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Technology & Innovation

Juniper Research are proud of our ability to pinpoint the next big sectors and evaluate the impact of cutting edge technologies, including Augmented & Mixed Reality, Autonomous Vehicles, Consumer Robotics and Voice Assistants.

Nominations are now closed.

  •  Judges' Choice
  •  Smart Devices Innovation
  •  Smart Cities Innovation
  •  Smart Home Innovation
  •  Automotive & Telematics Innovation
  •  Digital Security Innovation
  •  Digital Health Innovation
  •  Robotics Innovation
  •  Edge Computing Innovation
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Judges' Choice

Our Judges' Choice category is not open to nominations - the winners of these categories are hand-picked by our Judges Panel and represent the very best of the best in their category.

• Technology Mover & Shaker Award
• Juniper Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology

This category is not open to nomination

Smart Devices Innovation

Our Smart Devices Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Smart Devices and Wearables markets, across the following categories:

• Consumer Wearable Device of the Year
• Enterprise Wearable Device of the Year
• Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Smart Cities Innovation

Our Smart Cities Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Smart Cities market, across the following categories:

• Smart City Innovation of the Year
• Smart City Platform
• Citizen Engagement Solution

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Smart Home Innovation

Our Smart Home Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Smart Home and Energy markets, across the following categories:

• Smart Home Innovation of the Year
• Smart Energy Innovation of the Year

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Automotive & Telematics Innovation

Our Automotive & Telematics Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Automotive and Telematics markets, across the following categories:

• Telematics Solution
• In-vehicle Solution

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Digital Security Innovation

Our Digital Security Innovation awards honour the leading players in the IoT and Enterprise security sectors, across the following categories:

• IoT Security Innovation of the Year
• Next Generation Enterprise Firewall Solution

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Digital Health Innovation

Our Digital Health Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Healthcare and Therapeutics sectors, across the following categories:

• Innovative Digital Therapeutics Product
• Smart Healthcare Device of the Year

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Robotics Innovation

Our Robotics Innovation awards honour the leading players in the Robotics sector, across the following categories:

• Industrial Robotics Innovation of the Year
• Consumer Robotics Innovation of the Year

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

Edge Computing Innovation

Our Edge Computing Innovation award honours the leading players in the Edge Computing sector.

• Edge Computing Solution

Each category will have a Platinum and Gold winner.

2020 Winners

Judges' Choice   

Juniper Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology

PLATINUM WINNER
Binah.ai

 

Technology Mover & Shaker Award

PLATINUM WINNER
Sid Kouider

 

Automotive & Telematics Innovation   

In-Vehicle Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Continental
Continental

Transparent Hood

 

GOLD WINNER

Jaguar Land Rover & Blackberry

Telematics Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Harman
Harman

Harman

 

GOLD WINNER

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Road Assist+

Digital Health Innovation   

Innovative Digital Therapeutics Product

PLATINUM WINNER
Binah.ai
Binah.ai

Binah.ai

 

GOLD WINNER

Am Mindfulness

Smart Healthcare Device of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
OrCam
OrCam

Hear

 

GOLD WINNER

H2CARE

H2-BP

Digital Security Innovation   

IoT Security Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
RedSeal
RedSeal

Cyber Terrain Analytics Platform

 

GOLD WINNER

ARM

Kigen iSIM & Pelion Connectivity Management

Next Generation Enterprise Firewall Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Sophos
Sophos

XG Firewall

 

GOLD WINNER

Fortinet

Edge Computing Innovation   

Edge Computing Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
ZTE
ZTE

Simplified Common Edge Solution

 

GOLD WINNER

IBM

Robotics Innovation   

Consumer Robotics Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Elephant Robotics
Elephant Robotics

MarsCat

 

GOLD WINNER

pibo

Industrial Robotics Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Alio Industries
Alio Industries

Angulares Hybrid Hexapod

 

GOLD WINNER

KUKA

Smart Cities Innovation   

Citizen Engagement Solution

PLATINUM WINNER
Gluu Life
Gluu Life

Gluu Life

 

GOLD WINNER

Maptionnaire

Community Engagement Hub

Smart City Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Thales
Thales

Cinterion IoT Suite

 

GOLD WINNER

Kerlink & PilotThings

Things as a Network

Smart City Platform

PLATINUM WINNER
SkedGo
SkedGo

SkedGo

 

GOLD WINNER

iBonus

True Mobile Transit Ticketing

Smart Devices Innovation   

Consumer Wearable Device of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Xplora
Xplora

