M2M Evolution Awards Business Leaders Utilizing M2M and IoT

M2M Evolution Business Impact Award winners honored for innovation in advancing business

Norwalk, Conn – February 5, 2014 – TMC and Crossfire Media today announced the winners for the inaugural M2M Evolution Business Impact Awards that took place at the M2M Evolution Conference & Expo, held January 29-31, 2014, at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami, Florida. The event focused on the latest innovations in the Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and IoT market, including technologies, applications and new verticals. The Business Impact Awards program recognized a select group of companies and business leaders who have successfully leveraged M2M and the Internet of Things (IoT) to solve a business issue, launch a new service or create revenue opportunities.

Winners of the M2M Evolution Business Impact Awards include:

·         Securus GPS, Presented by Tom Collopy, CEO

·         CallPass Technologies LLC , Presented by Jason Ashton, President

·         Yesco, Presented by Nick Lee

·         Nimbelink, Presented by Scott Schwalbe, CEO

·         All Traffic Solutions, Presented by Rick Weyer, Transformation Enabler

“The Business Impact Awards showcase the wealth of opportunity to be found in M2M and IoT technology across a broad range of industries and for a variety of business needs and applications,” said Carl Ford, CEO, Crossfire Media, executive director of content, M2M Evolution. “We were impressed by the amount of innovation from all of the award nominees and we look forward to seeing how these businesses will leverage M2M and IoT in the future.”

M2M Evolution is supported by Diamond Sponsors AT&T, Oracle and Sprint; Platinum Sponsor ILS Technology; Gold Sponsors ThingWorx, KORE, RACO Wireless, Systech Corporation, Iridium Everywhere and Verizon; and Corporate Sponsors Cradlepoint, SkyWave, Gurtam, MultiTech Systems, Pega, GE Software, Renesas, Arrow and Cycle 30.

Join M2M Evolution in Las Vegas, August 11-14, 2014, at the Rio Conference Center. The event has opened its Call for Papers, and speakers interested in participating should submit their information online.

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About TMC
TMC is a global, integrated media company that supports clients' goals by building communities in print, online, and face to face. TMC publishes multiple magazines including Cloud Computing, M2M Evolution, Customer, and Internet Telephony. TMCnet is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries, and is read by as many as 1.5 million unique visitors monthly. TMC produces a variety of trade events, including ITEXPO, the world's leading business technology event, as well as industry events: Asterisk World; AstriCon; ChannelVision (CVx) Expo; Cloud4SMB Expo; Customer Experience (CX) Hot Trends Symposium; DevCon5 - HTML5 & Mobile App Developer Conference; LatinComm Conference and Expo; M2M Evolution Conference & Expo; Mobile Payment Conference; Software Telco Congress; Super Wi-Fi Summit - The Global Spectrum Sharing and TV White Space Event; SIP Trunking, Unified Communications & WebRTC Seminars; Wearable Tech Conference & Expo III; Fitness and Sports Wearable Technology (FAST) Expo II, WebRTC Conference & Expo IV; and more. Visit TMC Events for additional information.

About Crossfire Media
Crossfire Media is an integrated marketing company with a core focus on future trends in technology. We service communities of interest with conferences, tradeshows, webinars and newsletters. Crossfire Media has a partnership with Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) to produce events and websites related to disruptive technologies. Crossfire Media is a division of Crossfire Consulting, a full service Information Technology company based in New York.

Media and Analyst Contact:        
Ashley Baster 
Connect2 Communications          
(919) 435-9112   
ashley@connect2comm.com