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2018 Global NPM and APM
Price/Performance Value Leadership Award
2018
BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH
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Contents
Background and Company Performance ........................................................................3
Industry Challenges..............................................................................................3
Price/Performance Attributes and Customer Impact..................................................3
Conclusion...........................................................................................................9
Significance of Price/Performance Value Leadership......................................................10
Understanding Price/Performance Value Leadership......................................................10
Key Benchmarking Criteria ..................................................................................11
Best PracticesAward Analysis for Martello Technologies.................................................11
Decision Support Scorecard .................................................................................11
Price/Performance Attributes ...............................................................................12
Customer Impact ...............................................................................................12
Decision Support Matrix ......................................................................................13
Best Practices Recognition: 10 Steps to Researching, Identifying, and Recognizing Best
Practices .................................................................................................................14
The Intersection between 360-Degree Research and Best Practices Awards.....................15
Research Methodology ........................................................................................15
About Frost & Sullivan ..............................................................................................15
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Background and Company Performance
Industry Challenges
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices, such as smartphones, tablets,
and laptops, is compelling managed service providers (MSPs) in the telecommunications
sector to render speedy and uninterrupted real-time communications services over a unified
communications (UC) network to users looking for continual Internet connection and
seamless communication with other devices and people. These services may include
voice/video conferencing, video streaming, real-time sharing of files that contain rich media,
and live chats, among others.
Businesses have embarked on their digital transformation journey with the objective of
rendering convenient and superior quality of user experience. Such trends are driving their
move towards open cloud-based services that allow for easier integration of technologies
into a scalable unified platform at lower operating costs than before. However, cloud-hosted
technology deployments are known to hamper network performance due to network
congestion and often make troubleshooting even more difficult.
Furthermore, enterprises are demonstrating growing appetites for gaining holistic visibility
into application performance as well as end-user experiences pertaining to cloud, networks,
and mobile applications. This is because applications depend on numerous different
compute resources connected to various networks, which often causes operational
complexity. Monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and fixing performance and availability
problems associated with applications is key to maximizing the return on investment (ROI)
on application performance management systems while ensuring top-notch end-user
experience.
Enterprises are endeavoring to reap ROI on network performance monitoring systems like
never before by embracing digitalization and automation to reduce network downtime and
any interruption or delay in scheduled communications, whether related to voice, video
chats, or other real-time communication avenue as these issues severely compromise the
quality of experience (QoE) users take away from their services and negatively impact their
business. Total outages, performance setbacks, slow website response times, or delayed
emails often occur because real-time services consume huge bandwidth that is expensive,
and existing UC networks fail to support these services due to limited network resources or
inadequate failover solutions.
Therefore, to ensure reliable and efficient UC application and network performance,
software-defined network performance management in real time is imperative. With the
performance of UC applications being dependent on the performance of networks, it
becomes critical to ensure that the network has enough bandwidth and simulation
capabilities to support increasing UC traffic while monitoring network performance. By
detecting and pinpointing the root cause and area/s of network/application performance
degradation by leveraging a combination of performance management and network
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performance solutions, such as software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), enterprises
will be able to proactively fix imminent network/application-based problems and avert
instances of network failure or slowdown. With most small-sized enterprises lacking a
sophisticated information technology (IT) infrastructure, they can neither gain insight into
what is going on at the application level nor implement corrective steps. Also, these
solutions will help businesses observe how well their digital technologies are functioning and
could aid in streamlining site qualification and capacity planning with scaling up of
bandwidth, while the number of connected devices and processes increases in the UC
network. This would ensure a strong ROI on their network infrastructure investments.
Price/Performance Attributes and Customer Impact
Ottawa, Canada-headquartered Martello Technologies (Martello) is well regarded for its
sophisticated network optimization and performance management solutions that empower
MSPs and over-the-top (OTT) service providers (SPs) to deliver quality solutions while
enterprises enjoy sustained real-time communications services of top-notch quality on both
cloud and enterprise networks. Since being established in 2009, Martello’s solutions have
been installed in more than 6,000 networks and are used by customers from over 150
countries, an impressive record that distinctly highlights the worldwide acceptance of its
solutions.
Perceived Value
Endeavoring to simplify network and application performance management for not only
enterprises but also MSPs and OTT SPs, Martello took the strategic initiative of merging with
Elfiq Networks (Elfiq) in January 2018 to guarantee outstanding UC performance for its
customers and end users. Elfiq, now operating as Martello’s subsidiary, is known for its
cutting-edge SD-WAN technology that boosts network performance through the effective
link balancing of in-bound and out-bound traffic for multiple sites as well as the dynamic
selection of multiple site paths and bandwidth control tools.
Martello Technologies + Elfiq Networks: Capitalizing on carrier diversity
Combining its proven network performance software-as-as-service (SaaS) solution with
Elfiq’s unique SD-WAN technology has strengthened Martello’s competence to offer an
innovative solution to SPs and enterprises for UC network and application performance
management. This solution enables end-to-end network performance management and also
troubleshoots concerns related to poor quality of real-time services through the intuitive
optimization of bandwidth, much faster than was possible before. All of this translates into a
superior quality of user experience that is unprecedented in the market.
Assisting companies in their migration towards the cloud, Martello looks to ensure efficient
bandwidth usage with Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology, optimizing UC systems in the process.
This saves a considerable amount of time otherwise wasted in contacting SPs to identify and
understand the root cause behind poor real-time network connectivity services, which does
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not always fix the issue because the problem may not lie in the SP’s network. Poor
connectivity services, consequently, add to the maintenance cost, increasing customers’
total cost of ownership (TCO) and thus diminishing the SP’s value proposition. In this
context, Martello’s edge lies in its agility and flexibility to ensure uninterrupted access to the
Internet and the cloud for customers leveraging its link balancing tools with just one
functional Internet service provider (ISP) link. This optimizes time and operational
expenses, as time is not wasted in troubleshooting activities. Supporting the simultaneous
routing of multiple links through multiple paths at different speeds significantly boosts
throughput and productivity. This is particularly effective in smart applications, such as
smart cities, IoT, and safety, where both enterprises and SPs need to prioritize network
traffic over numerous paths and links. With the link balancing capability ensuring low
downtime, the failover speed is a matter of seconds, not minutes. Furthermore, the link
balancers ensure network traffic, both incoming and outgoing, are balanced efficiently. From
the business perspective, this capability curtails chances of downtime and the resultant loss
in sales that could arise from a sudden loss in connectivity to links. Additionally, network
administrators enjoy complete control over network consumption as well as network link
selection. This facilitates the creation of a smart network with the identification of the best
link for a certain task, which optimizes bandwidth consumption.
