SAN ANTONIO, April 8, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — During a time when the world needs uplifting and good news, we are happy to sprinkle a little this spring. The 8th annual Compass Intelligence awards is proud to honor the top companies, products, and technology solutions in mobile, IoT, and emerging technology industries. This year we received 150+ nominations coming in from companies, public relations, and corporate communications firms, editors, journalists, analysts, and other colleagues. These awards, excluding the Compass Intelligence selected awards, were voted on by 40+ industry-leading press, editors, journalists, thought leaders, and analysts in early April. A total of 45 awardees are being recognized, including 39 nominated awards in mobile, IoT, and emerging technology, and 6 Compass selected awards. Of the 6 Compass selected awards, there were 2 special COVID-19 Industry Humanitarian Recognition Awards given out this year to honor companies that are going the extra mile to give back and support the community.

“Compass Intelligence is honored to spread some cheer during these unprecedented times to recognize exceptional tech companies, products, and solutions,” states Stephanie Atkinson, CEO & founder of Compass Intelligence. “Honoring these companies that have put in an extraordinary amount of time, dedication, and innovation to the technology industry is very special.”

The award recipients of the 8th Annual Compass Intelligence Tech Awards are as follows:

-IoT Awards-
Connected Building: Smart Lighting – Philips Hue
Connected Building: Smart Development and Design – FSG Smart Buildings
Connected Building: Commercial Product Innovation – Microsoft: Smart Building CampusLink
Connected Solution Leadership: Fleet Management Tracking – Spireon
Connected Solution Leadership: Asset Tracking – Logicalis
Top IoT Standards Body of the Year – oneM2M
IoT Data: Edge Computing Company of the Year – ClearBlade
IoT Data: Data Analytics and Software Company of the Year – SWIM.ai
IoT Vehicle Telematics Company of the Year – Verizon Connect
IoT App Dev / Platform of the Year for the Enterprise Market – Digi XBee Tools by Digi International
IoT Emerging Company of the Year for the Consumer Market – Global Telecom
IoT Emerging Company of the Year for the Enterprise Market – NimbeLink
IoT Enablement Company of the Year for the Enterprise Market – Roambee
IoT Security Platform of the Year – Azure Sphere by Microsoft
IoT Semiconductor Company of the Year – MediaTek
IoT Sensor Company of the Year – CommScope
Industrial IoT Company of the Year – Rockwell Automation

-Mobile & Wireless Awards-
Top B2B Smartphone Device – Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra
Top B2B Wearable Device – SoterSpine by Soter Analytics
Top B2B Workplace Device – MiFi 8800L and MiFi 8000 by Inseego
B2B Application: Internal Operations – Unified Office
B2B Application: Client Facing – LivePerson
B2B Application: Enterprise Chat/Messaging – Pega
B2B Application: Team Collaboration and Team Building – Microsoft Teams
B2B Application: Augmented Reality – Vuzix Remote Assist
B2B Mobile Application: Workplace Productivity – BlueJeans
Mobile Device Management (MDM, EMM) – SOTI MobiControl by SOTI
Top B2B Cable Operator – Comcast Business
Top B2B VoIP Service Provider – RingCentral
Top B2B Wireless Provider – T-Mobile for Business
Top B2B Wireline Provider – Verizon

-Emerging Tech Awards-
Machine Vision Technology – Vizi-AI by ADLINK Technology
Artificial Intelligence: Chipset – MediaTek
Artificial Intelligence: Enterprise Solution – Espressive
Robotics Process Automation – EPSoft Technologies
Retail Customer Experience – Intelligence Node
Autonomous Vehicles – Waymo
Autonomous Technology – QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits by BlackBerry
Enterprise Software Innovation – Thinkers360

-Compass Intelligence “Of the Year” Selections-
5G Enabler: As a Service – HPE
Business Collaboration Innovation – Poly Studio X Family by Poly
5G and Edge Power Player – AT&T Business
COVID-19 Industry Humanitarian Recognition – Zoom Video Communications: K-12 Support
COVID-19 Industry Humanitarian Recognition – Comcast: Free Xfinity Wi-Fi Hotspots
First Responder Technology Innovation – Telit
Note: These selected awards were selected by the Compass Intelligence team.

About Compass Intelligence
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