{"id":90,"date":"2013-05-30T13:35:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=90"},"modified":"2013-05-30T13:36:54","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T13:36:54","slug":"winners-of-the-netevents-technology-innovation-awards-2013-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2013\/05\/30\/winners-of-the-netevents-technology-innovation-awards-2013-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the NetEvents Technology Innovation Awards 2013 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Winners of the NetEvents Innovation Awards 2013 were announced during Ethernet\u2019s 40th Birthday Party at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, USA. The annual Innovation Awards honor organizations and individuals that lead the world by innovation and performance in the networking and telecommunications sector. All proceeds from the awards, gala dinner and charity auction are being donated to the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Innovation-Awards-2013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-92\" alt=\"Innovation Awards 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Innovation-Awards-2013.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Innovation-Awards-2013.jpg 620w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Innovation-Awards-2013-300x149.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Awards \u2013 hosted as part of the two-day Ethernet birthday celebrations viewed by audiences across the globe thanks to Carrrier Ethernet broadcast services from Comcast and Tata Communications \u2013 included an honourary award for \u2018The Greatest Contribution to the Networking Age\u2019 which was presented to Bob Metcalfe, co-inventor of Ethernet &amp; UT Austin Professor of Innovation.<\/p>\n<p>An additional \u201cEthernet Idol\u201d award category for the individual considered to have successfully picked up the mantle from the original inventors and made the most outstanding individual contribution to Ethernet in the past 15 years was won by industry legend Andy Bechtolsheim.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Metcalfe says, \u201cIt\u2019s ironic that Andy would be voted \u2018Ethernet Idol\u2019 for his work in the LAST 15 years of Ethernet when he was my Ethernet Idol for the FIRST 15 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The other seven award categories for organisations were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carrier Ethernet Business Services \u2013 won by Verizon for the most innovative new business service to enterprise clients within the past 18 months.<\/li>\n<li>Telecoms Product \u2013 won by RAD Data Communications for \u201dbest in class\u201d infrastructure equipment and innovative solutions to Service Providers\u2019 current challenges.<\/li>\n<li>Enterprise Wireless Solutions \u2013 won by Xirrus for the most innovative solution to managing the BYOD challenge. Xirrus founder Dirk Gates was presented with the award by Aloha Net inventor Norm Abramson.<\/li>\n<li>Cloud\/Datacenter Solution \u2013 won by Arista Networks for the most innovative Cloud\/Datacenter solution, providing major business benefits.<\/li>\n<li>Security Solution \u2013 won by ClickSecurity for the most innovative contribution to countering the latest threats, including organised crime and government-sanctioned hacking and cyber attacks.<\/li>\n<li>SDN Solution \u2013 won by HP for the most innovative SDN solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' 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