Exemplary Best Practices in Asia Pacific Honoured

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan today, hosted a gala banquet in Kuala Lumpur, where best practices shown by nine deserving companies were recognised. Held for the second consecutive year, the banquet applauds organizations that have demonstrated outstanding performance through innovative best practices in their respective industry.

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Manoj Menon, Partner and Asia Pacific Managing Director for Frost & Sullivan said that, "Our industry research program aims to identify and recognize outstanding organizations in their respective operating industries. Frost & Sullivan's vast coverage of the multi-industries coupled with expert industry analysis allows the tracking and researching of the various industry sectors on a regular basis. This detailed and up-to-date process enables us to hand-pick industry participants who have exceeded market performance. The awards tonight celebrate the success of such exceptional top-performers."

Prestigious titles were conferred to organizations in areas of technology innovation, market share leadership, new product innovation, product differentiation, product quality leadership, growth strategy leadership, market leadership, entrepreneurship and globalization.

The awards recognize companies in a variety of regional and global markets, and they seek to showcase best practices in the industry segments which are synonymous with Frost & Sullivan's in-depth analysis and coverage of these industries. In keeping with our time-honored commitment in pursuit of excellence and innovation, the awards offered are carefully reviewed and evaluated to reflect the current market landscape and include new emerging sectors.

The awards are based on extensive market engineering tools evolved by Frost & Sullivan. Industry analysts compare market participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews, analysis, and extensive secondary research in order to identify best practices in the industry.

The outstanding recipients of the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards are as follows:

    Award Title/ Category                      Recipient
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    2009 Malaysia Frost & Sullivan             Delphax Sdn Bhd
     Entrepreneurial Company for the Medical
     Devices Industry
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    2009 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan         Hai Kang Life Corporation Ltd.
     Product Differentiation Excellence Award
     for In-Vitro Diagnostics
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    2009 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan         Omni-ID Cayman, Ltd.
     Technology Innovation Award for UHF RFID
     Tags
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    2009 Asia Pacific New Product Innovation   First Innovation Asia
     Award in the field of Contactless Access
     Media
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    2009 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan         Advanced Card Systems Ltd.
     Product Quality Leadership Award for
     Smart Card Readers
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    2009 Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Growth  NICE Systems
     Strategy Leadership Award in the Call
     Monitoring Systems Market
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    2009 Greater China Frost & Sullivan        Huawei
     Market Leadership Award in the
     Videoconferencing Endpoints Market
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    2009 Asia Pacific Emerging Video           LifeSize Communications Inc.
     Conferencing Vendor of the Year
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    2009 Japan Frost & Sullivan Market Share   V-cube, Inc.
     Leadership Award in the Web Conferencing
     Market
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    2009 Japan Frost & Sullivan Market         P&W Solutions Co., Ltd
     Leadership Award in the Workforce
     Management Market
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    2009 Frost & Sullivan Excellence in        iSoft Group Ltd.
     Globalization Award in the World
     Healthcare IT Market
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For further details on the awards, please visit - www.frost.com/apacbpawards

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