SYDNEY, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan presented 18 awards to the best and brightest in the Australian Information & Communications Technology (ICT) industry at the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards, today.

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Held for the fourth consecutive year, Frost & Sullivan Awards Banquet was attended by the who's who of the Australian ICT industry. The Awards recognise outstanding performance by companies in the ICT industry in Australia. Benchmarked against leading companies in each category, the recipients of these awards represent the best-of-breed in their sector in the country.

This year's Awards were focused on six industry categories: Telecommunications, Enterprise Communications, IT Security, Infrastructure Security, Digital Media and Sustainability.

Each of these award recipients were selected according to their market performance and customer satisfaction ratings researched from Frost & Sullivan's demand side market surveys.

"The Awards recognise the exceptionally talented Australian-based teams that have focused on exceeding the market expectations around product and service innovation and customer satisfaction. This has resulted in quality of delivery and results-driven client relationships. Indeed, all the award recipients have a road map that is based on a clear view of the future requirements that customers will face," says Mark Dougan, Managing Director, Frost & Sullivan, Australia and New Zealand.

~ Frost & Sullivan congratulates all the recipients of the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Australia Best Practices Awards ~

                          Infrastructure Security
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UPS Vendor of the Year                        APC by Schneider Electric
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UPS Service Provider of the Year              Chloride Power Protection
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Biometrics Vendor of the Year                 Sagem Securite
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IP Video Surveillance Vendor of the Year      Axis Communications
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                             Sustainability
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Green IT Vendor of the Year                   IBM Australia
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                             IT Security
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Secure Content Management Vendor of the Year  Websense
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Managed Security Services Vendor of the Year  Verizon Business
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                             Digital Media
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Ad Network Broker of the Year                 Adconion
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Search Marketing Company of the Year          FirstClick Consulting
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Online Publisher of the Year                  Fairfax Digital Media
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                          Enterprise Communications
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Contact Center Applications Vendor of the
 Year                                         Genesys Laboratories
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Hosted Contact Center Service Provider of
 the Year                                     Telstra
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Video Conferencing Vendor of the Year         Tandberg
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Enterprise Telephony Vendor of the Year       Cisco Systems
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Unified Communications Systems Integrator of
 the Year                                     Alphawest Services
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                             Telecommunications
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Emerging Broadband Service Provider of the
 Year                                         Internode
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Broadband Service Provider of the Year        Telstra
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                                               Vodafone Hutchison
Mobile Service Provider of the Year            Australia
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"The Award recipients have consistently demonstrated excellence in delivering value-focused solutions and services which help customers address their industry and business requirements. They have all demonstrated innovative, creative and successful approaches to building momentum in 2009 and truly deserve their current success," said Dougan.

The 2009 Frost & Sullivan Awards are supported by salesforce.com as the Gold Sponsor. Silver sponsors are Check Point Software, Cyara Solutions and Interactive Intelligence. PR Newswire is the official newswire while ZDNet Australia, Strategic Path Australia are the media partners for the Awards. For more information on the awards, visit http://www.frost-awards.com.au

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