Best of Interop 2012 Finalists

More than 130 companies submitted products for consideration and judges selected finalists based on the products they believe have the greatest potential to impact and advance business technology efficiencies. The panel of judges chosen to select the Best of Interop finalists was made up of 16 award-winning editors and analysts from InformationWeek Reports.

The finalists selected for each category include:

Cloud Computing & Virtualization
Cisco - Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card 1240
Citrix Systems - Citrix VDI-in-a-Box
Kontiki, Inc. - Kontiki Enterprise Video Platform

Collaboration
Alcatel-Lucent - Alcatel-Lucent OpenTouch Conversation
Avaya, Inc. - AvayaLive™ Engage
HD Distributing, LLC - SCOPIA XT5000

Data Center & Storage
Ceph Storage, Inc. - Ceph
Panzura - Panzura Quicksilver Global Cloud Storage System v3.0
Riverbed Technology - Granite

Management, Monitoring & Testing
NEC Corporation of America - NEC ProgrammableFlow Controller, PF6800
Net Optics - Spyke
Riverbed Technology - Virtual Cascade Shark

Networking
Gnodal - New GS-Series Switch
Mellanox Technologies - SX1024
PLX Technology - TeraPHY TN8045 10GBASE-T Tranceiver

Performance Optimization
Cisco - AppNav Virtualization Technology
Citrix Systems - Citrix NetScaler 10
Riverbed Technology - Steelhead Cloud Accelerator

Security
Avaya, Inc. - Avaya Identity Engines
ManageEngine - Firewall Analyzer
McAfee - McAfee Network Security XC Cluster

Wireless & Mobility
Broadcom Corp. - BCM43460 - 5G Wifi System-on-Chip (SoC)
Cisco - Aironet 3600 Series Access Point
Cloudpath Networks - XpressConnect Enrollment System

In addition to the eight category winners, there will be two special awards: "Best of Interop" Award which is the overall grand prize winner and will be determined by the judges from the pool of category winners and "Best StartUp" which selects a vendor that has existed as an independent company for two years or less.