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TECH INNOVATORS NETWORKING: WIRELESS Winner: Cradlepoint NetCloud Private Networks

PROCESSORS Winner: 4th Gen AMD EPYC Processors Designed with up to 96 cores and the Zen 4 architecture, 4th Gen AMD EPYC Genoa processors provide the optimized compute performance that businesses need in their data centers to power business-critical applications and consumer-facing services.The processors

Adoption of private cellular network- ing has traditionally lagged in many sectors due to high cost of ownership, wireless planning challenges, and the complexity of deploying and manag- ing disparate hardware and software.

NetCloud Private Networks (NCPN) is designed for state and local government, K-12 and higher education, light manufactur- ing, logistics, large retail, venues and hospitality. The offering is a complete subscription package with cloud-native operations and scalability, plug-and-play deployment, zero trust access, and single-pane-of-glass management through NetCloud Manager. In addition to inherent SIM-based authentication, NCPN is built using zero trust principles and is based on a granular and dynamic policy framework that is core to the architecture.

provide needed performance for data center workloads while being more energy efficient, helping customers meet their busi- ness and sustainability goals. Efficiency is especially important as data center space is scarce, and the increasing amount of compute demand means companies must quickly scale to meet the needs of their technology stacks and customers.

Finalist: Extreme Networks AP5050

Finalist: Intel vPro Platform with 13th Gen Intel Core i7-1370P

SD-WAN Winner: Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD-WAN

POWER PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT Winner: Schneider Electric APC Smart-UPS Modular Ultra

PaloAlto Networks Prisma SD-WAN is autonomous, integrated and secure, delivering an ROI of up to 243 per- cent. Legacy SD-WAN products can be extremely complex to deploy and manage, sometimes leave security

Smart-UPS Modular Ultra is the most sustainable UPS of its kind, Schneider Electric says, providing highly scalable power in a small footprint and freeing up space for critical IT or other equipment while maximizing uptime and lowering total cost of ownership. Its lithium-ion

gaps unattended, and may lack native integration to SASE and other branch services. Prisma SD-WAN leverages AIOps and machine learning to automate network operations while ensuring best-in-class security and networking capabilities. Prisma SD-WAN has been instrumental in delivering digital transformation across industries including financial services, retail, manufacturing, health care and industrial while securing applications and users with its security natively integrated with Prisma Access to deliver a comprehensive SASE offering—Prisma SASE. Finalists: Aryaka Unified SASE With SD-WAN HPE Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN EC-10104 Platform

batteries offer up to three times the battery life of VRLA UPSes, helping companies save time and money on maintenance and bat- tery replacement. Designed for local edge environments and row data centers, the Smart-UPS Modular Ultra provides consistent and reliable connectivity even in remote locations. Smart-UPS Modular Ultra is compatible with EcoStruxure, Schneider Electric’s IT plat- form for cloud-based or on-premises monitoring and management.

Finalist: Eaton G3 Universal Input Rack PDU

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