ATLAS: Martello’s first cost-effective SD-WAN-as-a-service suite for bandwidth
optimization and Management
Leveraging its market-leading competence achieved from the merger with Elfiq, Martello
rolled out its first SD-WAN-as-a-service suite named ATLAS in March 2018. Easier to
operate than competing SD-WAN solutions, ATLAS’s edge over competing offerings lies in its
ability to make bandwidth optimization and management less costly than before. Supplying
enterprises with end-to-end visibility into network performance and operations in real time
while also empowering them to control their devices, whether on site, on the cloud, or in a
virtual setting, is made possible by the Elfiq Central platform that facilitates centralized
management. This translates into optimization of not only time but also cost, enabling
businesses to earn faster returns without having to make additional investments.
Advantages of ATLAS
ATLAS relieves customers of the need to sign lengthy connectivity agreements that become
overbearing with time. Affordably priced compared to most of the competing SD-WAN
technologies available in the market, ATLAS empowers MSPs and OTT SPs to deliver
resilient services whereas enterprises experience business continuity without witnessing a
slowdown in network or application performance. By enabling automated programming of
devices, Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology’s cutting-edge network switch feature of zero-touch
provisioning (ZTP) automates operating system upgrades, patch installations, bug fixes, and
the general programming steps before switching on the connection. With errors in
programming, a single device is often the primary cause behind network problems and
performance degradation. Martello’s solution effectively addresses this challenge by
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simplifying configuration changes and addressing network performance-related problems
faster than before. The ZTP feature eliminates the need for manual intervention by network
administrators to configure devices to a network and significantly reduces chances of
manual error. With Martello’s ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering, addition of new servers
and links or expanding the capacity of an existing link in compliance with the latest
communication and interface protocols has now been streamlined without bringing the
network to a halt or opening security loopholes in it.
While this enhances devices’ quality assurance, it also saves a huge amount of time when
leveraged, especially for large-scale environments such as data centers. This is because
generally, network switches have to be provisioned and then programmed one at a time
based on respective applications, which is extremely time consuming and makes the entire
process too costly. A significant cut down on the number of employee hours previously
invested in tasks related to updating and programming leads to a significant reduction in
operational costs incurred by businesses. Additionally, a reduced workload frees employees
to focus on other activities, thereby optimizing time and enhancing their operational
efficiency.
Functionality
Martello-subsidiary Elfiq has balanced the capabilities of ATLAS SD-WAN technology with
its release of the EDGE Series hardware platform, a novel virtual private network (VPN)
component, and a Stateful Firewall that identifies network connections that are crossing
the server in addition to their operational performance. This monitoring enables Martello’s
solution to differentiate legitimate packets for various network connections from malicious
sources and thus ensure secure connectivity at the edge of the network. These features
also make the ATLAS SD-WAN solution increasingly scalable and mobile while also making
possible and simplifying connectivity in remote locations that have limited bandwidth. With
the Atlas SD-WAN technology being deployed at layer 2 (Layer 2 design), it relies on
multiple concurrent circuits with the ability to deliver a seamless failover, enhanced
network performance, and maximum uptime. Powered with the version 4.0 of the
proprietary Elfiq Operating System, it is a customer premises equipment (CPE) platform
providing multiple concurrent bandwidth providers to deliver maximum uptime. Martello
already has a large and growing customer base, so with these new features it is certainly
expected to enhance the value proposition of its ATLAS SD-WAN technology solution.
Complementing the EDGE Series, the CORE Series hardware platform extends the
capabilities of ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering. Launched in July 2018, this platform
empowers MSPs and value-added resellers (VARs) to ensure bandwidth optimization and
reliable real-time UC connectivity services in large environments, such as headquarters,
recovery sites, and data centers, equipped with high-speed (10Gbps) connectivity ports
and featuring SFP+ interfaces. With these launches, Martello is looking to empower OTT
SPs to deliver improved quality of service at various customer sites all over the world.
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Ease of Use
Powered by the ZTP capability of the ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering, pre-
optimization through pre-programming of generic steps ensures the faster installation of
network switches in growing environments to meet customers’ individualized needs as the
number of devices, applications, and network components scale up. Perceived as an easy-
to-use solution that eliminates the need for network experts to program a networking
device, Martello’s offering is attracting the interest of small and medium-sized enterprises
with limited budgets and a lack of IT infrastructure for carrying out deep network
performance monitoring and bandwidth optimization activities. In particular, Martello
enjoys a strong footprint in the hospitality sector, with its fault and performance
management SaaS, zero-touch provisioning, and analytics capabilities. It helps to optimize
real-time traffic such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and improve the overall
quality of experience for hotel properties and operators to maintain a state-of-the-art
network infrastructure. Also, some of the largest governmental agencies in Africa have
deployed Martello’s UC management software service to reap the best ROI out of the
current network infrastructure.
Performance Reliability
With rollout of the Vantage suite of products in March 2018, which is a modular suite of
products for enhancing performance of UC on cloud and enterprise networks, Martello has
once again demonstrated its passion for enhancing the quality of end-user experience by
ensuring higher performance reliability of customers’ networks and end-users’ UC devices
and appliances at affordable prices. Customers can leverage the UCScore website to gain
in-depth visibility into the characteristics of a network defined by parameters such as
round-trip time, jitter, and delay, in minutes. Being aware of a network’s fitness before
installing UC systems into it is the first step towards preventing performance reliability
issues. Customers can then run agent-based tests either as per schedule or on demand to
proactively look for issues that can diminish QoE and then troubleshoot them leveraging
Martello’s performance management software before they impact user experience.
Combining Vantage with Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology empowers customers to maximize UC
performance and eliminate chances of downtime by optimizing bandwidth consumption to
ensure bandwidth availability and balancing traffic on their networks.
Customer Purchase Experience
Martello has priced its ATLAS SD-WAN offering more affordably than most of the
competing solutions available in the market. This is attractive to small and medium-sized
enterprises with budgetary constraints and a reluctance to invest in building their own IT
infrastructure, intensified by lack of related know-how. By offering ATLAS SD-WAN as a
modular service, hardware and software components are covered as well as maintenance
that customers can subscribe to as per their specific UC application needs. Giving
customers the flexibility to only license features and modules pertaining to their specific
UC environment instead of having to buy a license for the entire SaaS package or
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compromise on security and performance, as common with most competing solutions,
translates into a highly satisfying purchase experience.
