Juniper Research: Future Digital Award Winners Announced for Smart Cities & IoT Innovation 2022
BASINGSTOKE, England–(BUSINESS WIRE)–It is with great pleasure that Juniper Research announces the 2022 winners of the Future Digital Awards for Smart Cities & IoT Innovation. This year’s awards received a record number of applications; making choosing winners more difficult than ever.
Juniper Research’s FDAs (Future Digital Awards) for Smart Cities & IoT Innovation recognise the most groundbreaking and impactful solutions in the smart cities and IoT spaces operating across numerous areas, including: IoT security, edge computing, private cellular networks and urban mobility.
The winners in each category, following our extensive application and judging process, are as follows:
Judges’ Choice
Juniper Research Award for Urban Technology Leadership
Kurtis McBride, Chief Executive Officer of Miovision
Juniper Research Pathway to Net Zero Award
InstaVolt
Mover & Shaker in Smart Cities & IoT Innovation
Nick Earle, CEO, Eseye
IoT Innovation
Best IoT Security Platform
Eseye Infinity IoT Platform – Platinum Winner
IoT Protect by G + D – Gold Winner
Most Innovative Edge Computing Solution
Foresight Optima DC+ – Platinum Winner
Unmanned Life – Gold Winner
Best IoT Device Management Platform
Simfony IoT Connectivity Management Platform – Platinum Winner
EnOcean IoT Connector – Gold Winner
Smart Agriculture Solution Innovation
Reporter Smart Agriculture Solution – Platinum Winner
Brastorne m-agri Services – Gold Winner
eSim Innovation of the Year
Thales Smart Profile Matcher – Platinum Winner
@ ZARIOT End-to-End Data Encryption – Gold Winner
Private Cellular Network Innovation
floNet by floLIVE – Platinum Winner
AWS Private 5G – Gold Winner
Sustainability & Smart City Innovation
Best Smart Traffic Management Solution
TrafficLink by Miovision – Platinum Winner
Bercman Smart Pedestrian Crosswalk – Gold Winner
Best Smart Parking Solution
Parkopedia – Smart Parking Solutions – Platinum Winner
Smart Parking Systems by Intercomp – Gold Winner
Innovation in Smart Urban Lighting
Kerlink and CITiLIGHT – Platinum Winner
Tata Communications IoT Smart Light Solution – Gold Winner
Urban Smart Grid Innovation
Kigen, KORE and Energy Web e-SIM Enabled Secure ID and Data Exchange for Smart Grid – Platinum Winner
SmarterGrid Solutions – Gold Winner
Best MaaS Platform
SkedGo – Platinum Winner
Umo by Cubic Transportation – Gold Winner
Best Urban EV Charging Solution
InstaVolt – Platinum Winner
Synop – Gold Winner
Most Innovative Urban Sustainability Project
Connected Kerb
Carbon Reduction Innovation of the Year
Sesame Solar H2 Nanogrid For Disaster Response
iBasis Wins for Platinum for Best IoT Device Management Platform
Ajay Joseph, CEO of IOT iBASIS, said: “We are honoured that our Simfony IoT Connectivity Management Platform, part of the iBASIS Global Access for Things IoT™ portfolio, has been recognised for its leading contribution to the industry. The state-of-the-art tool is a fully featured management platform for remotely programmable SIMs (eSIMs). It ensures rapid time-to-market and elasticity for an unlimited number of connected devices, while enabling complete visibility and control over connected assets and applications. The recognition by Juniper Research is testament to our innovative capabilities, investment, and commitment to better serve customers with a new era of possibilities.”
Find out more about iBasis’ Simfony IoT Connectivity Management Platform
Kigen Wins Platinum for Smart Grid Innovation
Vincent Korstanje, CEO of Kigen, told Juniper Research: “We are honoured to be recognised for our OPEN IoT SAFE Solution, brought to market collaboratively with KORE and Energy Web; showing how trusted data and devices can enable game-changing transformation. A world first that combines field-proven and standardised eSIM, blockchain and IoT SAFE: it empowers smart metering OEMs and smart grid operators to transform urban grid IoT data towards a zero-carbon economy.”
Find out more about Kigen’s Smart Grid Innovation
Parkopedia Wins Platinum for Best Smart Parking Solution
Eugene Tsyrklevich, CEO and Founder of Parkopedia, said: “We are honoured to win the Platinum award from Juniper Research for the Best Smart Parking Solution for 2022. This award is a testament to the excellence of Parkopedia’s core product, which was created through many years of hard work, and the continued efforts of our team in making our parking service a clear market leader. We recognise the importance of parking, as it is core to all of our journeys as drivers. At Parkopedia, we are dedicated to delivering these vital services and seamless in-car experiences that delight drivers around the world across all of our products.”
Find out more about Parkopedia’s Smart Parking Solution
Tata Communications Wins Gold for Innovation in Smart Urban Lighting
Vaneet Mehta, Head, Middle East, Central Asia & Africa, Tata Communications told Juniper Research: “We are delighted to be the Juniper Research Innovation in Smart Urban Lighting – Gold Winner. This accolade is a demonstration of the strength of our partnership with ZAIN KSA and both our organisations’ commitment to enable the reimagining of cities in the Middle East by operating on smarter and cost-efficient models. We are honoured to have been recognised by Juniper Research for this milestone project in the transformation of the city into an intelligent and energy-efficient metropolis; reducing its carbon footprint and charting a path for other cities to replicate.”
Find out more about Tata’s Smart Urban Lighting Innovation
Eseye Wins Platinum Award for IoT Security, and CEO Wins IoT Mover & Shaker Award
Nick Earle, CEO Eseye told Juniper Research: “We are honoured to receive these awards from Juniper Research! I am extremely proud of the team’s achievements since I joined in 2018, including the launch of our latest Infinity IoT Platform™. The award wins are testament to our market leadership in IoT device engineering and connectivity management. Our team continues to expand as we lead the way in IoT innovation and strive to make IoT deployments as seamless and successful as possible.”
Find out more about Eseye’s Infinity IoT Platform
ZARIOT Wins Gold for eSIM Innovation of the Year
Dawood Ghalaieny, CEO of ZARIOT, told Juniper Research: “We are thrilled to win a Gold award for ‘eSIM Innovation of the Year’. This win does not only recognise ZARIOT’s innovative use of the SIM file system, but it also highlights the important need to consider IoT as an ecosystem. ZARIOT is security driven and aims to simplify the deployment and long-term management of cellular IoT devices. We continue to use our SIM and connectivity expertise to secure and drive overall IoT solution goals and success.”
Find out more about ZARIOT’s eSIM Solutions
For further details on the Future Digital Awards please visit the Future Digital Awards website, follow us on Twitter @FutureDigiAward, or contact info@juniperresearch.com.
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