Innovation ruled the day when it came time to crown the Best of Interop Overall and Best Startup for InformationWeek Reports’ Best of Interop Awards.

The Best of Interop Overall award went to NEC Corporation of America’s NEC ProgrammableFlow Controller, PF6800, which also claimed the Management, Monitoring and Testing honors. According to head judge Steven Hill, the PF6800 is particularly relevant in light of the growing interest in software-defined networks (SDNs). [Full story]

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