Martello offers three different, easily renewable, affordable, and modular subscription-
based service packages that position customers to focus on more specific issues and enjoy
top-notch QoE with the QEX license, Business Continuity Experience with the BCX license,
and Software-Defined Experience with the SDX license. The fact that Martello offers a
broad range of features and functionalities enables customers to meet all their UC-related
needs on an SD-WAN infrastructure through easy integration and by leveraging one single
solution. As a result, SPs and enterprises do not have to adopt different tools from
different vendors, which often creates integration issues, and can avoid vendor lock-in
situations.
Customer Ownership Experience
Enterprises incur a lower TCO by leveraging Martello-subsidiary Elfiq’s pioneering SD-WAN
technology that can be scaled to support more than 500 interlinked sites. An average
enterprise deployment sustains a maximum of 300 sites, while ensuring reliable and
optimal network performance with the leverage of just one controller. Setting up widely
connected networks, such as full-mesh, is an extremely costly process. In this context,
the ability of Elfiq’s technology to scale to such a huge number of sites without degrading
network performance is groundbreaking for the price offering. This sophisticated and
unprecedented ability was testified to in March 2018 with Canada’s Centre of Excellence in
Next Generation Networks (CENGN)’s limited installation of Elfiq’s Virtual LBX technology
into its modern, multi-vendor OpenStack framework in the first phase of this scalability
project.
Additionally, the Stream VPN engine, powered by the ZTP capability, among others, allows
for the connection of thousands of tunnels. Consequently, small and medium-sized
enterprises with limited budgets and IT infrastructure reap unprecedented ROI from the
ZTP capability leveraging thousands of sites at once. This is because the engine removes
the need for hardware components in creating a widely connected network framework,
cutting down on customers’ capital expenditure (CAPEX) by streamlining the management
of VPN links. Using this framework, Martello and Elfiq can run ‘real-life tests’, virtualize
real-life contexts with real sites, and prove that this technology can support the scaling up
of the network to accommodate an increasing number of sites and hence more traffic
without causing a dip in network performance efficiency. Bundling SD-WAN technology
with service assurance positions Martello to address customers’ need for holistic visibility,
ranging from network quality and performance management to troubleshooting, and
translates into a highly pleasing customer ownership experience.
Customers incur lower CAPEX than before by predicting network performance issues in
real time and implementing corrective measures to automatically fix them. Optimized
bandwidth usage and network performance eliminates the need to expand existing WAN
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infrastructure or UC environments or even increase bandwidth capacity, which otherwise
increases customers’ TCO.
Conclusion
Persistent in its efforts to enhance the quality of real-time UC services that MSPs and OTT
SPs render to enterprises as they migrate towards the cloud and to optimize end-users’
QoE, Ottawa-headquartered Martello Technologies has been following a strategy of organic
and inorganic growth to develop the best price-performance ratio for customers in the NPM
and APM market for UC networks.
Its strategic merger with Elfiq Networks that is known for its pioneering SD-WAN technology
and now operates as Martello’s subsidiary, combined with its constant product launches and
new feature rollouts, have empowered Martello to render unprecedented value to its
customers. Elfiq’s launch of the modular and cost-effective ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service
offering; bundling of Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology with Martello’s UC performance
management software named Vantage; new platforms, such as the EDGE Series and the
CORE Series; new tools, such as the Stream VPN engine; and new features, such as Stateful
Firewall, guarantee the delivery of top-notch real-time UC services on both cloud and
enterprise networks.
Martello’s ability to offer a wide array of real-time network performance monitoring and
bandwidth management solutions powered by ZTP and link balancing empowers customers
to address all their UC-related needs on an SD-WAN infrastructure through the easy
integration and leveraging of only one single solution. As a result, customers enjoy a one-
stop shop experience, which prevents integration issues and vendor lock-in situations.
Martello’s adoption of a modular, subscription-based model that ensures customers only pay
for what they need has made it accessible to small-sized enterprises that have limited
budgets and do not have a sophisticated IT infrastructure but still need to ensure network
uptime for uninterrupted real-time UC services. Overall, this ensures a superior quality of
customer and end-user experience, as ISPs witness an improvement in the quality of
services they render, enterprises enjoy uninterrupted business communications, and end
users are able to stay connected to the Internet and their peers.
Martello Technologies has achieved a prominent position in the global NPM and APM
solutions market, registering impressive growth of more than 150% over the last three
years. For its strong overall performance, Frost & Sullivan is proud to bestow the 2018
Price/Performance Value Leadership Award to Martello Technologies.
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Significance of Price/Performance Value Leadership
Ultimately, growth in any organization depends upon customers purchasing from your
company, and then making the decision to return time and again.A key component of
customer retention is the delivery of a high-quality product at a reasonable price.To
achieve these dual goals (customer engagement and price/performance), an organization
must strive to be best-in-class in three key areas: understanding demand, nurturing the
brand, and differentiating from the competition.
Understanding Price/Performance Value Leadership
Best-in-class organizations are particularly successful in two critical areas: first, helping
customers to appreciate and enjoy the product at every price point; and second, ensuring
that customers perceive a demonstrable difference in performance features at every
escalating price point. Ultimately, this balance allows companies to profitably deliver a
variety of product options to customers, differentiate the product suite, and compete at
every level of the market.
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Key Benchmarking Criteria
For the Price/Performance Value Leadership Award, Frost & Sullivan analysts
independently evaluated two key factors—Price/Performance Attributes and Customer
Impact—according to the criteria identified below.
Price/Performance Attributes
Criterion 1: Functionality
Criterion 2: Ease of Use
Criterion 3: Product/Service Quality
Criterion 4: Performance Reliability
Criterion 5: Prioritization of Features
Customer Impact
Criterion 1: Perceived Value
Criterion 2: Customer Purchase Experience
Criterion 3: Customer Ownership Experience
Criterion 4: Customer Service Experience
Criterion 5: Brand Equity
Best Practices Award Analysis for Martello Technologies
Decision Support Scorecard
To support its evaluation of best practices across multiple business performance
categories, Frost & Sullivan employs a customized Decision Support Scorecard. This tool
allows our research and consulting teams to objectively analyze performance, according to
the key benchmarking criteria listed in the previous section, and to assign ratings on that
basis. The tool follows a 10-point scale that allows for nuances in performance evaluation.