Xplora

 

GOLD WINNER

LG U+

5G VR

Enterprise Wearable Device of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
Nodle
Nodle

M1 Smart Wearable

 

GOLD WINNER

Estimote

Contact Tracing

Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

PLATINUM WINNER
NextMind
NextMind

NextMind

 

GOLD WINNER

Estimote

Contact Tracing

Smart Home Innovation   

Smart Energy Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
Wi-Charge
Wi-Charge

R1

 

GOLD WINNER

Kaluza

Flexibility Platform

Smart Home Innovation

PLATINUM WINNER
ComputArte
ComputArte

ComputArte

 

GOLD WINNER

Dizmo

Best Automotive & Telematics Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Tesla IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Consumer Product

Temenos Core Banking solution is modular and enables easy integration with existing systems allowing for progressive upgrades. Temenos continues to innovate by offering a highly competitive and agile retail banking platform solution, innovations which are augmented further by the continued development of its product suite.

Cujo LLC Temenos Core Banking solution is modular and enables easy integration with existing systems allowing for progressive upgrades. Temenos continues to innovate by offering a highly competitive and agile retail banking platform solution, innovations which are augmented further by the continued development of its product suite.

Best Citizen Engagement Solution

Our award for Best Citizen Engagement Solution

TOMI WORLD TOMI is an interactive urban solution that delivers all information that matters in the right place at the right time. Furthermore, TOMI’s goal is to bring cities closer to people who live, work and travel in it.
It is very innovative, user-friendly and a unique way to promote multiple activities and points of interest such as touristic, cultural, local commerce, public services among others.

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Best Platform/Technology/Service Offering

Temenos Core Banking solution is modular and enables easy integration with existing systems allowing for progressive upgrades. Temenos continues to innovate by offering a highly competitive and agile retail banking platform solution, innovations which are augmented further by the continued development of its product suite.

Amazon Temenos Core Banking solution is modular and enables easy integration with existing systems allowing for progressive upgrades. Temenos continues to innovate by offering a highly competitive and agile retail banking platform solution, innovations which are augmented further by the continued development of its product suite.

Best Consumer Offering

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Welltok IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Juniper Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology

The Juniper Research Award for Outstanding Achievement in Technology.

Binah.ai Binah.ai’s award-winning health and wellness monitoring solutions allow anyone to easily and conveniently extract medical-grade vital signs measurements using only a device they already have – a smartphone camera.

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Best Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

LEGO IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Technology Mover & Shaker Award

Our Technology Mover & Shaker Award.

Sid Kouider Natural, real-time and gesture-free interaction across multiple platforms. A small and wearable design that offers both comfort, discretion and the best signal quality on the market. It is designed to be ‘wear and play’, allowing it to be placed on the user’s head in no time at all. No training is required, it just works.

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Best Consumer Product

Our award for best Automotive or Telematics consumer product.

Wejo wejo is creating the world’s leading connected car data marketplace, innovating with global brands to transform how the world moves.

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Best Consumer Product

Our award for best Automotive or Telematics consumer product.

Quanergy Quanergy LiDAR takes Best Automotive & Telematics Consumer Product Prize
“This award from Juniper Research is a testament to the hard work our team has put into developing the world’s most affordable and reliable LiDAR technology,” said Dr. Louay Eldada, CEO and co-founder of Quanergy. “With momentous strides made in the autonomous vehicle space, Quanergy continues to deliver innovative solutions, including our S3 solid state LiDAR sensor, that will enable self-driving cars to reach mainstream consumers and roadways.”

Find out more: https://quanergy.com/

Best Consumer Product

Our award for best Smart Homes consumer product.

Cognitive Systems Corp. Aura wins Best Smart Homes Consumer Product
“Being recognized as the Best Smart Home product truly is an honor and testament to the future we envision for smart households across the world,” said Taj Manku, CEO and co-founder, Cognitive Systems. “With the number of smart home devices expected to grow exponentially in the next few years, we are committed to bringing our proven WiFi Motion™ technology to all devices and are working closely with leading WiFi chipset manufacturers to make this a reality and get one step closer to our vision of “The Cognitive Home.”

Find out more: https://www.cognitivesystems.com/

Best Consumer Product

Our award for best Digital Health consumer product.

OrCam The most advanced wearable assistive technology device for the blind and partially-sighted, that reads text, recognises faces, identifies products and more.

