MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Feb. 10. 2011 - Frost & Sullivan honored recipients of its 2011 Excellence in Best Practices Awards, at a banquet held February 9, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Excellence in Best Practices Awards are presented each year to companies that are predicted to encourage significant growth in their industries, have identified emerging trends before they became the standard in the marketplace, and have created advanced technologies that will catalyze and transform industries in the near future.

Awarded companies included:

ADAM Software - 2011 Global Digital Asset Management Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Airclic - 2010 North American Mobile Enterprise Applications Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

Agilent Technologies Inc. - 2010 Global Electronic Test and Measurement Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award

Anritsu Company - 2011 Global Handheld Spectrum Analyzers New Product Innovation of the Year Award

Avaya - 2010 Global Enterprise Telephony Platform and Desktop Client Market Share Leadership of the Year Award

Bell Conferencing -2010 Canadian Audio Conferencing Services Market Share Leadership of the Year Award

Bosch Brake Components LLC - 2010 North American Brake Components Aftermarket Technology Innovation of the Year Award

ClearOne - 2010 Global Installed Audio Conferencing Endpoints Market Share Leadership of the Year Award

CP Kelco - 2010 North American Food Ingredients Technology Innovation of the Year Award

EMSCAN – 2010 Global RF and EMC Measurement Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award

Envivio - 2010 Global Pay-TV Video Encoders Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award

EXFO - 2011 Global SONET/SDH & OTN Test Equipment Growth Leadership of the Year Award

Generac Power Systems, Inc. - 2010 North American Residential Generator Sets Market Share Leadership of the Year Award

Global Crossing - 2010 North American MPLS IP VPN Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year Award

IBM - 2010 Global Digital Media Company of the Year Award

Intego - 2010 Global Mac Endpoint Security Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

Invensys Operations Management - 2010 Global Distributed Control Systems Customer Value Enhancement Award

JDSU - 2010 Global SONET/SDH Test Equipment Market Share Leadership of the Year Award

Kyowa Hakko USA - 2010 North American Cognitive Health Ingredients Product Differentiation Excellence of the Year Award

LivePerson - 2011 North American Chat Customer Service Application Company of the Year Award

mFoundry - 2010 North American Mobile Banking Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

M86 Security - 2011 Global Content Filtering Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

NICE Systems - 2011 North American Real-time Decisioning and Agent Guidance Solutions Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award

NetScout – 2010 Global Network Performance & Application Monitoring Enabling Technology of the Year Award

North Star Imaging - 2010 Global X-Ray Inspection Systems New Product Innovation of the Year Award

Optex, Inc. - 2010 North American Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems Market Penetration Leadership of the Year Award

Philips Lumileds Lighting Company - 2010 Global Automotive Light-Emitting Diodes Technology Innovation of the Year Award

RAD Data Communications, Inc. - 2010 Global Carrier Ethernet Demarcation Device Price Performance Value Leadership of the Year Award

Rapid7 - 2010 North American Vulnerability Management Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

RSL Fiber Systems, LLC - 2010 North American Remote Source Lighting Technology Innovation of the Year Award

Sonic Solutions - 2010 Global Digital Media Workflow & Delivery Product Quality Leadership of the Year Award

Spirent Communications - 2010 Global Wireless Test Equipment Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

Sprint Nextel - 2010 North American Mobile & Wireless Green Excellence of the Year Award

Visage Mobile - 2010 North American Managed Mobility Solutions Customer Value Enhancement of the Year Award

West Interactive Corporation - 2010 North American IVR and Voice Portal Systems Product Line Strategy of the Year Award

Frost & Sullivan's Best Practices Awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, customer service, and strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices.

For further information about the Awards Banquet, please contact a member of the Best Practices Team.

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