The VON Magazine Innovator Awards ceremony will be held at Spring VON.x, on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:00 PM, Pacific Time, in the VON.x Theatre, on the exhibit floor in San Jose.

Note: This reporter served as Chairman of the VON Magazine Innovator Awards.

Pulvermedia (www.pulvermedia.com) has announced the winners of the inaugural VON Magazine Innovator Awards. Building on the legacy of the Pulver 100, the VON Innovator Awards have evolved to recognize start-ups and publicly-traded companies that represent the future of Internet Communications. At Spring VON.x, the Judge’s Top 10 Picks will be announced at the awards ceremony on March 18.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

ADTRAN, Agito Networks, Alianza, Allworx, Azimuth Systems, Brix Networks, Broadsoft, Challenger Mobile Group, Citrix, Comdasys AG, CommuniGate Systems, Cypress Communications, Dalcon Communications Systems, deltathree, Dialogic, Ditech Networks, DiVitas Networks, D-TAC, Empirix, Envysion, InGenius Software, Intelliverse, iotum, Iperia, Ixia, LifeSize Communications, Linksys/Cisco, M5 Networks, M5T, MegaPath, MetaSwitch, OrecX, Packet 8/8x8, Pactolus Communications, Pannaway Technology, Polycom, Quanta Computer, RedBack Networks, Sangoma Technologies, SightSpeed, snom technology, Sonus Networks, Speakanet A/S, Stonevoice, Strix Systems, Super Technoloies, Sutus, Sylantro Systems, Symmetricom, Synchronoss Technologies, TalkPlus, TalkSwitch, Tandberg, TelcoBridges, TeleCommunications Systems, Teltronics, Thomas Howe Company, Vertical Communications, Vertico Software, VisionOSS, VoIP Logic, Voipex, VozTelecom, Wyde Voice, and Wildix.

Applicants were examined by a panel of judges primarily drawn from the VON Magazine editorial community, including: Carl Ford, VP of Content and Community Developer for the VON.x Conference and Expo; Bob Emmerson, European Editor, VON Magazine and Euro Innovations e-newsletter; Ross O'Brien, Asia/Pacific Editor, VON Magazine; Bob Frankston, Frankston Innovating and Joel Maloff, founder of The Maloff Company and a contributing columnist for VON Magazine; and Doug Mohney, Editor-in-Chief, VON Magazine and the von:focus e-newsletter.

To come up with the Top 10 Picks, each judge was asked to select 10 of the best submissions and ranking them from top to bottom, with points awarded from highest to lowest. Four judges selections and point tallies were then added up, with additional points were given to companies receiving points from more than one judge. The Chairman did not vote upon selections as he was running the voting process and one judge declined to participate in the final voting process. Further explanation of the Top 10 Picks process will be given at the awards ceremony.