Ratings guidelines are illustrated below.
RATINGS GUIDELINES
The Decision Support Scorecard is organized by Growth Performance and Customer
Impact (i.e., These are the overarching categories for all 10 benchmarking criteria; the
definitions for each criterion are provided beneath the scorecard). The research team
confirms the veracity of this weighted scorecard through sensitivity analysis, which
confirms that small changes to the ratings for a specific criterion do not lead to a
significant change in the overall relative rankings of the companies.
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The results of this analysis are shown below. To remain unbiased and to protect the
interests of all organizations reviewed, we have chosen to refer to the other key
participants as Competitor 2 and Competitor 3.
Measurement of 1–10 (1 = poor; 10 = excellent)
Price/Performance Value
Leadership
Price/Performance
Attributes
Customer
Impact
Average
Rating
Martello Technologies 9.6 9.3 9.45
Competitor 2 8.1 8 8.05
Competitor 3 7.1 7.5 7.3
Price/Performance Attributes
Criterion 1: Functionality
Requirement: The product offers enhanced functionality to serve the broadest range of
applications
Criterion 2: Ease of Use
Requirement: Customers typically feel that the products are easy to use to generate
optimal performance
Criterion 3: Product/Service Quality
Requirement: Products or services offer the best quality for the price, compared to similar
offerings in the market
Criterion 4: Performance Reliability
Requirement: The product consistently meets or exceeds customer expectations for
performance over its life cycle
Criterion 5: Prioritization of Features
Requirement: The features that customers most value and expect are most commonly
available and most aggressively priced
Customer Impact
Criterion 1: Perceived Value
Requirement: Customers typically feel that they received more from the product or
solution than they paid for it
Criterion 2: Customer Purchase Experience
Requirement: Customers feel like they are buying the most optimal solution that
addresses both their unique needs and their unique constraints
Criterion 3: Customer Ownership Experience
Requirement: Customers are proud to own the company’s product or service, and have a
positive experience throughout the life of the product or service
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Criterion 4: Customer Service Experience
Requirement: Customer service is accessible, fast, stress-free, and of high quality
Criterion 5: Brand Equity
Requirement: Customers have a positive view of the brand and exhibit high brand loyalty
Decision Support Matrix
Once all companies have been evaluated according to the Decision Support Scorecard,
analysts can then position the candidates on the matrix shown below, enabling them to
visualize which companies are truly breakthrough and which ones are not yet operating at
best-in-class levels.
High
Low
Low High
CustomerImpact
Price/Performance Attributes
Competitor 2
Competitor 3
Martello
Technologies
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Best Practices Recognition: 10 Steps to Researching,
Identifying, and Recognizing Best Practices
Frost & Sullivan analysts follow a 10-step process to evaluate Award candidates and
assess their fit with select best practice criteria. The reputation and integrity of the
Awards are based on close adherence to this process.
STEP OBJECTIVE KEY ACTIVITIES OUTPUT
1
Monitor,
target, and
screen
Identify Award recipient
candidates from around the
globe
• Conduct in-depth industry
research
• Identify emerging sectors
• Scan multiple geographies
Pipeline of candidates who
potentially meet all best-
practice criteria
2
Perform
360-degree
research
Perform comprehensive,
360-degree research on all
candidates in the pipeline
• Interview thought leaders
and industry practitioners
• Assess candidates’ fit with
best-practice criteria
• Rank all candidates
Matrix positioning of all
candidates’ performance
relative to one another
3
Invite
thought
leadership in
best
practices
Perform in-depth
examination of all candidates
• Confirm best-practice criteria
• Examine eligibility of all
candidates
• Identify any information gaps
Detailed profiles of all ranked
candidates
4
Initiate
research
director
review
Conduct an unbiased
evaluation of all candidate
profiles
• Brainstorm ranking options
• Invite multiple perspectives
on candidates’ performance
• Update candidate profiles
Final prioritization of all eligible
candidates and companion
best-practice positioning paper
5
Assemble
panel of
industry
experts
Present findings to an expert
panel of industry thought
leaders
• Share findings
• Strengthen cases for
candidate eligibility
• Prioritize candidates
Refined list of prioritized Award
candidates
6
Conduct
global
industry
review
Build consensus on Award
candidates’ eligibility
• Hold global team meeting to
review all candidates
• Pressure-test fit with criteria
• Confirm inclusion of all
eligible candidates
Final list of eligible Award
candidates, representing
success stories worldwide
7
Perform
quality check
Develop official Award
consideration materials
• Perform final performance
benchmarking activities
• Write nominations
• Perform quality review
High-quality, accurate, and
creative presentation of
nominees’ successes
8
Reconnect
with panel of
industry
experts
Finalize the selection of the
best-practice Award recipient
• Review analysis with panel
• Build consensus
• Select recipient
Decision on which company
performs best against all best-
practice criteria
9
Communicate
recognition
Inform Award recipient of
Award recognition
• Announce Award to the CEO
• Inspire the organization for
continued success
• Celebrate the recipient’s
performance
Announcement of Award and
plan for how recipient can use
the Award to enhance the
brand
10
Take
strategic
action
Upon licensing, company is
able to share Award news
with stakeholders and
customers
• Coordinate media outreach
• Design a marketing plan
• Assess Award’s role in future
strategic planning
Widespread awareness of
recipient’s Award status among
investors, media personnel,
and employees
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The Intersection between 360-Degree Research and Best
Practices Awards
Research Methodology
Frost & Sullivan’s 360-degree research
methodology represents the analytical
rigor of our research process. It offers a
360-degree-view of industry challenges,
trends, and issues by integrating all 7 of
Frost & Sullivan's research methodologies.
Too often companies make important
growth decisions based on a narrow
understanding of their environment,
leading to errors of both omission and
commission. Successful growth strategies
are founded on a thorough understanding
of market, technical, economic, financial,
customer, best practices, and demographic
analyses. The integration of these research
disciplines into the 360-degreeresearch
methodology providesan evaluation
platform for benchmarking industry
participants and for identifying those performing at best-in-class levels.
