New Access Communications Wins `Best of Show' in ComNet/DC's New Product Achievement Awards Competition
Communications Receive Recognition at NPAA
A new product from an emerging company earned this year's `Best of Show' award at ComNet/DC '99, besting other established networking communications companies for the distinction.
New Access Communications' MetroFusion WDM System, was recognized as the Most Innovative New Product in ComNet/DC `99's New Product Achievement Awards competition.
Sponsored by IDG's InfoWorld, The New Product Achievement Awards competition recognizes the best new products or services debuting at ComNet, the nation's largest enterprise networking and telecommunications conference and exposition taking place Jan. 25 through 28 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and Renaissance Hotel.
MetroFusion is an entirely new network architecture, combining Dense Wave Division Multiplexing technology and data switching to deliver high bandwidth to customers in the local loop.
"The MetroFusion 800 architecture is the first product from New Access Communications, and ComNet is the first introduction of this company and this technology to the marketplace," said Near Margalit, president, New Access Communications of Santa Barbara, CA. "This system sets a new benchmark in the DWDM industry. New Access Communications is the first to combine a commercially viable DWDM system with data switching."
New Access Communications' MetroFusion WDM System was a finalist in the Carrier/WAN category of ComNet's New Product Achievement Awards competition. It was chosen by non-exhibiting attendees as the most innovative new product unveiled at the show.
Non-exhibiting attendees also chose winners in eight other categories: Carrier/WAN, Internet/Intranet, LAN/Internetworking, Network Infrastructure, Network Management, Wireless, Software and Applications product, and Telephony/Fax/Conferencing product.
The winners of the 1999 New Product Achievement Awards include:
MOST INNOVATIVE NEW PRODUCT OR SERVICE
Company Product Description Company Contact
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New Access Communications MetroFusion Network Jeff Graham
Santa Barbara, CA 818/773-0900
CARRIER/WAN SERVICE OR PRODUCT
Company Product Description Company Contact
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Salix Technologies ETX5000 Kit Goldfarb
Gaithersburg, MD 301/417-0017
INTERNET/INTRANET PRODUCT
Company Product Company Contact
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MCI Worldcom MCI Worldcom Interact Paul Adams
Atlanta, GA 770/280-6406
LAN/INTERNETWORKING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
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Softcom Microsystems GigaBlade(tm) Network Melissa Crowton
Fremont, CA 510/497-3962
NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
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Cisco Systems MGX 8850 Wide Area Edge Everett Tackett
San Jose, CA 408/527-8607
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
Company Product Contact
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Cornet Technology FSX Fiber Crosspoint Rosemarie
Springfield, VA D'Agostino
703/658-6746
WIRELESS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
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Nbase/Xyplex Wireless Fiber Driver Jeff Graham
Chatsworth, CA 818/773-0900
SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
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LAN-hopper Systems PATHmaster v4.0 Ike de Diego
Norcross, GA 770/446-9266
TELEPHONY/FAX/CONFERENCING PRODUCT
Company Product Contact
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Lucent Technologies PacketStar IP Steven Loudermilk
Basking Ridge, NJ Gateway 1000 Carolyn Kostka
908/953-7514
A panel of judges consisting of representatives from the trade and
business press, industry research firms, the financial community and
academia chose finalists in each of the above eight categories. The
finalists were evaluated on the basis of innovation, industry
contribution, integration with current product lines, migration
capabilities and return on investment.
To qualify for the competition, products must have been introduced for the first time at ComNet/DC, or announced eight weeks prior to ComNet and cannot have been introduced or exhibited in the same form at previous trade shows.
"The NPAA competition levels the playing field, allowing new products from large and small companies alike, to be matched up against one another," said Phil Branon, publisher of Infoworld magazine.
All of the New Product Achievement Awards finalists will remain on display through January 28, 1999 at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center, and can be identified on the exposition floor by large, blue and white "winner" ribbons.
ComNet/Washington, D.C. is expected to attract close to 50,000 professionals to the Washington, D.C. Convention Center and Washington Renaissance Hotel to witness more than 400 companies demonstrating technologies expected to remake the telecommunications and networking landscapes.
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Each year more than 800 manufacturers and suppliers of computer networking hardware, software, services and solutions participate in ComNet. Founded in 1977, ComNet/Washington, D.C. has served as the IT market for two decades as the premier information source for networking professionals.
ComNet has captured the imagination of IT buyers, information seekers and network professionals responsible for designing, building, facilitating, and managing global networks. ComNet has won such support from IT product marketers that IDG Expo Management was compelled to add a new, second ComNet- ComNet/San Francisco which was held Sept. 30- Oct. 2, 1998.
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