Sathe, Founder and CEO of RiseSmart

"It's an honor to be named a winner of the 8th Annual 2013 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards and be recognized by industry peers for our hard work and dedication to providing cutting edge training solutions to our customers. This award not only validates our solution's effectiveness, but it also is a testament to PhishMe's commitment to user awareness and education. At PhishMe, we strive to continually improve our product features and protect customer networks against the most advanced, and constantly evolving spear-phishing attacks."

Aaron Higbee, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of PhishMe

"We are honored to receive this industry and peer recognition for our novel approach to fraud mitigation for online businesses," said. This award further validates the value of our leading device reputation solution along with new capabilities like our unique TrustScore offering."

Scott Waddell, Chief Technology Officer of iovation

“Agiliance is honored to have been recognized by the Network Products Guide in three separate categories, including Best Information Security and Risk Management Solution and the year’s Most Innovative Company. There’s a major shift taking place in IT security and risk management, which is being driven by sophisticated cyber-threats and mushrooming regulations associated with cross-country commerce. Agiliance has anticipated the new requirements associated with this shift and developed innovations within Agiliance RiskVision that reduce risk exposure and limit the financial and operational impact of new regulations.”

Torsten George, VP of Worldwide Marketing and Products at Agiliance

"TCS is committed to advancing the future of communications through innovation with next generation emergency response solutions such as GEM9-1-1. It is an honor to have our efforts recognized by an influential industry organization."

Chris Nabinger, Senior VP and General Manager of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.

“This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of AppBase 4.5 by Network Products Guide is IT industry’s greatest honor. This further validates our position as a company dedicated to providing the best tools to empower today’s knowledge workers.”

Glen Schrank, CEO of Eccentex

"We are pleased that the DDoS protection innovations developed at Prolexic are getting wider recognition. With PLXabm, our technicians can identify and analyze malicious Layer 7 traffic -- and its variants in randomized attacks -- easier and faster than ever before. As such, PLXabm delivers a platform for a level of forensic analysis the DDoS mitigation industry has never seen before."

Stuart Scholly, President of Prolexic

"The industry demand for reliable solutions that prevent data breaches and align with compliance regulations expands every day. Receiving this industry honor from Network Products Guide validates our Information Assurance Platform that provides organizations with visibility and control over their Secure Shell environments."

Richard Weeks, President of the Americas, SSH Communications Security

"We developed this program (Best Tools and Marketing Resources for Partners Program) in collaboration with our partners to assist them in their sales and marketing efforts. To receive this industry and peer award by Network Products Guide further solidifies our position as a company that provides our partners with the tools they need to succeed in the cloud data backup and recovery market."

Jamie Brenzel, CEO of KineticD

"We're honored to be recognized in Network Products Guide's prestigious, worldwide program for the development and success of SlideShark. With the iPad and iPhone widely deployed across businesses today, SlideShark gives users the unprecedented ability to show PowerPoints on these devices, the way they're meant to be seen. The app has solved problems for mobile professionals all over the world, and we're committed to further innovation – continually introducing exciting features and functionality to make users even more productive."

Andy Zimmerman, CMO of Brainshark

"This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of TraceSecurity by Network Products Guide is a great honor in the IT industry. This further validates our position as a company delivering differentiated risk management solutions that successfully overcome the complexities of rolling out comprehensive information security programs faced by organizations today."

Peter Stewart, CEO of TraceSecurity

"We're very pleased that TransLattice has been recognized for its innovation by such an esteemed industry group as the Network Products Guide. Winning this award further validates the work TransLattice is doing to provide unparalleled availability and data location control with the TransLattice Elastic Database."

Frank Huerta, CEO of TransLattice

"This esteemed industry and peer award recognition of Wombat as a 'Hot Company' by Network Products Guide is a great honor. This award further validates our leadership position within the anti-phishing and cyber security awareness market. We offer the most comprehensive solution to train and test employees about phishing attacks and other cyber security threats."

Joe Ferrara, President and CEO of Wombat

“With the proliferation of smart phones and other WiFi enabled devices, having safe, reliable and affordable connections to the Internet has become critically important. We offer a wireless data rental service - you rent equipment and unlimited* data access - that can help save international travelers hundreds, even thousands of dollars off of standard international data roaming charges. This esteemed award recognizes the importance of what we do and further validates our position as a company poised to successfully partner with our customers in their telecom expense management."

Seiji Nishimura, CEO of XCom Global

“We’re honored to be named a Gold winner for Best Training, Awareness, and Educational program by Network Products Guide. We strive to be the industry leader in providing organizations with a complete end user security solution, and this award gives us validation from within the industry that we are on the right track.”

