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Intel Announces IDF 2014 Technology Innovation Accelerated Award Winners
SAN FRANCISCO --(Business Wire)--
INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM - Alcatel-Lucent*, Lenovo* and Microsoft (News - Alert)* captured
top honors at the Intel Technology Innovation Accelerated (TIA) Awards,
which recognize exceptional use of Intel technology.
Twenty-five demonstrations were selected from a pool of 55 applications
to vie for awards in nine categories. A panel of Intel (News - Alert) employees
selected finalists that displayed innovation in the integration of
suites of hardware, software, services and support that creates new
capabilities for all facets in people's lives - focusing on
productivity, information and entertainment.
Winners were determined by journalist and analyst votes at the three-day
technical conference at Moscone Center.
In addition to the nine category winners, three "Best of Show" winners
were selected:
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Lenovo won "Best of Show" in the hardware category with its ThinkPad
Helix* 2 in 1.
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Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert) won "Best of Show" in the software and services
category with its CloudBand* platform.
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Microsoft won "Best of Show" in the combined solutions group category
with its Windows Storage Server 2012 R2 Essentials*.
The categorical winners were:
Hardware Group
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Mobile Solution: Lenovo (News - Alert) for its ThinkPad Helix, a 2 in 1 that combines
the portability of a tablet with the productivity of a laptop. Users
rely on five modes to stay productive - tablet, stand, tent, laptop
and dock.
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Data Center Solution: Dell* for its PowerEdge R730xd*, a database
server with an incredible range of configurability and easy lifecycle
manageability.
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Component Solution: Murata Electronics* for its fiber optical
transceiver, or FOT module, a solution for Thunderbolt™ data
transmission that can be applied to many types of Active Optical
Cables, also known as AOC.
Software & Services Group
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Cloud Solution: Alcatel-Lucent for its CloudBand platform for network
functions virtualization, also knon as NFV. CloudBand Management
System and CloudBand Nodes demonstrate single-click deployment and
provisioning of an Alcatel-Lucent virtual EPC and vIMS within minutes
to create a fully functional LTE network.
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Usage of APIs and SDKs: HyTrust* for its Boundary Controls*, which let
organizations proactively control where virtual workloads can run in
order to mitigate the risks of data mobility that virtualization and
cloud create.
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Most Innovative App: Maxta Inc.* for its MaxDeploy*, the first
hyper-converged solution to run on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 v3.
Maxta demonstrated significant improvements over the previous
generation of x86 servers in number of I/O transactions per second,
read-write latency and the number of Microsoft Exchange* users
deployed on a server.
Combined Solutions Group:
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Consumer Solution: HCL Technologies (News - Alert)* for its Intel® Galileo-based
building automation system (BAS). Using a smartwatch, a building
administrator can use HCL's BAS solution to receive fire, motion and
air pollution alerts; control lights and appliances; and monitor
temperature, humidity and noise within a building.
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Business Productivity Solution: Microsoft for its Windows Storage
Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Small organizations can focus on their core
business instead of managing IT and still have access to file storage
on any device, protect critical data and make cloud integration
possible.
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Industrial Solution: NEXCOM International* for its NIO 100* industrial
Internet of Things (IoT) gateway with Intel® Quark technology. NIO 100
is a fanless and cost-efficient solution that collects local data and
transmits it to the cloud by 3G, Wi-Fi or Ethernet.
Winners received a trophy to commemorate their TIA award accomplishment.
All non-Intel IDF exhibitors and sponsors were eligible for the awards.
About the Intel Developer Forum
IDF is the premier global technology forum for hardware and software
developers to confer on Intel-based platforms, technologies and
solutions, and the new usage models they enable. Visit www.intel.com/idf
for more information.
About Intel
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is a world leader in computing innovation. The
company designs and builds the essential technologies that serve as the
foundation for the world's computing devices. As a leader in corporate
responsibility and sustainability, Intel also manufactures the world's
first commercially available "conflict-free" microprocessors. Additional
information about Intel is available at newsroom.intel.com
and blogs.intel.com,
and about Intel's conflict-free efforts at conflictfree.intel.com.
Intel, the Intel logo, Quark, Thunderbolt and Xeon are trademarks of
Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. *Other
names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
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