Find out more: https://www.orcam.com/gb/myeye2/

Best Consumer Product

Our award for best Smart Wearables consumer product.

Google Jacquard by Google collects Best Smart Wearables Consumer Product Award
"Our goal with Jacquard is to bring the power of information and control to you in ways that are magically simple, like an easy swipe or tap on your sleeve. We’re excited to have won this Future Digital Award and look forward to the continued expansion of our Jacquard platform." - Ivan Poupyrev, Director of Engineering for Jacquard by Google

Find out more: https://atap.google.com/jacquard/

Best Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

DIABNEXT IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Willow IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Tesla IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Digital Health Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Neurometrix IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Digital Health Platform/Technology

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

CirrusMD IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Edge Computing Platform

Our award for Best Edge Computing Platform

Edge Edge Networks provide industry leading services and hardware solutions for the communications technology sector.

Working alongside trusted partners, Edge Networks excel in the delivery of technical expertise, equipment and managed networks across multiple technology spaces, including core and access transmission, wireless, timing and synchronisation.

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Best Emerging & Disruptive Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Blue Frog Robotics IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Emerging & Disruptive Consumer Product

Our award for best emerging & disruptive consumer product.

Light The Light L16 is compact camera that uses sophisticated technology to combine 10 different images into a single, stunningly detailed photo.

Find out more: https://light.co/camera

Best Emerging & Disruptive Consumer Technology/Platform

Our award for best emerging & disruptive consumer technology or platform.

Google Google Duplex is a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the phone. The technology is directed towards completing specific tasks, such as scheduling certain types of appointments. For such tasks, the system makes the conversational experience as natural as possible, allowing people to speak normally, like they would to another person, without having to adapt to a machine.

Find out more: https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html

Best Emerging & Disruptive Technology/Platform

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

G&D IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best IoT Healthcare System

Our award for Best IoT Healthcare System

Inspiren The World's First Cognitive Patient Care Assistant

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Best Platform/Technology

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Valencell-STMicroeletronics IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Platform/Technology

Our award for best Digital Health platform or technology.

270 Vision BPMpathway scoops Best Digital Health Platform Award
“Gaining recognition as the ‘Best Digital Health Platform’ from an independent organisation such as Juniper Research means so much to us and helps to justify the investment and trust our business partners have put in us to date.” - Martin Gossling, CEO & Co-founder, 270 Vision

Find out more: https://www.bpmpathway.com/

Best Platform/Technology

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Practo Health IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Platform/Technology

Our award for best Smart Wearables platform or technology.

Firstbeat Technologies OY Firstbeat wins Best Smart Wearables Platform/Technology
“It’s an honor for Firstbeat to be recognized by Juniper Research for our work in wearables,” said Firstbeat CEO and co-Founder Joni Kettunen, Ph.D. “Key to our success has been our partnerships with the premier wearable brands who rely our physiological analytics to create excellent products with great user experiences. As a result, millions of people around the world are using Firstbeat analytics every day to make better health, fitness, and wellness decisions. We are happy to accept this award as proof of the importance of our mission.”

Find out more: https://www.firstbeat.com

Best Platform/Technology/Service Offering

Our award for best Smart Homes platform, technology or service offering

Google Google Duplex is a new technology for conducting natural conversations to carry out “real world” tasks over the phone. The technology is directed towards completing specific tasks, such as scheduling certain types of appointments. For such tasks, the system makes the conversational experience as natural as possible, allowing people to speak normally, like they would to another person, without having to adapt to a machine.

Find out more: https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html

Best Smart City Platform

Our award for Best Smart City Platform

Trafi Trafi enables cities and enterprises to launch and operate their own MaaS solutions. Our platform provides software that allows our partners to connect, understand and manage their mobility ecosystems.

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Best Smart Energy Innovation

Our award for Best Smart Energy Innovation

AutoGrid As the unified foundation for all AutoGrid applications, the AutoGrid Energy Internet Platform (EIP) provides the capability to predict, optimize, and control tens of thousands of DERs, millions of participants, using trillions of data-points, in real time.

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Best Smart Home Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

DigitalSTROM IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Smart Home Innovation

Our award for Best Smart Home Innovation

Awair Awair tracks invisible fine dust and chemicals in your air and gives you personalized recommendations to help you stay safe and healthy.

