Carrier Network Virtualization Awards

Congratulations to the 2014 Award Winners!

 

The Carrier Network Virtualization Awards took place last week. See the winners and award categories below:

SDN Innovation of the Year
Award Winner – Ciena

The “SDN Innovation” award aims to recognise a truly commendable company making a significant impact in the SDN industry, providing best practice for existing and future SDN players and setting an inspirational standard for the industry to follow.

NFV Innovation of the Year
Award Winner – Wind River – Read Wind River’s Press Announcement

The “NFV Innovation of the Year” award is open to companies capable of demonstrating that they have made a significant impact in facilitating the development of the NFV market over the last year, through devising an innovative NFV Proof of Concept or introducing a new service which will help to revolutionise the market, removing barriers and helping to make technology virtualization a reality.

Carrier of the Year
Award Winner – AT&T

The “Carrier of the Year” award aims to recognize a prominent carrier capable of demonstrating that it has made a significant impact in facilitating the development of the SDN and NFV, both through its own internal operations and its relationships with other carriers and vendor partners. A central aim of this company should be to support and encourage the growth of the SDN and NFV industry worldwide.

Solution Provider of the Year
Award Winner – HP

The “Solution Provider of the Year” Award is granted to a company that, acting as a technology vendor within the SDN and NFV market, is capable of demonstrating that they have made a significant impact in facilitating the development of the SDN/NFV market by working constructively with carriers, enterprise players, developers and fellow industry partners to support the creation of practical SDN/NFV services which will benefit the industry as a whole.