About Frost & Sullivan
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and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's
Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined
research and best practices models to drive the generation, evaluation and
implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages more than 50
years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and
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Martello Award Write Up

  • 1. 2018 Global NPM and APM Price/Performance Value Leadership Award 2018
  • 2. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 2 “We Accelerate Growth” Contents Background and Company Performance ........................................................................3 Industry Challenges..............................................................................................3 Price/Performance Attributes and Customer Impact..................................................3 Conclusion...........................................................................................................9 Significance of Price/Performance Value Leadership......................................................10 Understanding Price/Performance Value Leadership......................................................10 Key Benchmarking Criteria ..................................................................................11 Best PracticesAward Analysis for Martello Technologies.................................................11 Decision Support Scorecard .................................................................................11 Price/Performance Attributes ...............................................................................12 Customer Impact ...............................................................................................12 Decision Support Matrix ......................................................................................13 Best Practices Recognition: 10 Steps to Researching, Identifying, and Recognizing Best Practices .................................................................................................................14 The Intersection between 360-Degree Research and Best Practices Awards.....................15 Research Methodology ........................................................................................15 About Frost & Sullivan ..............................................................................................15
  • 3. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 3 “We Accelerate Growth” Background and Company Performance Industry Challenges The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled devices, such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops, is compelling managed service providers (MSPs) in the telecommunications sector to render speedy and uninterrupted real-time communications services over a unified communications (UC) network to users looking for continual Internet connection and seamless communication with other devices and people. These services may include voice/video conferencing, video streaming, real-time sharing of files that contain rich media, and live chats, among others. Businesses have embarked on their digital transformation journey with the objective of rendering convenient and superior quality of user experience. Such trends are driving their move towards open cloud-based services that allow for easier integration of technologies into a scalable unified platform at lower operating costs than before. However, cloud-hosted technology deployments are known to hamper network performance due to network congestion and often make troubleshooting even more difficult. Furthermore, enterprises are demonstrating growing appetites for gaining holistic visibility into application performance as well as end-user experiences pertaining to cloud, networks, and mobile applications. This is because applications depend on numerous different compute resources connected to various networks, which often causes operational complexity. Monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and fixing performance and availability problems associated with applications is key to maximizing the return on investment (ROI) on application performance management systems while ensuring top-notch end-user experience. Enterprises are endeavoring to reap ROI on network performance monitoring systems like never before by embracing digitalization and automation to reduce network downtime and any interruption or delay in scheduled communications, whether related to voice, video chats, or other real-time communication avenue as these issues severely compromise the quality of experience (QoE) users take away from their services and negatively impact their business. Total outages, performance setbacks, slow website response times, or delayed emails often occur because real-time services consume huge bandwidth that is expensive, and existing UC networks fail to support these services due to limited network resources or inadequate failover solutions. Therefore, to ensure reliable and efficient UC application and network performance, software-defined network performance management in real time is imperative. With the performance of UC applications being dependent on the performance of networks, it becomes critical to ensure that the network has enough bandwidth and simulation capabilities to support increasing UC traffic while monitoring network performance. By detecting and pinpointing the root cause and area/s of network/application performance degradation by leveraging a combination of performance management and network
  • 4. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 4 “We Accelerate Growth” performance solutions, such as software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN), enterprises will be able to proactively fix imminent network/application-based problems and avert instances of network failure or slowdown. With most small-sized enterprises lacking a sophisticated information technology (IT) infrastructure, they can neither gain insight into what is going on at the application level nor implement corrective steps. Also, these solutions will help businesses observe how well their digital technologies are functioning and could aid in streamlining site qualification and capacity planning with scaling up of bandwidth, while the number of connected devices and processes increases in the UC network. This would ensure a strong ROI on their network infrastructure investments. Price/Performance Attributes and Customer Impact Ottawa, Canada-headquartered Martello Technologies (Martello) is well regarded for its sophisticated network optimization and performance management solutions that empower MSPs and over-the-top (OTT) service providers (SPs) to deliver quality solutions while enterprises enjoy sustained real-time communications services of top-notch quality on both cloud and enterprise networks. Since being established in 2009, Martello’s solutions have been installed in more than 6,000 networks and are used by customers from over 150 countries, an impressive record that distinctly highlights the worldwide acceptance of its solutions. Perceived Value Endeavoring to simplify network and application performance management for not only enterprises but also MSPs and OTT SPs, Martello took the strategic initiative of merging with Elfiq Networks (Elfiq) in January 2018 to guarantee outstanding UC performance for its customers and end users. Elfiq, now operating as Martello’s subsidiary, is known for its cutting-edge SD-WAN technology that boosts network performance through the effective link balancing of in-bound and out-bound traffic for multiple sites as well as the dynamic selection of multiple site paths and bandwidth control tools. Martello Technologies + Elfiq Networks: Capitalizing on carrier diversity Combining its proven network performance software-as-as-service (SaaS) solution with Elfiq’s unique SD-WAN technology has strengthened Martello’s competence to offer an innovative solution to SPs and enterprises for UC network and application performance management. This solution enables end-to-end network performance management and also troubleshoots concerns related to poor quality of real-time services through the intuitive optimization of bandwidth, much faster than was possible before. All of this translates into a superior quality of user experience that is unprecedented in the market. Assisting companies in their migration towards the cloud, Martello looks to ensure efficient bandwidth usage with Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology, optimizing UC systems in the process. This saves a considerable amount of time otherwise wasted in contacting SPs to identify and understand the root cause behind poor real-time network connectivity services, which does