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Best Smart Platform/Technology/Service Offering

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Amazon IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Smart Wearable Consumer Product

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

Vuzix IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Smart Wearable Platform/Technology

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

NXP IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Technology/Service Offering

IBM Blockchain Platform sub header

IBM IBM Blockchain Platform description of copany and product text

Best Technology/Service Offering

Our award for best Automotive or Telematics technology or service offering.

Argus Argus protects private and commercial vehicles, fleets, connectivity platforms and dealerships from cyber attacks with advanced cyber security solutions and services.

Find out more: https://argus-sec.com/

Citizen Engagement Solution

Our awards for Citizen Engagement Solution.

Gluu Life PLATINUM WINNER - Gluu Life
We are a data sharing marketplace that allows the community to power connectivity within the community. Having a community driven connectivity ecosystem addresses nations that has connectivity fragmentation. What Gluu does is to enable existing infrastructure (mobile devices) to be extended through the community by downloading a simple app, and clicking of a button to share their data to users whom requires on demand data.

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GOLD WINNER - Maptionnaire
Maptionnaire is a map-based survey tool which facilitates simple and effective public participation. The online questionnaire editor allows for the independent creation, customization and publishing of survey projects.

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Consumer Robotics Innovation of the Year

Our awards for Consumer Robotics Innovation of the Year.

Elephant Robotics PLATINUM WINNER - Elephant Robotics
MarsCat is the world’s first bionic pet cat developed by Elephant Robotics, aiming to be a home robot, a robotic pet to comfort you and surprise you. Just like a real cat, MarsCat is fully autonomous. No extra instruction is needed to control its movements.

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GOLD WINNER - pibo
pibo likes to hang out with people as much as it looks round and round, and hates being alone. Still young, but pibo wants to let friends know about the world through the Internet with SNS. Tell pibo what you see, hear and feel. I will always be friends with you.

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Consumer Wearable Device of the Year

Our awards for Consumer Wearable Device of the Year.

Xplora PLATINUM WINNER - Xplora
Xplora was founded with the mission to give children a safe onboarding to digital life and a better balance between screen time and physical activity.

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GOLD WINNER - LG U+

Consumer Wearable Device of the Year

Our award for Consumer Wearable Device of the Year

Microsoft Mixed reality on HoloLens 2 combines an untethered device with apps and solutions that help people across your business learn, communicate, and collaborate more effectively. It's the culmination of breakthroughs in hardware design, artificial intelligence (AI), and mixed reality development from Microsoft, designed to help you lead your industry into the future—starting today.

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Edge Computing Solution

Our awards for Edge Computing Solution.

ZTE PLATINUM WINNER - ZTE
The ZTE Common Edge solution includes an MEP capability exposing platform, a lightweight edge cloud, a full range of edge-oriented servers, and edge acceleration. The ZTE Common Edge solution includes an MEP capability exposing platform, a lightweight edge cloud, a full range of edge-oriented servers, and edge acceleration.

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GOLD WINNER - IBM
IBM provides an autonomous management offering that addresses the scale, variability and rate of change in edge environments. IBM also offers solutions to help telcos modernize their networks and deliver new services at the edge.

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Enterprise Wearable Device of the Year

Our awards for Enterprise Wearable Device of the Year.

Nodle PLATINUM WINNER - Nodle
The Nodle M1 is an award-winning, smart wearable device that buzzes employees to help them social distance. Operational HR departments can rapidly notify employees if a coworker they have interacted with has become infected with COVID-19. It acts as a personal protective wearable to increase the safety of your employees as you reopen your business.

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GOLD WINNER - Estimote
Our contact tracing dashboard notifies all exposed team members and protects your entire workforce. Team members use small, wireless devices which remind them to keep a safe distance and register direct contact exposure. In the event of a symptomatic employee, companies can quickly locate other exposed team members who are at risk.

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Enterprise Wearable Innovation of the Year 

Our award for Enterprise Wearable Innovation of the Year

Varjo XR-1 is a mixed reality developer device for engineers, researchers and designers who are pioneering a new reality. With photorealistic visual fidelity, ultra-low latency and integrated eye tracking, XR-1 seamlessly merges virtual content with the real world for the first time ever.

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Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

Our award for Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

Plott We build simple, yet incredibly powerful solutions for DIY - Construction sector using hardware + Extended Reality that enable users to easily measure, design and change their environment.

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Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

Our awards for Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year.

