SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Great Place To Work® and Fortune magazine have selected Forward Networks for the 2025 Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ List, ranking in at No. 77. This is Forward’s first time on the National Best Medium Workplaces List, after previously being named to the Best Small Workplaces List (No. 20) in 2022, along with the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area List in 2022 (No. 60), 2024 (No. 16), and 2025 (No. 16).
To determine the Best Medium Workplaces list, Great Place To Work analyzed the survey responses of over 228,000 employees from Great Place To Work Certified™ companies with between 100 and 999 U.S. employees.
“At Forward, our culture starts with the incredible caliber of people we work with,” said David Erickson, Co-founder and CEO of Forward Networks. “We’re building a new category of technology to solve some of the toughest problems in enterprise networking—and that kind of innovation only happens in an environment where people feel supported, challenged, and valued. This recognition is a reflection of the culture our team has built together, and it’s the foundation of everything we achieve.”
The Best Medium Workplaces list is highly competitive. Great Place To Work, the global authority on workplace culture, determines its lists using its proprietary platform to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America’s largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1.3 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 8.4 million employees this year alone.
Survey responses reflect a comprehensive picture of the workplace experience. Honorees were selected based on their ability to offer positive outcomes for employees regardless of job role, race, gender, sexual orientation, work status, or other demographic identifier.
“Small and medium businesses can compete with anyone for talent when they build an irresistible culture,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO at Great Place To Work. “These companies make the most of their strategic advantages as smaller organizations, ensuring every employee feels recognized for their contributions and rewarded with their fair share of the benefits of success.”
About Forward Networks’ Digital Twin Technology
Forward Enterprise is the only true network digital twin, delivering a behaviorally accurate mathematical model of an organization’s network, including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. It supports over 30 hardware vendors, more than 35 operating systems, the major public clouds (AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform), and more than 900 OS versions, delivering unparalleled visibility and control. The platform’s unique collection process discovers and documents unknown devices while integrating with CMDB, ensuring a complete and accurate view of the network. Its read-only approach guarantees security while allowing teams to analyze and verify network configurations without risk.
Forward Enterprise delivers $14.2M in average annual benefits through improved efficiency and security.
About Forward Networks
Forward Networks is revolutionizing the way large networks are managed. Forward’s advanced software delivers a digital twin of the network, enabling network operators to ensure the network is secure, reliable, and agile. The platform supports devices from all major networking vendors and cloud operators, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Forward Networks was founded in 2013 by four Stanford Ph.D. graduates and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Investors include MSD Partners, Goldman Sachs, Andreessen Horowitz, Threshold Ventures, Section 32, Omega Venture Partners, and A. Capital. For more information, visit www.forwardnetworks.com.
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About the Fortune Best Medium Workplaces List
Great Place To Work selected the Fortune Best Medium Workplaces List by surveying companies employing 8.2 million people in the U.S., with 1.3 million confidential responses received. Of those, more than 228,000 responses were received from employees at companies eligible for the Best Medium Workplaces list and this ranking is based on that feedback. Company scores are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place To Work Trust Index™ Survey. Read the full methodology.
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About Great Place To Work
As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Its proprietary platform and For All Model™ help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List.
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About Fortune
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