CRN December 2023 - Issue 1424

NETWORKING: ENTERPRISE F5 DISTRIBUTED CLOUD NETWORK CONNECT WINNER: OVERALL

POWER PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT CYBERPOWER SMART APP SINEWAVE UPS WINNER: OVERALL

F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect ties together and secures networks across public clouds, hybrid clouds, data centers and edge sites using a SaaS-based service. Core capabilities include

The CyberPower Smart App Sinewave UPS series pro- vides guaranteed power for

PROCESSORS: CPU 13TH-GEN INTEL CORE P-SERIES WINNER: OVERALL Subcategory Winner–Technology: Eaton G3 Universal Input Rack PDU Finalist: Schneider Electric APC Smart-UPS Modular Ultra Finalist: Vertiv Liebert Power-UPS Lithium corporate and departmental applications.Available in mini-tower, rackmount and rack/tower models, the UPS is designed with line interactive topology. The product provides sine wave output, offers active PFC power source compatibility and corrects minor power fluctuations without switching to battery. Other features include automatic voltage regulation, energy-saving GreenPower UPS design, data line protection and management software. The CyberPower Smart App Sinewave scored highest overall in this category and highest in revenue and profit, and customer need.

automated provisioning, integrated services stack, network seg- mentation, service insertion, application networking integration, private connectivity and end-to-end observability. F5 Distributed Cloud Network Connect scored highest overall in this category and had the highest scores in technology, revenue and profit, and customer need.

Finalist: Cisco Catalyst with Meraki management option Finalist: Extreme Networks CoPilot Finalist: CommScope ICX 8200 switches Finalist: HPE GreenLake for Aruba Finalist: Juniper Networks Secure Edge

NETWORKING: SMB NETGEAR PR60X WINNER: OVERALL Introduced in August, the Netgear PR60X is a 10G/multi-Gigabit dual WAN router that pro-

Intel and AMD have been locked in a fierce battle in the CPU mar- ket in recent years, and the 13th- Gen Intel Core P-Series came out on top overall this year. The 13th-Gen Intel Core P-Series has

vides up to 18 Gbps of bi-directional WAN-LAN through- put performance. The product features a built-in firewall to block unauthorized access to a network and promises uninterrupted connectivity through its dual WAN failover interfaces. The Netgear PR60X scored highest overall in this category and in revenue and profit.

been Intel’s flagship desktop CPU since its October 2022 debut (the 14th-Gen desktop processor recently launched). Intel said the 13th-Gen product provided an 11 percent increase in single- threaded performance over the 12th-Gen and up to 49 percent in multicore performance. The 13th-Gen Intel Core P-Series scored highest overall in this category and highest in technology and customer need.

Subcategory Winner–Technology, Customer Need: Cradlepoint NetCloud Exchange Finalist: Cisco Meraki Finalist: CommScope ICX 8200 Switches Finalist: HPE Aruba Instant On

Subcategory Winner–Revenue and Profit: AMD Ryzen Pro 7040 Series Finalist: AMD EPYC 9004 Series Finalist: Apple M2 Ultra Finalist: 4th-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

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