InfoWorld has announced their annual Technology of the Year Award winners for 2007, and you guessed it, we have a few virtualization products that made the list! InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers have selected 41 hardware and software products from the more than 230 products that were tested during all of 2006. These 41 products represent the best and most innovative in their class. And it looks like f InfoWorld has announced their annual Technology of the Year Award winners for 2007, and you guessed it, we have a few virtualization products that made the list!InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers have selected 41 hardware and software products from the more than 230 products that were tested during all of 2006. These 41 products represent the best and most innovative in their class. And it looks like five virtualization products have received this honor.__________________________________________________________________________________ Best Server Virtualization (Hardware Virtualization) – VMware Infrastructure 3VMware Infrastructure 3 reinforces VMware’s standing as the leading virtualization platform vendor. Improved performance and plenty of new features including iSCSI support and Distributed Resource Scheduler, which combines with VMotion to automate load balancing and fail-over, will grease the wheels of server virtualization in enterprise datacenters. Full product review. __________________________________________________________________________________Best Server Virtualization (OS Virtualization) – SWsoft Virtuozzo 3.0SWsoft has its ducks in a row with Virtuozzo for Linux 3.0. It’s a well-designed and well-implemented OS-level virtualization solution at a surprisingly low cost. Taking a different approach than hardware virtualization solutions such as VMware and Xen, Virtuozzo is an outstanding choice for companies with large infrastructures. Full product review.__________________________________________________________________________________Adaptive Infrastructure Innovator – Scalent Virtual Operating Environment 2.0 Scalent’s V/OE promises much, and it delivers. By separating the server from the hardware, you can move server instances among physical hardware and even among virtualization platforms in a seamless manner that retains all network, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel connections. Combined with a very attractive and usable Flash-based GUI, V/OE is a glimpse of what a truly adaptive datacenter could look like. Full product review.__________________________________________________________________________________ Best Application Virtualization – Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0Altiris SVS cuts the ties between Windows applications and the OS, an innovation that will have long-term ramifications for the Windows configuration management market. Its capabilities obviate the need for whole categories of existing management tools. Full product review. __________________________________________________________________________________Best Virtual Lab Automation – Surgient Virtual QA/Test Management System 5.0Surgient VQMS is a powerful, enterprise-scale lab-automation solution that exploits virtualization to ease fundamental IT operations. It boasts an extensive feature set highlighted by a strong management console, a scheduling system, a helpful reporting system, and excellent capture and replay capabilities. Full product review.__________________________________________________________________________________To view the slideshow of the entire list of winners, go here. Software Development