Martin Rico, CEO of Inspired eLearning

"We're honored to have been named a Silver Award winner in Network Products Guide's Best Products award program. This recognition further validates Zing's successes as a key Java performance optimization solution for industries ranging from financial services to insurance, ecommerce, travel, online gaming and many more."

Scott Sellers, CEO and founder of Azul Systems

"We are delighted to be recognized among industry titans such as Cisco, Yahoo and Red Hat, especially since we came out of stealth mode just this year. Winning in a number of categories that focus on innovation and rapidly growing technologies provides further validation that the SocialWhirled platform is poised to dramatically impact the social, mobile and digital industries. Our entire team has worked very hard to bring SocialWhirled to market and I'm so proud of this recognition."

Andrew P. Lombard, Co-founder and CEO of SocialWhirled

“Network Product’s Guide is famous for its peer-driven approach, so being recognized in so many categories - and for years running - is a huge honor. With the Security Policy Management market at a crossroads, we are seeing a major groundswell for security solutions that can also increase business agility. These honors validate that we have correctly anticipated the future of the market, and we look forward to sharing our progress with our peers.”

Julie Shafiki, VP of Marketing at Tufin

“We are thrilled to be recognized as a Silver winner in the Customer Satisfaction category of this year’s Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. In a digital world where customers oftentimes have difficulties reaching live support personnel, we work hard to build long-term relationships with customers through quick response times – such as responding to phone calls within 90 seconds on average. We treat our customers like family.”

Paul Lachance, President and CTO of Smartware Group

"This recognition by Network Products Guide underscores our commitment to hosted VoIP innovation. We look forward to continuing to provide our customers with cutting-edge business VoIP solutions that exceed their expectations and satisfy their communications needs."

Greg Brashier, CMO of Virtual PBX

"Epson is committed to providing high performance printing solutions to suit the needs of networked workgroups, whether they're upgrading from legacy color lasers or investing in new color printers. It is an honor to be recognized by esteemed industry leaders through the Network Products Guide program. The fact that the WorkForce Pro C Series won the top honor ahead of color laser models further underscores that Epson inkjet printing technology can deliver professional quality color printing without costly lasers."

Grace Huang , Group PM, Business Imaging, Epson America

"This industry and peer award recognition of Riverbed by Network Products Guide further validates our position as a company dedicated to helping our customers deliver application performance, while navigating the changing IT landscape, including virtualization, cloud, and software defined data centers."

David Greene, CMO at Riverbed

"We're very pleased to receive this award as it is a validation of Hughes innovative approach to the distributed enterprise networking market. The HS1200's performance optimization technology transforms best efforts broadband, with its inherent underlying network variability, into an enterprise-class WANS capable of carrying mission critical traffic, including voice, video, cloud and web traffic with excellent performance."

Sampath Ramaswami, Senior Director of Strategic Planning, North American Enterprise Division at Hughes

"We are pleased that the DDoS protection innovations developed at Prolexic are getting wider recognition. With PLXabm, our technicians can identify and analyze malicious Layer 7 traffic – and its variants in randomized attacks – easier and faster than ever before. As such, PLXabm delivers a platform for a level of forensic analysis the DDoS mitigation industry has never seen before."

Stuart Scholly , President of Prolexic

“Independent recognition of Access Insight from a respected industry resource such as Network Products Guide is an honor. This further validates Courion’s leadership and unique ability to help our customers successfully combat ever-present access risk threats.”

Doug Mow, Chief Marketing Officer at Courion

"We are honored to be recognized for our successes in cloud computing by one of the top industry and peer award programs. In 2012, we decided to take a road less traveled in the HR software market space and focus on what we do best; talent acquisition solutions. Our dedication to talent acquisition has allowed us to create three pure SaaS products that manage an organization's entire talent acquisition lifecycle from sourcing, to recruiting, to onboarding all within a single interface."

Paul Melici, Chief Technical Officer of iCIMS

"Metamarkets is extremely proud of our work within the online advertising analytics space, including display, mobile, and video ads, and pleased to be recognized with a Gold award for our deployment case study with FT.com. We are excited to highlight FT.com, which is truly leveraging Metamarkets' real-time analytics solution in the cloud to help them optimize their ad inventory and floor prices. In the growing digital marketing space, advertisers, exchanges and publishers of digital media can rely on the efficiency and speed of Metamarkets' real-time cloud-based solution."

Michael Driscoll, CEO of Metamarkets

"All of us on the Wajam team are honored to be recognized as winners in three different categories by the Network Products Guide. We've worked hard to enhance the Wajam user experience for businesses and consumers alike and we continue to build our team as we plan new features and services for our product offering."

Martin-Luc Archambault, CEO of Wajam CEO