CloudShield Packet Processor Wins NetWorld+Interop Grand Prize

📅 October 29, 2001 - CloudShield Technologies (cloudshield.com), CloudShieldPacket Processor was named the Best of Show Grand Prize Winner at the Bestof Show 2001 Atlanta Webcast held as an online ceremony, replacing theoriginally scheduled Sept. 12, 2001 event.

Editors of CMP Media LLC's Network Computing and InternetWeek reviewedonline submissions and evaluated new products at the show in Sept. todetermine finalists and winners in ten categories. Caw Network's WebAvalanche 3.0 was awarded the new Best Startup Product Award and wasselected from the list of Best of Show finalists who also met the additionalBest Startup Product criteria.
Additionally, NetMotion Wireless Inc's NetMotion Mobility 3.0 wasoverwhelmingly selected to be the recipient of the People's Choice Awardthrough online polling available exclusively to NetWorld+Interop attendees.
The Best of Show Awards program, sponsored by Network Computing,InternetWeek and NetWorld+Interop, honors premier products and technologiesexhibited at the industry's leading event for networking,telecommunications, Internet, IT and service provider professionals. NetworkComputing and InternetWeek's editors with expertise in each of the tenspecific category areas conducted the judging.
"In today's challenging economy, it's crucial that products have ademonstrable impact on a company's bottom line. The winning products canhelp companies meet today's corporate initiatives while providing atechnology foundation for business transformation," said Curtis Franklin,managing editor/technology for InternetWeek. "CloudShield Technologies,CloudShield Packet Processor won the Grand Prize because it best meets thesediverse needs."
The Best of Show winners in each category are:
Carrier Network Infrastructure - CloudShield Technologies:CloudShield Packet ProcessorEnterprise Network Infrastructure - Vernier Networks, Inc.: TheVernier Networks SystemIP Video & Telephony Applications - QuintumTechnologies, Inc.: Quintum Tenor A200Network Applications Software - Novell, Inc.: Novell InternetMessaging System (NIMS) 3.0Network Management - Novell, Inc.: Novell ZENworks for Desktops 3.2Network Servers & Peripherals - Egenera, Inc.: BladeFrame 1.1Performance Enhancement - Extreme Networks: SummitPX1Performance Test & Measurement - Caw Networks: WebAvalanche 3.0Security - Nexsi Systems: Nexsi 8000WAN & Remote-Access Equipment - Network Elements: Lithium Module
"Technology is evolving so quickly, it is hard to recognize Best of Showcaliber products unless it's your job to evaluate products on a day-to-daybasis," said Ron Anderson, senior technology editor for Network ComputingMagazine. "NetWorld+Interop offers its attendees an opportunity get a closelook at a large number of new technologies and to ask hard questions abouttheir features, benefits and solutions; enabling them to make criticaltechnology purchase decisions."
New this year at the Atlanta Best of Show Awards is the Best Startup Productcategory in which Caw Networks, Web Avalanche 3.0 was selected as thewinner. The Best Startup Product winner was selected from the list of Bestof Show finalists who also met the additional Best Startup Product criteria.This eligibility was based upon the vendor having existed as an independentcompany for two years or less.
In addition to the category winners, the popular People's Choice Awardenabled attendees to cast votes online for the one single product they feltrepresented the Best of Show. NetMotion Wireless, Inc's NetMotion Mobility3.0 was singled out by attendees - top IT and corporate buyers - to receivethe People's Choice Award, having received 33% of the votes.