Pipeline's Red-Carpet Night: 2013 Innovation Awards

[And the winners are...]
(Picture courtesy of Sergio Pellizzari,Nakina Systems)

Here are the vendors who took home trophies from Beaulieu-sur-Mer:

• Product Innovation: Tribold
  (runner-up: Tekelec)

• Innovation in Connectivity: Comarch
  (runner-up: Orga Systems)

• Technical Innovation: Cycle30
  (runner-up: Aepona)

• Innovation in CEM: Comptel
  (runner-up: Orga Systems)

• Innovation in Cloud and Virtualization: Microsoft
  (runner-up: Nokia Siemens Networks)

• Innovation in Big Data and Analytics: Ontology Systems
  (runner-up: Subex)

• Content Innovation: CSG International
  (runner-up: Nokia Siemens Networks)

• Innovation in Networking: InfoVista
  (runner-up: Infinera)

• Innovation in Security and Assurance: ISC8
  (runner-up: Nokia Siemens Networks)

• Innovative Collaborations: Nakina Systems and Türk Telekom
  (runner-up: Tribold and Sigma Systems)

• Innovative Deployment: Tribold and BSkyB
  (runner-up: EXFO)

• Editors’ Choice: Nokia Siemens Networks
  (runner-up: Oracle)

• Vendor of the Year: Orga Systems
  (runner-up: Tekelec)

Vendors weren’t the only winners at this year’s event. During last year’s awards process, Pipeline received comments from a number of service providers who served on the judging panel who said that while it was all well and good to recognize innovative excellence among solution vendors, they wanted an opportunity to compete as well.