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Sixth Annual eWEEK Excellence Awards Finalists |
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By Debra Donston (Executive Editor - Ziff Davis)
The finalists in this year's eWEEK Excellence Awards program show that innovation is alive and very well.
We started accepting entries for our sixth annual program in November, and we were impressed not only by the sheer number of products nominated but also by the products' diversity—based on open-source and proprietary code, from vendors big and small, and targeted at organizations of all sizes and stripes. The program was open to any enterprise product or service that had been announced in 2005 and would be available before March 31, 2006.
We noted that it's getting more challenging to categorize products because so many products do so many things. The finalists reflect the need for technology to drive business processes and organizational growth, while keeping those organizations—and their customers—safe from internal and external threats, as well as compliant with a host of regulatory mandates.
"This year's finalists remind us that innovation comes in many forms," said eWEEK Technology Editor Peter Coffee. "Some of these are new products from new companies, some are reinventions of mature products that result from fresh thinking after a vendor acquisition. As a group, they demonstrate that every tier of the IT stack is subject to continued improvement."
The initial categorization of entries was performed by eWEEK Labs analysts, who worked with members of the eWEEK Corporate Partner Advisory Board to winnow down the entrants to three finalists in each category.
The Corporate Partners are senior IT professionals who represent eWEEK readers, and their input was invaluable in determining which products would provide the most value in real-world enterprise environments. The winners will be announced in May, and an Excellence Awards special report will appear in June.
The Finalists for the 6th Annual eWEEK Excellence Awards are:
Business Management: Analytics & Reporting- Attenex Attenex Patterns Electronic Discovery Software 3.0
- Fujitsu Software Interstage XWand 7
- Cognos Cognos 8 Business Intelligence 8.1.1
Business Management: Application Development- ActiveState Komodo 3.5
- Adobe Systems Macromedia Studio 8
- Microsoft's Visual Studio 2005 Team System 2005
Business Management: Business Integration Systems- BEA Systems AquaLogic Service Bus 2.1
- JBoss HIBERNATE 3.1
- Sonic Software Sonic SOA Suite 6.1
Business Management: Business Relationship Management- Centive Centive Compel Fall 2005
- Exact Software Exact e-Synergy 360
- Salesforce.com Salesforce Winter '06
Infrastructure: Desktop and Mobile Hardware- Gateway M280
- Lenovo ThinkPad Z60t
- Research In Motion BlackBerry 8700c
Infrastructure: E-Business Foundations- Hummingbird Hummingbird Enterprise 2005
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
- TeaLeaf Technology RealiTea 4.5
Infrastructure: E-Mail Management & Security- EMC EmailXtender 4.7
- Open-Xchange Open-Xchange Server 5
- Orchestria Orchestria 4.0
Infrastructure: Enterprise Collaboration- Antepo OPN System XT
- Intuit QuickBase for Corporations
- Sant The Sant Suite 7.2
Infrastructure: Enterprise Storage Hardware- 3PARdata InServ Storage Server with Dynamic Optimization
- Isilon Systems Isilon IQ
- Spectra Logic Spectra T950
Infrastructure: Enterprise Storage Software- Onaro SANscreen Business Continuity 2
- Symantec Enterprise Vault 6.0
- XOsoft Assured Recovery 3.72
Infrastructure: IT Quality Assurance Tools- Akimbi Systems Akimbi Slingshot 2.0
- Compuware Vantage 9.8
- NetScout Systems nGenius Performance Managemer
Infrastructure: Productivity Applications- NetworkStreaming SupportDesk 8.2
- Sun Microsystems StarOffice 8
- ThinkFree ThinkFree Office Server Edition 3
Infrastructure: Server Hardware- Fujitsu Computer Systems PrimeQuest 480
- Sun Microsystems Sun Fire X4100 and X4200
- Tripp Lite SmartOnline UPS Systems
Networking: Networking & Management Tools- BladeLogic BladeLogic Operations Manager 6.3
- Levanta Intrepid M 1.0
- Opsware Network Automation System 4.5
Networking: Networking Infrastructure- Citrix Systems Citrix NetScaler
- Riverbed Technology Riverbed Steelhead Appliances
- Silver Peak Systems NX-7500
Networking: System and Application Management- PatchLink PatchLink Update 6.2
- Segue Software SilkPerformer 7.0
- Telelogic System Architect 10.3
Security: Authentication & User Management- BMC Software Identity Management Suite 5.0
- Caymas Systems Identity-Driven Access Gateway 3.0
- RSA Security RSA SecurID Appliance 1.0
Security: Network Datastream Protection- Imperva SecureSphere 4.2
- Ingrian Networks Ingrian DataSecure Platform 4.0
- Tablus Content Alarm NW 3.0
Security: Vulnerability Assessment and Remediation- Core Security Technologies Core Impact 5.0
- Juniper Networks ISG 2000 with IDP 1.0
- McAfee Foundstone Enterprise 4.2
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