  • 5. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 5 “We Accelerate Growth” not always fix the issue because the problem may not lie in the SP’s network. Poor connectivity services, consequently, add to the maintenance cost, increasing customers’ total cost of ownership (TCO) and thus diminishing the SP’s value proposition. In this context, Martello’s edge lies in its agility and flexibility to ensure uninterrupted access to the Internet and the cloud for customers leveraging its link balancing tools with just one functional Internet service provider (ISP) link. This optimizes time and operational expenses, as time is not wasted in troubleshooting activities. Supporting the simultaneous routing of multiple links through multiple paths at different speeds significantly boosts throughput and productivity. This is particularly effective in smart applications, such as smart cities, IoT, and safety, where both enterprises and SPs need to prioritize network traffic over numerous paths and links. With the link balancing capability ensuring low downtime, the failover speed is a matter of seconds, not minutes. Furthermore, the link balancers ensure network traffic, both incoming and outgoing, are balanced efficiently. From the business perspective, this capability curtails chances of downtime and the resultant loss in sales that could arise from a sudden loss in connectivity to links. Additionally, network administrators enjoy complete control over network consumption as well as network link selection. This facilitates the creation of a smart network with the identification of the best link for a certain task, which optimizes bandwidth consumption. ATLAS: Martello’s first cost-effective SD-WAN-as-a-service suite for bandwidth optimization and Management Leveraging its market-leading competence achieved from the merger with Elfiq, Martello rolled out its first SD-WAN-as-a-service suite named ATLAS in March 2018. Easier to operate than competing SD-WAN solutions, ATLAS’s edge over competing offerings lies in its ability to make bandwidth optimization and management less costly than before. Supplying enterprises with end-to-end visibility into network performance and operations in real time while also empowering them to control their devices, whether on site, on the cloud, or in a virtual setting, is made possible by the Elfiq Central platform that facilitates centralized management. This translates into optimization of not only time but also cost, enabling businesses to earn faster returns without having to make additional investments. Advantages of ATLAS ATLAS relieves customers of the need to sign lengthy connectivity agreements that become overbearing with time. Affordably priced compared to most of the competing SD-WAN technologies available in the market, ATLAS empowers MSPs and OTT SPs to deliver resilient services whereas enterprises experience business continuity without witnessing a slowdown in network or application performance. By enabling automated programming of devices, Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology’s cutting-edge network switch feature of zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) automates operating system upgrades, patch installations, bug fixes, and the general programming steps before switching on the connection. With errors in programming, a single device is often the primary cause behind network problems and performance degradation. Martello’s solution effectively addresses this challenge by
  • 6. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 6 “We Accelerate Growth” simplifying configuration changes and addressing network performance-related problems faster than before. The ZTP feature eliminates the need for manual intervention by network administrators to configure devices to a network and significantly reduces chances of manual error. With Martello’s ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering, addition of new servers and links or expanding the capacity of an existing link in compliance with the latest communication and interface protocols has now been streamlined without bringing the network to a halt or opening security loopholes in it. While this enhances devices’ quality assurance, it also saves a huge amount of time when leveraged, especially for large-scale environments such as data centers. This is because generally, network switches have to be provisioned and then programmed one at a time based on respective applications, which is extremely time consuming and makes the entire process too costly. A significant cut down on the number of employee hours previously invested in tasks related to updating and programming leads to a significant reduction in operational costs incurred by businesses. Additionally, a reduced workload frees employees to focus on other activities, thereby optimizing time and enhancing their operational efficiency. Functionality Martello-subsidiary Elfiq has balanced the capabilities of ATLAS SD-WAN technology with its release of the EDGE Series hardware platform, a novel virtual private network (VPN) component, and a Stateful Firewall that identifies network connections that are crossing the server in addition to their operational performance. This monitoring enables Martello’s solution to differentiate legitimate packets for various network connections from malicious sources and thus ensure secure connectivity at the edge of the network. These features also make the ATLAS SD-WAN solution increasingly scalable and mobile while also making possible and simplifying connectivity in remote locations that have limited bandwidth. With the Atlas SD-WAN technology being deployed at layer 2 (Layer 2 design), it relies on multiple concurrent circuits with the ability to deliver a seamless failover, enhanced network performance, and maximum uptime. Powered with the version 4.0 of the proprietary Elfiq Operating System, it is a customer premises equipment (CPE) platform providing multiple concurrent bandwidth providers to deliver maximum uptime. Martello already has a large and growing customer base, so with these new features it is certainly expected to enhance the value proposition of its ATLAS SD-WAN technology solution. Complementing the EDGE Series, the CORE Series hardware platform extends the capabilities of ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering. Launched in July 2018, this platform empowers MSPs and value-added resellers (VARs) to ensure bandwidth optimization and reliable real-time UC connectivity services in large environments, such as headquarters, recovery sites, and data centers, equipped with high-speed (10Gbps) connectivity ports and featuring SFP+ interfaces. With these launches, Martello is looking to empower OTT SPs to deliver improved quality of service at various customer sites all over the world.
  • 7. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 7 “We Accelerate Growth” Ease of Use Powered by the ZTP capability of the ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering, pre- optimization through pre-programming of generic steps ensures the faster installation of network switches in growing environments to meet customers’ individualized needs as the number of devices, applications, and network components scale up. Perceived as an easy- to-use solution that eliminates the need for network experts to program a networking device, Martello’s offering is attracting the interest of small and medium-sized enterprises with limited budgets and a lack of IT infrastructure for carrying out deep network performance monitoring and bandwidth optimization activities. In particular, Martello enjoys a strong footprint in the hospitality sector, with its fault and performance management SaaS, zero-touch provisioning, and analytics capabilities. It helps to optimize real-time traffic such as voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) and improve the overall quality of experience for hotel properties and operators to maintain a state-of-the-art network infrastructure. Also, some of the largest governmental agencies in Africa have deployed Martello’s UC management software service to reap the best ROI out of the current network infrastructure. Performance Reliability With rollout of the Vantage suite of products in March 2018, which is a modular suite of products for enhancing performance of UC on cloud and enterprise networks, Martello has once again demonstrated its passion for enhancing the quality of end-user experience by ensuring higher performance reliability of customers’ networks and end-users’ UC devices and appliances at affordable prices. Customers can leverage the UCScore website to gain in-depth visibility into the characteristics of a network defined by parameters such as round-trip time, jitter, and delay, in minutes. Being aware of a network’s fitness before installing UC systems into it is the first step towards preventing performance reliability issues. Customers can then run agent-based tests either as per schedule or on demand to proactively look for issues that can diminish QoE and then troubleshoot them leveraging Martello’s performance management software before they impact user experience. Combining Vantage with Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology empowers customers to maximize UC performance and eliminate chances of downtime by optimizing bandwidth consumption to ensure bandwidth availability and balancing traffic on their networks. Customer Purchase Experience Martello has priced its ATLAS SD-WAN offering more affordably than most of the competing solutions available in the market. This is attractive to small and medium-sized enterprises with budgetary constraints and a reluctance to invest in building their own IT infrastructure, intensified by lack of related know-how. By offering ATLAS SD-WAN as a modular service, hardware and software components are covered as well as maintenance that customers can subscribe to as per their specific UC application needs. Giving customers the flexibility to only license features and modules pertaining to their specific UC environment instead of having to buy a license for the entire SaaS package or
