Windows & .NET Magazine and SQL Server Magazine Names Best
of TechEd 2004 Award Winners
LOVELAND, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2004--Windows & .NET
Magazine Network, a Penton Media property, announced the winners of
the Best of TechEd 2004 Awards at a reception at the Marriott
Marina hotel in San Diego. Kim Paulsen, group publisher of the
Penton IT Media's Windows Group, and team presented awards to
Windows technology vendors in 12 categories and announced an
overall Best of TechEd winner. The field included more than 260
entries, and the judges evaluated products based on their strategic
importance in the market, competitive advantage, and value to the
customer. The categories included: Business Productivity
Solutions, Data Management,
Developer Tools (Components and Middleware), Developer Tools
(Software), Management & Operations, Messaging, Mobile PCs
& Devices, Security, Windows Infrastructure Solutions
(Software), Windows Infrastructure Solutions (Hardware),
Editor's Choice for Services, and Most Interesting New
Product.
"All of the products evaluated for the Best of TechEd 2004 Awards
exemplified the best of breed in their respective classes. The
products selected as winners in each of the Best of TechEd
categories provided exceptional competitive value to the
organization as well as outstanding value to the customer," said
Mike Otey, Senior Technical Editor for Windows & .NET Magazine
and SQL Server Magazine.
Laptop Battery The Overall Best of TechEd winner was AMD's AMD64 Platform.
"Simply put, AMD64 Platform redefines the way
people think about the future of
X86 architecture computing," said Otey.
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Thinkpad The winner of the Business Productivity Solutions category was
Oracle Corporation's Oracle Collaboration Suite. "Oracle
Collaboration Suite provides an enterprise-wide and highly
customizable portal solution. It facilitates collaboration within
enterprise level businesses and provides a seamless integration
with Outlook. Best of all, it's very easy to manage," commented
Otey.
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Microsoft Quest Central for SQL Server won the Data Management category.
"Quest Central for SQL Server enhances enterprise management of SQL
Server by providing add-on functionality," said Otey. "The product
offers two significant tools: Spotlight, a diagnostic monitoring
tool; and a SQL tuning tool that generates different version
statements and finds the most efficient statement."
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Laptop Computers ComponentOne's Studio Enterprise won in the Developer Tools
(Components and Middleware) category. "ComponentOne Studio
Enterprise offers a full suite of .NET controls. The product
provides more than 100 controls that the developer can use to build
.NET and COM solutions," said Otey.
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Laptop Computer The winner in the Developer Tools (Software) category was
Altova's XMLSpy. "Altova's XMLSpy offers a complete solution for
building XML projects," commented Otey. "The product offers full
debugging and connects to multiple database platforms including
SQL, MYSQL, and DB2."
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Desktop Computer The winner in the Management & Operations product category
was Reflectent Software's EdgeSight 3.0. "Reflectent Software's
EdgeSight 3.0 does for clients what MOM does for servers," said
David Chernicoff, judge and Senior Contributing Editor for Windows
& .NET Magazine. "It offers comprehensive operations management
for the desktop and provides a level of service and support only
expected on the server side."
Notebooks Akonix Systems' L7 Enterprise won in the Messaging category.
"Akonix Systems' L7 Enterprise takes control of instant messaging
before it takes control of you," said Chernicoff.
Lenovo The winner in the Mobile PCs & Devices category was
Intellisync Corporation's Mobile Suite. "Intellisync Mobile Suite
provides a set of tools for managing a broad selection of smart
mobile phones/devices," said Chernicoff.
Hard Drive BindView's Vulnerability Management Suite was the product winner
in the Security category. "BindView's Vulnerability Management
Suite offers a comprehensive security product. It detects
intrusion, provides internal and external scans, patch management
and executes overall vulnerability scanning," said Otey. "The
Vulnerability Management Suite integrates best practices."
Travelstar The Windows Infrastructure Solutions (Software) category winner
was NSI's Double-Take. "NSI's Double-Take offers an inexpensive
solution for geographical replication of database servers and a
range of offerings for customers," said Chernicoff. "This product
provides the most functionality to the largest number of IT
professionals."
Gateway The Windows Infrastructure Solutions (Hardware) category winner
was IronPort Systems' C60 Gateway Appliance. "IronPort Systems' C60
Gateway Appliance combines spam blocking and anti-virus
protection," said Chernicoff. "It combines a number of different
sources to determine if mail is real, provides the best support for
spam, and minimizes an enterprise's exposure to threats that arrive
via email."
Laptop Parts Also honored was Postini's Perimeter Manager for The Editors'
Choice for Services award. "Postini Perimeter Manager is a great
service because it gives the power of a dedicated email manager to
organizations that can't afford one," said Chernicoff.
Software This year's Most Interesting New Product award went to Xprime's
Database Accelerator. "The XPrime Database Accelerator provides
linear scaling and improves the performance of SQL Server," said
Otey. "No applications changes are required, which makes the
Database Accelerator a plug-and-play device. It truly offers a
transparent solution to database management."
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