2014 Best of Show Award Winners

Congratulations to the 2014 FMS Best of Show Award Winners!

The FMS Best of Show Awards showcase industry recognition of company and organization products and services. Recently, FMS expanded the awards program to include recognition of the use of a variety of memory technologies in addition to flash memory.

2014 Best of Show Award Winners

These industry-recognized awards went through a rigorous review process, and the winners represent true innovation as leaders in the flash marketplace. The number and quality of the award nominations, ranging from start-ups to established players as well as collaborations with technology partners, demonstrates the continued strength and growth of this industry. Customers are the beneficiaries of these product innovations, which show the compelling value of flash solutions in the marketplace. Congratulations to this year's FMS Best of Show award winners.

Jay Kramer FMS Awards Program Chair, and President of Network Storage Advisors, Inc.

Most Innovative Flash Memory Customer Implementation

Category Winner

  • Product: Violin Windows Flash Array
  • Customer: Australia Department of Defense
  • Organization(s): Violin Memory

Category Winner

  • Product: NetApp EF Series
  • Customer: Diamond Light Source
  • Organization(s): NetApp

Most Innovative Flash Memory Enterprise Business Application

Category Winner

  • Product: SNIA NVM Programming Model
  • Organization(s): SNIA

Category Winner

  • Product: Storage Fusion Xcelerator (SFX)
  • Organization(s): DataDirect Networks (DDN)

Most Innovative Flash Memory Consumer Application

Category Winner

  • Product: Plextor M6e PCIe SSD
  • Organization(s): Plextor

Category Winner

  • Product: Sandisk 128GB Ultra microSDXC card
  • Organization(s): Sandisk

Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology

Software/Firmware Category Winner

  • Product: Diablo NanoCommit
  • Organization(s): Diablo Technologies

System Category Winner

  • Product: Kaminario K2
  • Organization(s): Kaminario

Component Category Winner

  • Product: Samsung XS1715 Solid State Drive
  • Organization(s): Samsung

Award Logos

Download a zip file of all award logos in various formats by clicking here.


Best of Show Winners