  • 8. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 8 “We Accelerate Growth” compromise on security and performance, as common with most competing solutions, translates into a highly satisfying purchase experience. Martello offers three different, easily renewable, affordable, and modular subscription- based service packages that position customers to focus on more specific issues and enjoy top-notch QoE with the QEX license, Business Continuity Experience with the BCX license, and Software-Defined Experience with the SDX license. The fact that Martello offers a broad range of features and functionalities enables customers to meet all their UC-related needs on an SD-WAN infrastructure through easy integration and by leveraging one single solution. As a result, SPs and enterprises do not have to adopt different tools from different vendors, which often creates integration issues, and can avoid vendor lock-in situations. Customer Ownership Experience Enterprises incur a lower TCO by leveraging Martello-subsidiary Elfiq’s pioneering SD-WAN technology that can be scaled to support more than 500 interlinked sites. An average enterprise deployment sustains a maximum of 300 sites, while ensuring reliable and optimal network performance with the leverage of just one controller. Setting up widely connected networks, such as full-mesh, is an extremely costly process. In this context, the ability of Elfiq’s technology to scale to such a huge number of sites without degrading network performance is groundbreaking for the price offering. This sophisticated and unprecedented ability was testified to in March 2018 with Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Next Generation Networks (CENGN)’s limited installation of Elfiq’s Virtual LBX technology into its modern, multi-vendor OpenStack framework in the first phase of this scalability project. Additionally, the Stream VPN engine, powered by the ZTP capability, among others, allows for the connection of thousands of tunnels. Consequently, small and medium-sized enterprises with limited budgets and IT infrastructure reap unprecedented ROI from the ZTP capability leveraging thousands of sites at once. This is because the engine removes the need for hardware components in creating a widely connected network framework, cutting down on customers’ capital expenditure (CAPEX) by streamlining the management of VPN links. Using this framework, Martello and Elfiq can run ‘real-life tests’, virtualize real-life contexts with real sites, and prove that this technology can support the scaling up of the network to accommodate an increasing number of sites and hence more traffic without causing a dip in network performance efficiency. Bundling SD-WAN technology with service assurance positions Martello to address customers’ need for holistic visibility, ranging from network quality and performance management to troubleshooting, and translates into a highly pleasing customer ownership experience. Customers incur lower CAPEX than before by predicting network performance issues in real time and implementing corrective measures to automatically fix them. Optimized bandwidth usage and network performance eliminates the need to expand existing WAN
  • 9. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 9 “We Accelerate Growth” infrastructure or UC environments or even increase bandwidth capacity, which otherwise increases customers’ TCO. Conclusion Persistent in its efforts to enhance the quality of real-time UC services that MSPs and OTT SPs render to enterprises as they migrate towards the cloud and to optimize end-users’ QoE, Ottawa-headquartered Martello Technologies has been following a strategy of organic and inorganic growth to develop the best price-performance ratio for customers in the NPM and APM market for UC networks. Its strategic merger with Elfiq Networks that is known for its pioneering SD-WAN technology and now operates as Martello’s subsidiary, combined with its constant product launches and new feature rollouts, have empowered Martello to render unprecedented value to its customers. Elfiq’s launch of the modular and cost-effective ATLAS SD-WAN-as-a-service offering; bundling of Elfiq’s SD-WAN technology with Martello’s UC performance management software named Vantage; new platforms, such as the EDGE Series and the CORE Series; new tools, such as the Stream VPN engine; and new features, such as Stateful Firewall, guarantee the delivery of top-notch real-time UC services on both cloud and enterprise networks. Martello’s ability to offer a wide array of real-time network performance monitoring and bandwidth management solutions powered by ZTP and link balancing empowers customers to address all their UC-related needs on an SD-WAN infrastructure through the easy integration and leveraging of only one single solution. As a result, customers enjoy a one- stop shop experience, which prevents integration issues and vendor lock-in situations. Martello’s adoption of a modular, subscription-based model that ensures customers only pay for what they need has made it accessible to small-sized enterprises that have limited budgets and do not have a sophisticated IT infrastructure but still need to ensure network uptime for uninterrupted real-time UC services. Overall, this ensures a superior quality of customer and end-user experience, as ISPs witness an improvement in the quality of services they render, enterprises enjoy uninterrupted business communications, and end users are able to stay connected to the Internet and their peers. Martello Technologies has achieved a prominent position in the global NPM and APM solutions market, registering impressive growth of more than 150% over the last three years. For its strong overall performance, Frost & Sullivan is proud to bestow the 2018 Price/Performance Value Leadership Award to Martello Technologies.
  • 10. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 10 “We Accelerate Growth” Significance of Price/Performance Value Leadership Ultimately, growth in any organization depends upon customers purchasing from your company, and then making the decision to return time and again.A key component of customer retention is the delivery of a high-quality product at a reasonable price.To achieve these dual goals (customer engagement and price/performance), an organization must strive to be best-in-class in three key areas: understanding demand, nurturing the brand, and differentiating from the competition. Understanding Price/Performance Value Leadership Best-in-class organizations are particularly successful in two critical areas: first, helping customers to appreciate and enjoy the product at every price point; and second, ensuring that customers perceive a demonstrable difference in performance features at every escalating price point. Ultimately, this balance allows companies to profitably deliver a variety of product options to customers, differentiate the product suite, and compete at every level of the market.
  • 11. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 11 “We Accelerate Growth” Key Benchmarking Criteria For the Price/Performance Value Leadership Award, Frost & Sullivan analysts independently evaluated two key factors—Price/Performance Attributes and Customer Impact—according to the criteria identified below. Price/Performance Attributes Criterion 1: Functionality Criterion 2: Ease of Use Criterion 3: Product/Service Quality Criterion 4: Performance Reliability Criterion 5: Prioritization of Features Customer Impact Criterion 1: Perceived Value Criterion 2: Customer Purchase Experience Criterion 3: Customer Ownership Experience Criterion 4: Customer Service Experience Criterion 5: Brand Equity Best Practices Award Analysis for Martello Technologies Decision Support Scorecard To support its evaluation of best practices across multiple business performance categories, Frost & Sullivan employs a customized Decision Support Scorecard. This tool allows our research and consulting teams to objectively analyze performance, according to the key benchmarking criteria listed in the previous section, and to assign ratings on that basis. The tool follows a 10-point scale that allows for nuances in performance evaluation. Ratings guidelines are illustrated below. RATINGS GUIDELINES The Decision Support Scorecard is organized by Growth Performance and Customer Impact (i.e., These are the overarching categories for all 10 benchmarking criteria; the definitions for each criterion are provided beneath the scorecard). The research team confirms the veracity of this weighted scorecard through sensitivity analysis, which confirms that small changes to the ratings for a specific criterion do not lead to a significant change in the overall relative rankings of the companies.
