MEF Announces Winners for 2016 Excellence Awards Presented at MEF16

Top Quote The Awards program is the largest in the world focused on advanced Carrier Ethernet services and emerging Third Network services powered by CE 2.0, LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration), NFV, and SDN networking technologies. End Quote
  • (1888PressRelease) November 11, 2016 - Baltimore - MEF (www.MEF.net), the driving force enabling agile, assured, and orchestrated Third Network services, this week announced the winners for the MEF 2016 Excellence Awards, which recognize service, application, technology, and professional excellence and innovation in the global Third Network community.

    The 2016 Awards were presented at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 (www.MEF16.com) global networking conference taking place at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD, USA.

    "MEF congratulates the 2016 Award winners for the outstanding work they are doing to advance service and technology innovation," said Kevin Vachon, Chief Operating Officer, MEF. "Judging was highly competitive this year, with 36 companies - including 19 service providers and 17 technology vendors - competing as Finalists for this year's awards."

    The judging panel for the MEF Excellence Awards was comprised of global and regional senior analysts from ATLANTIC-ACM, Current Analysis, Frost & Sullivan, IHS Markit, Metanoia, Ovum, SDxCentral, and Vertical Systems, in addition to independent judges.

    The 2016 Excellence Awards winners are listed below

    Service Provider and Enterprise Application Award Winners

    Worldwide Awards
    Service Provider of the Year - AT&T
    Innovative Service of the Year - AT&T
    Best Service Provider Marketing - Colt Technology Services
    LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) Service Provider Leadership - Level 3 Communications, AT&T, and Sparkle
    Best Network Innovation - AT&T
    Wholesale Service Provider of the Year

    Asia Pacific (APAC) - Tata Communications
    Caribbean & Latin America (CALA) - C&W Networks
    Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) - Colt Technology Services
    North America - Level 3 Communications
    Global - Verizon Partner Solutions and PCCW Global (tie)
    Retail Service Provider of the Year

    APAC - PLDT
    EMEA - Colt Technology Services
    North America - Level 3 Communications
    Global - Level 3 Communications
    Best Service Innovation of the Year

    APAC - PLDT
    CALA - C&W Networks
    EMEA - Colt Technology Services
    North America - Global Capacity & AT&T (tie)
    Global - AT&T
    Best Enterprise Application of the Year

    Education - Vertical Telecoms Pty Limited (Vertel)
    Financial - Colt Technology Services
    Government - Comcast Business
    Health - AT&T
    Manufacturing - Colt Technology Services
    Media - Tata Communications
    Retail - Level 3 Communications
    Sports and Entertainment - Comcast Business
    Third Network Technology Award Winners

    Third Network Technology Vendor of the Year - Amdocs
    CE 2.0 Technology of the Year - Accedian Networks
    LSO Technology of the Year - Amdocs and CENX (tie)
    NFV Technology of the Year - ADVA Optical Networking
    SDN Technology of the Year - VeloCloud
    Multi-Vendor Innovation of the Year - Oracle Communications, InfoVista, Juniper Networks, and ADVA Optical Networking
    Third Network Thought Leadership - ECI
    LSO, NFV, and SDN Consulting - Fujitsu Network Communications
    Professional Award Winners

    Industry Executive of the Year - John Donovan, AT&T
    MEF Distinguished Fellow - Steve Haddock
    MEF Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP) of the Year - Dan Blemings, Director of Ethernet Product Management, AT&T

    About MEF
    MEF is the driving force enabling Third Network services for the digital economy and the hyper-connected world. The Third Network concept combines the agility and ubiquity of the internet with the assurance and security of CE 2.0. Third Network services provide an on-demand, orchestrated, and assured experience with user-directed control over network resources and cloud connectivity. Third Network services are delivered over automated, virtualized, and interconnected networks powered by LSO, SDN, NFV, and CE 2.0.

    MEF leverages its global 210+ network operator and technology vendor community, builds upon the robust $80 billion Carrier Ethernet market, and provides a practical evolution to the Third Network with LSO, SDN, and NFV implementations that build upon a CE 2.0 foundation. See www.MEF.net for more information.

    About MEF16
    MEF is the host of the MEF16 (www.MEF16.com) global networking event taking place 7-10 November 2016 at the Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel in Baltimore/Washington D.C., USA. This year's event expands popular elements of last year's program, including the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner, Proof of Concept Service & Technology Showcase, LSO Hackathon, and Global Media Hub. MEF16 features new Workshops on LSO, Open Initiatives, MEF Certification Programs (services, technology, professionals), and Wholesale Services & Interconnection. Also new for 2016 are the UNITE Partners Summit focusing on standards and open source solutions for Third Network orchestrated services and the OPEN-O Mini-Summit.

    Register here for MEF16. Attendance is free for qualified service end-user professionals from enterprises, businesses, government, defense, educational, or non-profit organizations.

    For sponsorship information, please contact Alysia Bennett at alysia ( @ ) MEF dot net dot

    Media Contact:
    Ilissa Miller
    iMiller Public Relations for MEF
    Tel: +1 866.307.2510
    pr ( @ ) imillerpr dot com

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