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Nick Martin, Senior Director of Content Strategy and Member Engagement

10/11

Judges' Choice: Startup Spotlight 2016 winner

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Designer: Linda Koury

Judges did not accept nominations for the Startup Spotlight category, but had the option to recognize a newer company coming to market with an innovative product or approach. Judges considered all nominated products, as well as products on display at VMworld 2016 that were not nominated for the awards -- including products that have not yet been released.

Winner: StacksWare

What the judges said: "Provides real-time application use and licensing analytics to solve a cost problem that nobody knows they have."

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