Business Wire IndiaFrost & Sullivan successfully concluded the 14th edition of its India ICT Awards on June 2, 2016 at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai. The awards program that hosted some of the leading names of Indian ICT industry was a showcase of the best practices and stellar achievements of enterprises in this sector. Recognizing achievements in digital transition and innovative approaches which furthered growth opportunities, this year’s awards highlighted the potential leaders and disruptors of the ICT industries of tomorrow.
This year 30 awards were presented at the banquet under four major categories - Enterprise Infrastructure, Emerging Software Products and IT Services, Enterprise Telecom Services, and Mobile and Wireless. With a rigorous and methodical assessment approach involved in deciding the top achievers, only the best performances were acknowledged. The major differentiator was achievements in digital transformation. . Companies that successfully embraced and adopted this transformative shift, delivered better products and/or efficient services were acknowledged under some of the most coveted award titles in the industry.
Sharing his views on the 2016 awards program, Benoy C S, Director, Digital Transformation Practice, Frost & Sullivan - Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, said, “Digital Transformation is changing the way we do business impacting not only industries, but also societies and economies. At the 2016 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards, recipients were recognized for exemplary performance and for demonstrating best practices in helping their customers in this era of digital transformation. With the increasing interplay between cloud computing, big data, mobility, and IoT, the pace of digital transformation is increasingly accelerating across all industries. We are glad to honor these companies for matching this pace and achieving excellence in their respective product or service categories.”
The awards assessment, besides incorporating inputs from Frost & Sullivan’s expert analysts also involved a jury selection process with a panel of industry experts and thought leaders, which included some of the most prominent names from the industry. The esteemed jury panel for the 2016 Frost & Sullivan India ICT Awards included:
| Award Titles and Categories | Award Winners |
| Enterprise Infrastructure | |
| Audio Conferencing Service Provider of the Year | InterCall India Conference Services Pvt. Ltd. |
| Managed Video Conferencing Service Provider of the Year | Airtel Business |
| Web Conferencing Service Provider of the Year | CISCO |
| Video Conferencing Equipment Vendor of the Year | Polycom |
| Unified Communications Application Vendor of the Year | Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd. |
| Contact Center Application Vendor of the Year | Verint |
| Network Security Vendor of the Year | Fortinet |
| Hosted Contact Center Service Provider of the Year | Tata Communications |
| Emerging Software Products and IT Services | |
| Visionary Innovation Leadership: Smart City Integrator | CISCO |
| Company of the Year: Analytics | Manthan |
| Education Solutions Vendor of the Year | Tata Interactive Systems |
| IT Service Provider of the Year | Wipro |
| IT Services Provider of the Year – Banking Financial Services and Insurance Sector | Infosys |
| IT Solutions Provider of the Year – Oil and Gas Sector | ROLTA |
| IT Services Provider of the Year – Transportation Sector | Tech Mahindra |
| IT Services Provider of the Year – e-Commerce Sector | IBM |
| SaaS Provider of the Year - HRMS | Oracle HCM Cloud |
| e-Commerce Platform Provider of the Year | BuildaBazaar.com- Infibeam Incorporation Limited |
| Enterprise Telecom Services | |
| Enterprise Mobile Service Provider of the Year | Vodafone |
| Enterprise Telecom Service Provider of the Year - Large Enterprise Segment | Tata Communications |
| Enterprise Telecom Service Provider of the Year - SMB Segment | Vodafone |
| Enterprise Data Service Provider of the Year | Tata Communications |
| Third Party Datacenter Service Provider of the Year | Tata Communications |
| Enterprise Mobile Data Provider of the Year | Airtel Business |
| Enterprise Mobility Management Provider of the Year | AirWatch |
| Infrastructure as a Service Provider of the Year | Netmagic Solutions |
| Enterprise Ethernet Provider of the Year | Tata Communications |
| Enterprise VoIP Provider of the Year | Tata Communications |
| Mobile and Wireless | |
| Mobile Broadband Service Provider of the Year | Bharti Airtel |
| Mobile Wallet Company of the Year (B2C) | Paytm |
