SUPERCOMM and CMP Media's 'tele.com' and 'InternetWeek' Present Second Annual Superquest Awards for Network-Technology Implementation- Twelve Category Winners Named at SUPERCOMM '99 -PRNewswire The second annual SUPERQuest Awards, established 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 rewarded in 12 categories at a gala ceremony as part of the SUPERCOMM '99 conference and exhibition being held in Atlanta. The SUPERQuest Awards showcase implementations of public and private network solutions, and the key product/technology involved in those solutions that have advanced business for the customer. The program also recognizes the most promising new technologies represented on the SUPERCOMM show floor. "The SUPERQuest Awards are clearly among the most prestigious ways that our industry celebrates technology in action," said Jack Chalden, SUPERCOMM General Manager. "SUPERQuest winners have combined innovation and customer service to provide flexible solutions for their companies and business partners." SUPERQuest Award winners are:
Category Winner
Local Access Services NorthPoint Communications
Copper Mountain Networks, Inc.
Operations Support BellSouth Telecomunications
Systems Informix Software, Inc
Backbone Bandwidth Williams Communications Group
Sycamore Networks
IP Services WorldPort Communications, Inc.
Lucent Technologies
Digital Subscriber Advanced Fibre Communications
Line Equipment
Optical Network Equipment SilkRoad, Inc.
Wireless Technology MRV Communications
IP Technology Bridgewater Systems Corporation
Enterprise Access Washington State Department of
Network Information Services
VPN Technology NetReality
Enterprise IP Telephony Sensible Office Solutions, Inc.
Access Technology Lucent Technologies
"The solutions orientation of the SUPERQuest Awards program recognizes unmatched excellence and unprecedented achievements in communications networks, in both enterprise or private networks, as well as the public network arena," said 'tele.com' Publisher Laurel Nelson-Rowe. "The more than 130 entries highlight our strong dedication to the challenges facing the world of communications during this past year and into the future." As the world's premier annual communications technology industry event, SUPERCOMM comprehensively addresses every segment of global communications through its 400,000+ net square foot exhibit floor, 240+ educational conferences and more than 700 speakers. SUPERCOMM is presented jointly by the Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, Va., and the United States Telephone Association, Washington, D.C. CMP's 'InternetWeek' is the news and analysis source for 215,000 IS/network managers applying Internet technologies to transform enterprise networks. CMP Media's 'tele.com,' winner of two 1998 Jesse H. Neal editorial awards, is the only publication delivering comprehensive, global coverage of the business and technology issues facing next-generation public-network service providers. CMP Media Inc. is a leading high-tech media company that provides essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. SOURCE: CMP Media Inc. Contact: Alexandra J. Raine of CMP, 516-562-7827 or araine@cmp.com; or Website: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/136419.html or fax, Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html or fax, |