54 2023 VISIONARY SPOTLIGHT AWARDS | CHANNELVISION Tarana Wireless Tarana is dedicated to enabling accessible, reliable connectivity globally. After more than a decade of research and development to rethink fixed broadband, Tarana’s end-to-end next generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) platform — Gigabit 1 (G1) — addresses global connectivity challenges including the physical and radio environments within a given area. Tarana solves the problem in both scenarios. Tarana’s multipath integration enables non-line-of-sight (NloS) capabilities that are not hindered by common surroundings. Tarana’s asynchronous burst interference cancellation (ABIC) technology eliminates the issue of interference. With fiber-class performance proven by these advancements, the ease of deployment and scalability of ngFWA solidify its status as a future-proof solution that can connect un- and underserved communities at a fraction of the cost of pure fiber broadband deployments. XaaS1 During the past decade, Rick Beckers has been an evangelist, consultant and advisory board member for industry media groups, vendors, distributors and partner sales agents as it pertains to digital transformation of their channel sales and marketing programs. His vision of the digital transformation of the channel is something he has been working on by sharing his ideas and solutions with channel stakeholders at shows and conferences, contributing articles and podcasts. Platform vendors now are bringing some of the features of the vision, including a white label tech marketplace that partner sales agents can use to grow their businesses by meeting the customer buying journey where it is going --online. Top Innovation Awards 2600Hz The 2600Hz platform, KAZOO, lets partners do business their way, empowering them to customize their UC solution. KAZOO offers UCaaS, CPaaS, CCaaS, mobile, and remote collaboration solutions as end-to-end white label solution that offer a full enterprise-PBX, next-gen call center, intuitive collaboration tools, automatic provisioning, and several other services. 2600Hz also has implemented Generative AI to develop enhanced features and functionality for its products and services, such as auto-generated conference recaps, chat bots, and voice bots for level-1 support. 2600Hz released comm.land in March 2022. It is an easy-to-use UI that allows end users to connect in multiple way, such as chat, web phone, video conferencing and third-party apps. comm.land features support a range of communication tools, making it easy for team members to switch between devices and platforms. Last July, 2600Hz Marketplace was launched providing access to a robust ecosystem of its apps and services. ANI Networks ANI Networks was an early adopter of the Somos product RouteLink. ANI’s ability to dip and disposition toll-free termination traffic created the foundation for end point peering. ANI now peer calls at the CIC, Resporg and 10-digit level in a one-to-one environment. The added benefit for routing calls outside the PSTN include cost savings, disaster recovery, guaranteed “Stir/Shaken” token delivery and fraud monitoring Granite Telecommunications Granite’s FlexEdge Connect is an enhancement to its proprietary universal edge device, Granite Guardian FlexEdge, which consolidates multiple network functions, enabling Granite to deliver its managed network solutions without deploying proprietary hardware. With the push of a button, FlexEdge can become a firewall, an SD-WAN router, an SBC, or a cellular data endpoint. FlexEdge Connect adds service chaining, enabling Granite to install multiple virtual network functions on the same physical device and connect them with software so they work together – in parallel or in series. A hypervisor installed on FlexEdge bridges the virtual network functions. FlexEdge Connect’s service chaining enables businesses to use software from different vendors running on the same hardware and working together. For example, Granite can connect a virtualized VMware SD-WAN controller beside a Fortinet firewall and a Thousand Eyes observability platform. Grip Security Grip Security’s Grip SSCP discovers, graphs and monitors SaaS identity attack surface and mitigates SaaS-Identity risk with automated workflows and simple integrations across the security ecosystem. With Grip, organizations can safeguard identities, whenever and wherever SaaS is used. Grip’s AI-powered identity graphing gives security teams a panoramic view of their entire identity attack surface — past, present, and future. Grip dynamically assesses risk to identity assets based on use, misuse, and abuse, contextual intelligence, device and SaaS insights, and internet telemetry, allowing for consistent control, enforcement.
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