The Whole Article: Ten Category Winners and Two Special Recipients
Named at SUPERCOMM '98
The first annual SUPERQuest Awards, established this year to recognize outstanding achievements in the implementation of network technology, were presented last night by CMP Media's tele.com and InternetWeek publications together with SUPERCOMM. Organizations were recognized in 10 categories and two special citations were made at a gala ceremony as part of the SUPERCOMM '98 conference and exhibition being held here.
SUPERQuest Award winners are:
Category Winner
Local Access Third-Rail Wireless Services Inc., Nashua, N.H.
New Competitive
Local Networks WinStar Communications Inc., Falls Church, Va.
Operations Support
Systems Lockheed Martin Corp., Chicago, Ill.
Backbone Bandwidth Williams Network, Tulsa, Okla.
Wireless (Mobile)
Networks INFONXX, Bethlehem, Pa.
IP Telephony IDT Corp., Hackensack, N.J.
Enterprise Switching
and Routing U.S. Army National Guard, Vienna, Va.
Remote Access FUNDEM, Merida, Venezuela
Network and Systems
Management Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.
Network Security Copell Police Department, Copell, Texas
In addition, the SUPERQuest Awards recognize the partners--vendors, technologies and consultants--that supported the winning projects.
There were two SUPERQuest Catalyst Awards that recognized special achievements. Bernard J. Ebbers, Chief Executive Officer of WorldCom, Jackson, Miss., won the Leadership Award for having most advanced business or technology across the entire networking market during the past year. VocalTec Gatekeeper(tm), from VocalTec Communications, Ltd., Northvale, N.J., was named the most promising new technology introduced at SUPERCOMM '98.
"The solutions orientation of the SUPERQuest Awards program demonstrates the importance of actual implementations in both public and enterprise networks." said tele.com Publisher Laurel Nelson-Rowe. "More than 100 entries to this initial competition reinforce our dedication to the future growth of these two categories. We anticipate a much larger competition in 1999."
SUPERCOMM is the world's largest annual communications conference and exhibition. It is presented jointly by the Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, Va., and the United States Telephone Association, Washington, D.C. Up-to-the minute information about the SUPERCOMM exhibition and conferences is available at the official Web site, supercomm98.cmpnet.com.
CMP Media's tele.com (http://www.teledotcom.com) is the monthly magazine of business and technology for next-generation public network service providers. It is the only publication focusing on how service providers--long distance carriers, Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), national carriers, cellular/wireless/satellite carriers, Internet service providers, and cable television companies--are changing the way they do business. tele.com, read by over 70,000 service providers worldwide, delivers information that enables these business and technology managers to compete in today's new, convergent marketplaces.
InternetWeek (http://www.internetwk.com) provides news, reviews, case studies and business analysis to information technology buyers focused on the Internet, corporate networks, intranets and extranets. Reaching 215,000 subscribers, the publication's award winning editorial coverage focuses on electronic commerce, intranet applications, clients and servers, bandwidth developments, security and management and business news.
CMP Media Inc. (Nasdaq: CMPX) is the only high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the full technology spectrum--the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of leading newspapers, magazines, Internet products and conferences, CMP Media is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, which include EE Times, InformationWeek, Computer Reseller News and Windows Magazine, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at cmpnet.com.
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