2007 Technology of the Year Award Winners

PLATFORMS

Best Server Virtualization (Hardware Virtualization)

VMware Infrastructure 3

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Rich VM management features reinforce VMware’s standing as the virtualization leader

Best Server Virtualization

(OS Virtualization)

SWsoft Virtuozzo 3.0

infoworld.com/4105

Excellent shared-kernel solution makes an outstanding choice for large infrastructures

Adaptive Infrastructure

Innovator

Scalent Virtual Operating Environment 2.0

infoworld.com/4564

Provides a glimpse of what a truly adaptive datacenter could look like

Best Application Virtualization

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0

infoworld.com/3952

Windows configuration management will never be the same

Best Virtual Lab Automation

Surgient Virtual QA/Test Management System 5.0

infoworld.com/4563

An extensive, enterprise-scale solution with excellent capture and replay capabilities

Best Linux Desktop

Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10

infoworld.com/4238

Combines professional fit and finish with unique usability features

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award winners

HARDWARE

Best Server

Sun Fire X4200

infoworld.com/3949

A serious, well-designed workhorse combines performance and value

Best High-Performance Server

Sun Fire X4600

infoworld.com/4761

Beefy, eight-socket Opteron server is a triumph of capability and design

Best Fault-Tolerant Server

Stratus ftServer W Series 4300

infoworld.com/3955

If you require true redundancy in a Windows server, look no further

Performance Management

Innovator

PremiTech Performance Guard 4.1

infoworld.com/3885

Rich reporting from the client perspective fills a gap in application performance management

Best Desktop/Workstation

Apple Mac Pro

infoworld.com/4804

Impeccably designed workstation stands apart from a crowded Woodcrest field

Best Notebook

Apple MacBook Pro

infoworld.com/4806

An elegant mobile computer characterized by unsurpassed attention to detail

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award winners

APP DEV

Best Business Rule Management System

Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor 6.1

infoworld.com/4342

A wealth of rule tools and superior speed make it the top enterprise BRMS

Java IDE Innovator

Sun NetBeans 5.5

infoworld.com/4693

An intuitive, well-designed IDE with superb

collaboration and remarkable features

Best Java Test Tool

Parasoft Jtest 8

infoworld.com/4594

An already great Java testing suite extends the reach with exhaustive code analysis

Best Source Code Analyzer

Klocwork K7 v. 7

infoworld.com/4086

A comprehensive analytical suite with excellent defect discovery and superior tools

Best AJAX Toolkit

Backbase 3.2

infoworld.com/4725

A smooth, crisp collection of widgets with a nice, modern look

Best Open Source AJAX Kit

Dojo

infoworld.com/4338

A broad, well-packaged open source project with an excellent editor and many features

Best Rich Internet Application Platform

Adobe Flex 2

infoworld.com/4434

A feature-rich IDE and capable back-end shine for real-time, data-driven Web apps

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award winners

APPLICATIONS

Application Innovator

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 3.0

infoworld.com/4009

Truly integrated mail/contacts/calendar enables rich, service-oriented extensibility

Best Exchange Troubleshooting

Zenprise 1.0

infoworld.com/3996

Proactively identifies potential problems and provides easy-to-understand solutions

Best Exchange HA Solution

Quest Availability Manager for Exchange 2.0

infoworld.com/4569

Offers automatic fail-over protection of

individual mailboxes and easy administration

Best Open Source Portal

Liferay Portal 4.0

infoworld.com/4131

Rivals many commercial portals in both functionality and technology

DATA MANAGEMENT

Best Enterprise Search

Vivisimo Velocity 5

infoworld.com/4525

Excellent categorization plus federation of

enterprise and public knowledgebases

Best Enterprise RSS Manager

NewsGator Enterprise Server 1.4

infoworld.com/4719

Superior security and multi-platform RSS

readers give it an edge over rivals

Best Enterprise Wiki

Traction TeamPage 3.7

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Superior in usability, search capabilities, and delivering customized content

Best Enterprise DRM

SealedMedia E-DRM 5.0

infoworld.com/4506

Full-featured and easy-to-use solution for

protecting and tracking documents

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award winners

STORAGE

Best Data Classification Solution

EMC Infoscape

infoworld.com/4743

Provides a rich toolbox for automatically classifying files according to sophisticated rules

Best E-Mail Archiving Solution

HP StorageWorks RISS 1.1

infoworld.com/3954

Fast, reliable system provides easy search tools and seamless integration with mail clients

Best Mid-Tier Tape Library

Spectra T120

infoworld.com/4723

Winning mix of powerful backup hardware, safe encryption, and excellent management tools

Best Unified Storage for SMBs

HP StorageWorks 600 All-in-One

Storage System

infoworld.com/4547

Combines scalable hardware and an autopilot for data migration and key management tasks

NETWORKING

Best WAN Accelerator

Riverbed Steelhead 3.0

infoworld.com/4640

Perennial winner continues to impress with expanded CIFS and NFS support

Best 10-Gig Switching

Infrastructure

Extreme BlackDiamond 10808 and 8810

infoworld.com/4556

The Cadillac of Ethernet switching conquers core, edge, management, and security

Best SOBO Services Consolidation

Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router

infoworld.com/4068

Modular 1U unit combines routing, firewall, VoIP call management, and voicemail

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award winners

Best Network Analysis Solution

Network Physics NetSensory NP-500

infoworld.com/4037

Collects an impressive amount of data and provides nearly limitless ways to analyze it

SECURITY

Best Anti-Spam

Symantec Mail Security 4.1 &

IronPort C-Series v. 4.0

infoworld.com/3994 & infoworld.com/4194

This one was too close to call: Reigning champ Symantec proved best in accuracy, while IronPort proved superior at avoiding false positives

Best Data Leak Prevention

Vontu 5.0

infoworld.com/3874

Repeat champion still can’t be beat for enforcing policies around confidential data

Best Unified Threat Management

SonicWall Pro 2040

infoworld.com/3951

The best all-around mix of features and functionality we’ve seen

Best Security Compliance

Management

Elemental Security Platform 2.0

infoworld.com/4033

Agent-based solution provides granular control over all devices on the network

Vulnerability Management

Innovator

Blue Lane PatchPoint G/450

infoworld.com/4763

Excels at protecting unpatched servers against many publicly known exploits