MEF NaaS Excellence Awards celebrate technology and service providers, and professionals advancing cloud-optimized digital services for today's enterprises
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MEF, a global industry association of network, cloud, security, and technology providers accelerating enterprise digital transformation, today announced winners of its 2024 MEF NaaS Excellence Awards. These awards recognize outstanding achievements by service providers, technology providers, and professionals pioneering the future of digital services in an ecosystem optimized for a cloud-driven experience.
Winners were unveiled at MEF's Global Network-as-a-Service Event (GNE) happening this week in Dallas, Texas and selected by a distinguished panel of senior industry analysts from ACG Research, Analysys Mason, Appledore Research, Atlantic-ACM, AvidThink, Dell'Oro Group, Frost & Sullivan, IDC, Omdia, TeleGeography, and Vertical Systems Group.
"We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 MEF NaaS Excellence Awards, celebrating the visionaries advancing the automated network ecosystem,” said Nan Chen, CEO, MEF. "As the industry shifts toward dynamic, cloud-based service models, these awards recognize the achievements of the companies and individuals whose dedication and innovation are shaping the future of digital communications. This year's honorees exemplify leadership and commitment to a future-ready, cloud-optimized ecosystem.”
2024 MEF Excellence Awards Winners
Service Provider Category:
NaaS Service Provider of the Year
- Global - Colt Technology Services
- Europe - Colt Technology Services
- North America - Lumen Technologies
- Asia Pacific - Console Connect
- Latin America - Ufinet
- Colt Technology Services
- Global - Tie: Verizon Business and Tata Communications
- Europe - Comcast Business
- North America - Verizon Business
- Asia Pacific - Tata Communications
- Latin America - Ufinet
- Global - AT&T
- Europe - Sparkle
- North America - AT&T
- Asia Pacific - Tata Communications
- Latin America - Cirion Technologies
- Global - AT&T
- Europe - Colt Technology Services
- North America - AT&T
- Asia Pacific - Tata Communications
- Latin America - Cirion Technologies
- Middle East / Africa - CMC Networks
- Global - AT&T
- Europe - Colt Technology Services
- Asia Pacific - Console Connect
- Latin America - Orchest Technologies
- Colt Technology Services
Network Technology Vendor of the Year
- Amdocs
- Amartus
- Fortinet
- Broadcom
- Amartus
- Netcracker Technology
- InsidePacket
- Silent Comet - Amartus, NTT Communications, Tata Communications
MEF Distinguished Fellow
- Isabelle Morency, Head of Engineering and Standards, Iometrix
- Roy Chua, Founder and Principal Analyst, AvidThink
- Kelly Ahuja, CEO, Versa Networks
About MEF
MEF is a global consortium of service, cloud, cybersecurity, and technology providers collaborating to accelerate enterprise digital transformation. It delivers standards-based frameworks, services, technologies, APIs, and certification programs to enable Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) across an automated ecosystem. MEF is the defining authority for certified Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) business and operational APIs and Carrier Ethernet, SASE, SD-WAN, Zero Trust, and Security Service Edge (SSE) technologies and services. MEF's Global NaaS Event (GNE) convenes industry leaders building and delivering the next generation of NaaS solutions. For more information about MEF, visit MEF.net and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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