M2M Evolution Business Impact Awards Honor Implementation and Deployment Pioneers

                                  New award program announced for machine-to-machine conference

Norwalk, CT—December 17, 2013—TMC and Crossfire Media today announced the launch of the M2M Evolution Business Impact Awards program—the latest addition to the M2M Evolution Conference & Expo, held January 28-31, 2014, in Miami, Florida. The event will focus on how the Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) technologies can be used to drive efficiencies and create new revenue opportunities in companies in nearly every vertical market. The new M2M Evolution Business Impact Award is a special award program focused on recognizing companies and business leaders that have successfully leveraged M2M and the IoT to solve a business issue, launch a new service or create a revenue opportunity. 

Candidates for the M2M Evolution Business Impact Award must be nominated and demonstrate the successful launch or implementation of an M2M-related project across any vertical or application, including but not limited to retail, medical, transportation/fleet, smart energy, supply chain and more. Winners will receive their M2M Evolution Business Impact Award at the event on Thursday, January 30 at 11:00 am, they will be given the opportunity to share their M2M success story with the M2M Evolution Conference & Expo audience, and will be featured in TMC’s M2M news coverage.

For more information or to be considered for this award, please contact Scott Kargman, COO for Crossfire Media at 516.808.1991.

“The M2M Evolution Business Impact Award is a great opportunity for companies and business leaders to be recognized for their ability to successfully leverage and implement M2M technology. It also provides these individuals with the chance to be mentors to other companies and share their experiences, knowledge and best practices,” said Carl Ford, CEO, Crossfire Media, Executive Director of Content, M2M Evolution Conference & Expo. “We are excited for this inaugural awards program and look forward to honoring those top companies and leaders within the M2M space.”

M2M Evolution Conference & Expo is supported by Diamond Sponsors AT&T, Oracle and Sprint; Platinum Sponsor ILS Technology; and Gold Sponsors Iridium, KORE, RacoWireless, Systech Corporation, ThingWorx and Verizon.

Registration for the M2M Evolution Conference & Expo is now open, contact Frank Coppola at 203-853-6800 x131 for more information. For media inquiries, contact Ashley Baster. Companies interested in exhibiting, sponsorship or advertising packages for M2M Evolution should contact Matthew Gleeson at 203-852-6800 x145.

For the latest M2M Evolution Conference news, updates and information, follow the event on Twitter at @M2MEvolution.

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. M2Mevolution 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, StartupCamp; Super Wi-Fi Summit - The Global Spectrum Sharing and TV White Space Event; SIP Trunking-Unified Communications Seminars; Wearable Tech Conference & Expo; 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