NextMind PLATINUM WINNER - NextMind
Natural, real-time and gesture-free interaction across multiple platforms. A small and wearable design that offers both comfort, discretion and the best signal quality on the market. It is designed to be ‘wear and play’, allowing it to be placed on the user’s head in no time at all. No training is required, it just works.

Find out more

GOLD WINNER - Estimote
Our contact tracing dashboard notifies all exposed team members and protects your entire workforce. Team members use small, wireless devices which remind them to keep a safe distance and register direct contact exposure. In the event of a symptomatic employee, companies can quickly locate other exposed team members who are at risk.

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Industrial Robotics Innovation of the Year

Our awards for Industrial Robotics Innovation of the Year.

Alio Industries PLATINUM WINNER - Alio Industries
In response to the demand from industry for more and more versatile and accurate motion control systems, ALIO Industries has just received a US patent on the next generation Hybrid Hexapod® technology, which out performs ANY other Hexapod solution in the market. The Hybrid Hexapod® is a game-changer in the field of motion control, and will stimulate innovation as an enabler of next-generation manufacturing processes.

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GOLD WINNER - KUKA
KUKA offers industrial robots in a wide range of versions with various payload capacities and reaches. Our spectrum of products also includes the appropriate robot peripheral equipment – from linear units to end effectors.

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Innovative Digital Therapeutics Product

Our awards for Innovative Digital Therapeutics Product.

Binah.ai PLATINUM WINNER - Binah.ai
Binah.ai’s award-winning health and wellness monitoring solutions allow anyone to easily and conveniently extract medical-grade vital signs measurements using only a device they already have – a smartphone camera.

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GOLD WINNER - Am Mindfulness
Am is an award-winning and clinically-validated app that delivers performance enhancement and resilience training as part of a fun and personalised experience.

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In-Vehicle Solution

Our awards for best In-Vehicle Solution.

Continental PLATINUM WINNER - Continental
The Transparent Hood system generates an image of the ground beneath the front of the vehicle, giving the impression that the hood is transparent. The image helps drivers navigate high curbs, potholes and rough terrain. ‘Transparent Hood’, the first system of its kind, is expected to help reduce vehicle damage incurred when parking.

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GOLD WINNER - Jaguar Land Rover & Blackberry
Lidya is a USA holding financial institution that provides access to credit and finance across frontier and emerging markets. Our team is spread across 3 continents and 5 countries which are USA, Portugal, Nigeria, Poland and Czech Republic.

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IoT Security Innovation of the Year

Our awards for IoT Security Innovation of the Year.

RedSeal PLATINUM WINNER - RedSeal
By focusing on cybersecurity fundamentals, RedSeal’s award-winning cyber terrain analytics platform helps government agencies and Global 2000 companies measurably reduce their cyber risk. RedSeal gives network security and management teams the most holistic understanding of their organization's network – across physical, cloud and virtual networks – and the risk from their IoT devices.

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GOLD WINNER - ARM
The value in any IoT project is only realised once the data captured at the device endpoint is delivered to a destination where it can provide powerful insights. Arm’s vision is to enable organisations to gather data at a massive scale, securely, efficiently and easily so they can use the insights to optimise operations and design better products and services.

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IoT Security Innovation of the Year

Our award for Security Innovation of the Year

G+D Mobile Security With its GSMA-compliant eSIM management platform AirOn, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) Mobile Security offers the market-leading solution for secure eSIM lifecycle management on mobile devices - regardless of the technology used, be it an eUICC (Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card) or iUICC (Integrated Universal Integrated Circuit Card).

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Most Innovative ADAS Solution

Our award for Most Innovative ADAS Solution

Qualcomm Cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) will serve as the foundation for vehicles to communicate with each other and everything around them—providing 360º non-line-of-sight awareness and a higher level of predictability for enhanced road safety and autonomous driving.

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Next Generation Enterprise Firewall Solution

Our awards for Next Generation Enterprise Firewall Solution.

Sophos PLATINUM WINNER - Sophos
XG Firewall’s all-new Xstream architecture delivers extreme levels of visibility, protection, and performance. Synchronize your endpoint and firewall security in real time with Sophos XG.

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GOLD WINNER - Fortinet
Fortinet secures the largest enterprise, service provider, and government organizations around the world. Fortinet empowers its customers with intelligent, seamless protection across the expanding attack surface and the power to take on ever-increasing performance requirements of the borderless network—today and into the future.

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Smart City Innovation of the Year

Our awards for Smart City Innovation of the Year.

