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By: Jesse Cryderman

Pipeline's Innovation Award Nominees Hope to Catch a CommIT

Pipeline's awards program kicked-off with a bang with the launch of the 2012 Innovation Awards. Over 100 nominations were made including nearly 70 companies for 10 innovation categories. Contestants are competing to win a coveted CommIT trophy in one of the following categories:

• Innovations in Customer Experience Management (CEM)
• Cloud Innovation
• Advancements in Video
• Innovations in Networking
• Technical Innovation
• Best Ecosystem
• Product Innovation
• Advanced Connectivity
• Best Deployment
• Most Innovative Company

The Official Nominees were comprised of the leading ISVs and CSPs from around the world including:

Accanto Systems Acme Packet ADTRAN Airbiquity AIS Thailand Aito Alcatel-Lucent Alvarion Amdocs Appcore Aria Aricent Arkadin Avvasi BroadSoft China Telecom Cisco Comptel Connexus Crawford Media Services Cricket CSG International Custom Call DigitalRoute DTCC EdgeCast Ericsson Globys HP Hutchison 3G Austria InfoVista JDSU Life:) MDS

MetraTech Microsoft MRV NetScout Nokia Seimens Networks Ontology Openet Orange Group Orga Systems OSSera Pacnet Polaris Wireless Polystar SAPO Radisys Razorsight Redknee Rogers Sprint Subex Tail-f Telefonica O2 Telstra Tekelec Tektronix Communications Telus Temenos TEOCO Transverse Tribold Vantrix Vodafone Netherlands WeDo Technologies Zuora

Nominees are now busy completing their submission forms, which will submitted to Pipeline's editorial team and Industry Advisory Board for evaluation. From the pool of more than 100 nominations, finalists in each category will be selected and announced on or around May 15. Winners will be announced in Dublin, Ireland the following week, during an exclusive event at the TM Forum's Management World.