{"id":36587,"date":"2019-09-25T19:51:09","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T11:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=36587"},"modified":"2019-09-25T20:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T12:00:32","slug":"innovation-awards-2019-finalists-announced-for-cloud-datacenter-iot-and-cybersecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2019\/09\/25\/innovation-awards-2019-finalists-announced-for-cloud-datacenter-iot-and-cybersecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Awards 2019 finalists announced for cloud\/datacenter, IoT and cybersecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Finalists have been announced for the prestigious<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netevents.org\/portfolio\/iot-cloud-cybersecurity-innovation-awards-2019\/\"><strong> NetEvents Innovation Awards 2019 \u2013 Cloud\/Datacenter, IoT &amp; CyberSecurity<\/strong><\/a><strong>. There are six categories: covering both start-up and established companies in three fields: Cloud\/Datacenter, Internet of Things (IoT) and Cybersecurity. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The awards will be presented at a gala dinner on Thursday, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2019 at the NetEvents Global IT Summit in California, US. All award entry fees are being donated to three charities: Prostate Cancer Research, STEM and UNICEF. To date these awards have generated over $110,000 for charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each of the <strong>Hot Start Up<\/strong> award\ncategories, two finalists have been announced to\ngo \u201chead to head\u201d as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>CyberSecurity:<\/em> Avanan and Odo Security<em><\/em><\/li><li><em>Cloud\/Datacentre:<\/em> NetFoundry and Hammerspace<em><\/em><\/li><li><em>IoT:<\/em> Everactive and SWIM.AI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These <em>Hot Start-up finalists<\/em> will\ngive a short elevator-pitch presentation in true \u2018Shark Tank\u2019 style to a\njudging panel of tech industry Venture Capitalists, and in front of the Summit\u2019s\nentire audience of international press and analysts, representing 35+\ncountries, plus tech and business industry leaders.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For each of the <strong>Innovation\nLeader<\/strong> award categories, three finalists have been announced as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>CyberSecurity:\n<\/em>Cylus,\nDarktrace and Guardicore<\/li><li><em>Cloud\/Datacentre:\n<\/em>Apstra,\nLuminance Technologies and Mellanox<\/li><li><em>IoT: <\/em>Darktrace, Marlabs Inc and SmartSens Technology<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three <em>Innovation<\/em> <em>Leader<\/em> categories will be judged by a panel of leading technology press and industry\nanalysts from around the globe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These awards spotlight outstanding innovation among today\u2019s most critical technology challenges. The awards will be presented at a prestigious gala dinner on Thursday 3<sup>rd<\/sup> October 2019 during the NetEvents Global IT Summit which includes key technology press and analysts representing more than 100 publications across over 35 countries worldwide \u2013 as well as tech industry leaders, VCs and technologists. This annual event provides an effective opportunity for tech industry leaders and innovators to meet so many of the world\u2019s key technology business press and analysts in a series of scheduled face-to-face sessions over two days \u2013 as well as a great way to be informed, to debate and discuss the latest hot topics and breaking tech news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEach year\nwe provide this very special opportunity\u201d says Mark Fox,\nNetEvents CEO. &nbsp;\u201cBoth for the top\nplayers in the industry as well as for ambitious, dynamic innovative start-ups \u2013\nwhere else can one be seen and heard by so many key industry figures plus the\nworld\u2019s top IT press and analysts? Add to that NetEvents\u2019 worldwide media\npartners, and you end up with industry-wide recognition from a massive global\naudience of C-Level and senior executives, VCs and media gatekeepers\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For details of the full NetEvents program of events visit <a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/helen.whitworth\/AppData\/Local\/Microsoft\/Windows\/Temporary%20Internet%20Files\/Content.Outlook\/1AN5K80J\/www.netevents.org\">www.netevents.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The awards will be presented at a gala dinner on Thursday, 3rd October 2019 at the NetEvents Global IT Summit in California, US. All award entry fees are being donated to three charities: Prostate Cancer Research, STEM and UNICEF. 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