Thales PLATINUM WINNER - Thales
Thales delivers innovative IoT technology to simplify digital transformation. For a quarter of a century, industrial enterprises have trusted Cinterion® IoT solutions, services and expertise to guide every step of their IoT journey towards a more connected and intelligent future. Thales IoT solutions connect assets to wireless networks and cloud platforms, secure connected devices and their data, manage the long lifecycle of IoT solutions and analyse real-time data transforming it into business intelligence that improves decision making.

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GOLD WINNER - Kerlink & PilotThings
Kerlink and Pilot Things have created a simple yet highly innovative solution to help smart cities quickly and easily digitalize their services in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. Called Things as a Service (TaaS), this system integrates more than 200 pre-installed, ready-to-use LoRa® sensors that cover all smart-city applications with carrier-grade Kerlink gateways, core network and network management tools to easily connect the solution to the cities’ information systems.

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Smart City Innovation of the Year

Our award for Smart City Innovation of the Year

Gemalto, a Thales company Gemalto Instant Connect allows OEMs and mobile operators to remotely and automatically provide initial mobile connectivity to genuinely offline eSIM-enabled devices at power on, wherever they are, while drastically simplifying OEMs' supply chain and enhancing the user experience.

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Smart City Platform

Our awards for Smart City Platform.

SkedGo PLATINUM WINNER - SkedGo
SkedGo offers a highly advanced multi and intermodal routing engine to governments, corporations and start-ups. We allow clients to go-to-market in a fast, efficient manner as they don’t have to re-invent the wheel, but can rely on our tested technology.

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GOLD WINNER - iBonus True Mobile Transit Ticketing
  • It supports 99% IOS and Android OS phones
  • Transaction time is less than 1 second, critical for public transportation
  • US Patent Pending 16/681.365, China Patent Pending, and Worldwide PCT.
  • Every local transit operator can keep its own identity, flexibility, and control.
  • Instant Deployable and Low initial investment
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Smart Energy Innovation

Our award for Smart Energy Innovation.

Wi-Charge PLATINUM WINNER - Wi-Charge
A future where power is delivered – safely and efficiently – from a distance and without wires. A future where battery replacements, charging pads and power cords are a thing of the past. A future that is here today, powered by Wi-Charge.

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GOLD WINNER - Kaluza
Kaluza’s flexibility platform is able to connect and control millions of smart devices across people’s homes, such as electric vehicles, heaters and batteries. The platform uses machine learning and AI to create a more flexible energy system, optimising devices to use energy off-peak, when costs and carbon levels are lower.

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Smart Healthcare Device of the Year

Our award winners for Smart Healthcare Device of the Year.

OrCam PLATINUM WINNER - OrCam
The world’s first AI wearable assistive device for people with hearing impairment. It makes hearing aids smart by identifying and isolating a speaker’s voice – from among multiple speakers – and then instantly relaying the clear speech to Bluetooth hearing aids.

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GOLD WINNER - H2CARE
H2-BP, the world's first wearable blood pressure monitor. Check your blood pressure anytime, and anywhere you want.

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Smart Home Innovation

Our awards for Smart Home Innovation.

ComputArte PLATINUM WINNER - ComputArte
ComputArte ornamental home server is a LOYAL Technology without spying on your home. It offers a natural interface (voice and gesture recognition) to manage home-automation, decoding all data EXCLUSIVELY in the local environment. User privacy is respected, defended and protected.

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GOLD WINNER - Dizmo
Dizmo is The Interface of ThingsTM – a uniquely disruptive, unifying front-end software proposition to solve human interaction with data.

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Telematics Solution

Our awards for best Telematics Solution.

Harman PLATINUM WINNER - Harman
HARMAN designs and engineers c​onnected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automat​ion solutions; and connected services.

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GOLD WINNER - Mitsubishi
LexisNexis Risk Solutions and Mitsubishi Motors are bridging the gap between insurer and automaker all to the benefit of the consumer by integrating Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) solutions from LexisNexis Telematics. Mitsubishi Road Assist+, provides owners all the connected car services without having a hardline into the vehicle OBD-II port thus eliminating the need for additional hardware.

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Evaluation process

Entries are initially assessed by a Juniper Research analyst panel, which then draws up a shortlist of potential winners based on a number of criteria, including:

  • Product Innovation
  • Features and Benefits
  • Product Partnerships
  • Certification & Compliance
  • Future Business Prospects

These shortlists are then assessed and scored according to a rigorous set of criteria and verified by our team of experts. At the end of this process, final winners are agreed upon and confirmed by our Juniper Research judging panel.

