Announcing the Mobile Internet World Innovation 2007 Awards Winners
xchange and Trendsmedia, the events and publishing division of the Yankee Group, are pleased to announce the Mobile Internet World Innovation 2007 Awards winners with a special presentation at the Mobile Internet World conference and expo, Nov. 13-15, in Boston.
The inaugural awards recognize leaders in the development and deployment of mobile Internet technologies. Nominations were open to all providers and vendors of mobile Internet technology and applications were selected by a judging panel of experts from the wireless community. In its first year, the awards program has received more than 110 nominations, demonstrating the rapid expansion of the mobile Internet field.
The winners were selected by an independent judging panel, including Zeus Kerravala, senior vice president enterprise research, Yankee Group; Joseph Ferra, chief wireless officer and senior vice president, Fidelity Investments; Peter White, principal analyst and founder, Rethink Research Associates Ltd.; Nino Tarantino, principal, T4 Advisory; Michael Khalilian, chairman and president, IMS Forum; and representatives from xchange and Trendsmedia.
Eliot Weinman, president of Trendsmedia, and Tara Seals, associate editor of xchange, presented the awards in four categories following the close of the Mobile Internet World expo floor on Nov. 14.
And the winners are …
Most Innovative Consumer Application
Most Innovative Consumer Deployment
Most Innovative Enterprise Application
Most Innovative Enterprise Deployment
Photo credit: Mark Alcarez |
Program hosts Emily Green and Tara Seals with the Mobile Internet World Innovation Award winners and runner-ups. (from left) Tara Seals, associate editor, xchange; Katja Laaksonen, head of marketing, Nokia Emerging Business Unit; Darren Rees, technical sales consultant, Wapple.net; Emily Green, president and CEO, Yankee Group; Scott Lindsay, senior director of product management, Tropos Networks; Jennifer Safruk, vice president, North American sales, PixSense; Greg Kalish, owner, GK Communications for SpinVox; Tatsuki Tomita, senior vice president of consumer products, Opera Software. |
Be sure to check out the January issue of xchange for more on the Mobile Internet World Innovation 2007 Awards.