  • 12. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 12 “We Accelerate Growth” The results of this analysis are shown below. To remain unbiased and to protect the interests of all organizations reviewed, we have chosen to refer to the other key participants as Competitor 2 and Competitor 3. Measurement of 1–10 (1 = poor; 10 = excellent) Price/Performance Value Leadership Price/Performance Attributes Customer Impact Average Rating Martello Technologies 9.6 9.3 9.45 Competitor 2 8.1 8 8.05 Competitor 3 7.1 7.5 7.3 Price/Performance Attributes Criterion 1: Functionality Requirement: The product offers enhanced functionality to serve the broadest range of applications Criterion 2: Ease of Use Requirement: Customers typically feel that the products are easy to use to generate optimal performance Criterion 3: Product/Service Quality Requirement: Products or services offer the best quality for the price, compared to similar offerings in the market Criterion 4: Performance Reliability Requirement: The product consistently meets or exceeds customer expectations for performance over its life cycle Criterion 5: Prioritization of Features Requirement: The features that customers most value and expect are most commonly available and most aggressively priced Customer Impact Criterion 1: Perceived Value Requirement: Customers typically feel that they received more from the product or solution than they paid for it Criterion 2: Customer Purchase Experience Requirement: Customers feel like they are buying the most optimal solution that addresses both their unique needs and their unique constraints Criterion 3: Customer Ownership Experience Requirement: Customers are proud to own the company’s product or service, and have a positive experience throughout the life of the product or service
  • 13. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 13 “We Accelerate Growth” Criterion 4: Customer Service Experience Requirement: Customer service is accessible, fast, stress-free, and of high quality Criterion 5: Brand Equity Requirement: Customers have a positive view of the brand and exhibit high brand loyalty Decision Support Matrix Once all companies have been evaluated according to the Decision Support Scorecard, analysts can then position the candidates on the matrix shown below, enabling them to visualize which companies are truly breakthrough and which ones are not yet operating at best-in-class levels. High Low Low High CustomerImpact Price/Performance Attributes Competitor 2 Competitor 3 Martello Technologies
  • 14. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 14 “We Accelerate Growth” Best Practices Recognition: 10 Steps to Researching, Identifying, and Recognizing Best Practices Frost & Sullivan analysts follow a 10-step process to evaluate Award candidates and assess their fit with select best practice criteria. The reputation and integrity of the Awards are based on close adherence to this process. STEP OBJECTIVE KEY ACTIVITIES OUTPUT 1 Monitor, target, and screen Identify Award recipient candidates from around the globe • Conduct in-depth industry research • Identify emerging sectors • Scan multiple geographies Pipeline of candidates who potentially meet all best- practice criteria 2 Perform 360-degree research Perform comprehensive, 360-degree research on all candidates in the pipeline • Interview thought leaders and industry practitioners • Assess candidates’ fit with best-practice criteria • Rank all candidates Matrix positioning of all candidates’ performance relative to one another 3 Invite thought leadership in best practices Perform in-depth examination of all candidates • Confirm best-practice criteria • Examine eligibility of all candidates • Identify any information gaps Detailed profiles of all ranked candidates 4 Initiate research director review Conduct an unbiased evaluation of all candidate profiles • Brainstorm ranking options • Invite multiple perspectives on candidates’ performance • Update candidate profiles Final prioritization of all eligible candidates and companion best-practice positioning paper 5 Assemble panel of industry experts Present findings to an expert panel of industry thought leaders • Share findings • Strengthen cases for candidate eligibility • Prioritize candidates Refined list of prioritized Award candidates 6 Conduct global industry review Build consensus on Award candidates’ eligibility • Hold global team meeting to review all candidates • Pressure-test fit with criteria • Confirm inclusion of all eligible candidates Final list of eligible Award candidates, representing success stories worldwide 7 Perform quality check Develop official Award consideration materials • Perform final performance benchmarking activities • Write nominations • Perform quality review High-quality, accurate, and creative presentation of nominees’ successes 8 Reconnect with panel of industry experts Finalize the selection of the best-practice Award recipient • Review analysis with panel • Build consensus • Select recipient Decision on which company performs best against all best- practice criteria 9 Communicate recognition Inform Award recipient of Award recognition • Announce Award to the CEO • Inspire the organization for continued success • Celebrate the recipient’s performance Announcement of Award and plan for how recipient can use the Award to enhance the brand 10 Take strategic action Upon licensing, company is able to share Award news with stakeholders and customers • Coordinate media outreach • Design a marketing plan • Assess Award’s role in future strategic planning Widespread awareness of recipient’s Award status among investors, media personnel, and employees
  • 15. BEST PRACTICESS RESEARCH © Frost & Sullivan 2018 15 “We Accelerate Growth” The Intersection between 360-Degree Research and Best Practices Awards Research Methodology Frost & Sullivan’s 360-degree research methodology represents the analytical rigor of our research process. It offers a 360-degree-view of industry challenges, trends, and issues by integrating all 7 of Frost & Sullivan's research methodologies. Too often companies make important growth decisions based on a narrow understanding of their environment, leading to errors of both omission and commission. Successful growth strategies are founded on a thorough understanding of market, technical, economic, financial, customer, best practices, and demographic analyses. The integration of these research disciplines into the 360-degreeresearch methodology providesan evaluation platform for benchmarking industry participants and for identifying those performing at best-in-class levels. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, enables clients to accelerate growth and achieve best-in-class positions in growth, innovation and leadership. The company's Growth Partnership Service provides the CEO and the CEO's Growth Team with disciplined research and best practices models to drive the generation, evaluation and implementation of powerful growth strategies. Frost & Sullivan leverages more than 50 years of experience in partnering with Global 1000 companies, emerging businesses, and the investment community from 45 offices on six continents. To join our Growth Partnership, please visit http://www.frost.com. 360-DEGREE RESEARCH: SEEING ORDER IN THE CHAOS