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Firstbeat wins Best Smart Wearables Platform/Technology

"It’s an honor for Firstbeat to be recognized by Juniper Research for our work in wearables,” said Firstbeat CEO and co-Founder Joni Kettunen, Ph.D. “Key to our success has been our partnerships with the premier wearable brands who rely our physiological analytics to create excellent products with great user experiences. As a result, millions of people around the world are using Firstbeat analytics every day to make better health, fitness, and wellness decisions. We are happy to accept this award as proof of the importance of our mission."

Joni Kettunen, Ph.D, Firstbeat CEO and co-Founder

Quanergy LiDAR takes Best Automotive & Telematics Consumer Product Prize

"This award from Juniper Research is a testament to the hard work our team has put into developing the world’s most affordable and reliable LiDAR technology. With momentous strides made in the autonomous vehicle space, Quanergy continues to deliver innovative solutions, including our S3 solid state LiDAR sensor, that will enable self-driving cars to reach mainstream consumers and roadways."

Dr. Louay Eldada, CEO and co-founder of Quanergy

Jacquard by Google collects Best Smart Wearables Consumer Product Award

"Our goal with Jacquard is to bring the power of information and control to you in ways that are magically simple, like an easy swipe or tap on your sleeve. We’re excited to have won this Future Digital Award and look forward to the continued expansion of our Jacquard platform."

Ivan Poupyrev, Director of Engineering for Jacquard by Google

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Awards History

Automotive & Telematics   

Best Consumer Product

Winner - Wejo, Wejo Intelligence Marketplace

Highly Recommended - NXM Labs, Autonomous Security

Most Innovative ADAS Solution

Winner - Qualcomm, 9150 CV2X Chipset

Highly Recommended - HARMAN, LiDAR

Internet of Things   

Best Edge Computing Platform

Winner - Edge, Edge Networks

Highly Recommended - NXM Labs, Quantum

Best IoT Healthcare System

Winner - Inspiren, iN

Highly Recommended - L'Oréal, Wearable PH Sensor

IoT Security Innovation of the Year

Winner - G+D Mobile Security, AirOn eSIM Management

Highly Recommended - Facetec, ZoOm 3D Face Authentication

Smart Cities   

Best Citizen Engagement Solution

Winner - TOMI WORLD, TOMI

Highly Recommended - SAI, SAI Cart

Best Smart City Platform

Winner - Trafi, Jelbi

Highly Recommended - Somo, Somo

Smart City Innovation of the Year

Winner - Gemalto, a Thales company, Gemalto Instant Connect

Highly Recommended - Zome, Zomekit

Smart Devices   

Consumer Wearable Device of the Year

Winner - Microsoft, Hololens 2

Highly Recommended - Owlet, Owlet Smart Sock

Enterprise Wearable Innovation of the Year 

Winner - Varjo, XR-1 Developer Edition

Highly Recommended - JujoTech, Fusion AR

Immersive Technology Innovation of the Year

Winner - Plott, Plott

Highly Recommended - C360, Personalized Viewing Experience

Smart Home   

Best Smart Energy Innovation

Winner - AutoGrid, AutoGrid Energy Internet Platform

Highly Recommended - CLP Smart Energy Connect , CLP Smart Energy Connect Platform

Best Smart Home Innovation

Winner - Awair, Awair 2nd Edition

Highly Recommended - SPIN, SIDN Labs

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2020 Judges

Elson Sutanto

Elson Sutanto

Principal Analyst, Juniper Research

Elson's areas of focus include Digital Content Business Models, Industrial IoT, machine learning, M2M, smart cities and telecom operator strategies; he is particularly interested in the Internet of Things, carrier billing and connected vehicles. His recent research suites include Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Telco Strategies and Digital Twins in IoT.

Sam Barker

Sam Barker

Lead Analyst, Juniper Research

Sam’s focus areas lie across our Telco Service Providers and IoT & M2M Streams, covering key connected verticals including digital health, digital advertising, smart homes, mobile voice and messaging.

James Moar

James Moar

Lead Analyst, Juniper Research

James Moar's area of focus includes handsets, wearables and other smart devices, with a particular interest in convergent technologies, cybersecurity and mobile health.

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