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TechTarget’s Search400.com, SearchCRM.com, SearchNet-working.com, SearchWeb-Services.com, and SearchWin2000.com Publish 2004 “Products of the Year”
Editors Select New Products Enterprise IT Pros Should Consider Adding to their "A" Lists of Products to Evaluate
NEEDHAM, Mass. – January 17, 2005 – The editors of TechTarget's Search400.com, SearchCRM.com, SearchNetworking.com, SearchWebServices.com and SearchWin2000.com published their annual "Products of the Year" Awards today. Together, the Awards span 26 product categories and single out 68 new products enterprise IT professionals should consider adding to their "A" lists of products to evaluate.
The products were judges by the editors of each Web site in conjunction with teams of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants. The judges evaluated more than 400 products shipped between October 24, 2003 and October 25, 2004 and selected the winning products based on six criteria:
- innovation
- performance
- ease of integration into existing environments
- ease of use and manageability
- functionality
- innovation
- value.
Each judging panel selected a Gold, Silver and Bronze award winner in each category. SearchCRM.com judges selected only one winner in each category. To read each “Products of the Year” article, click on the linked Web site names below:
Search400.com Products of the Year
Category: Application Development
- Gold: PlanetJ-- Web Object Wizard (WOW) 6.3
- Silver: Business Computer Design International-- .WebSmart Version 5.0
- Bronze: Linoma-- Software Surveyor/400 - version 02908
Category: Backup and Recovery
- Gold: Lakeview Technology-- EchoStream FS V1.1
- Silver: Help/Systems-- Robot/SAVE Version 10
- Bronze: Mid-Range Systems Solutions-- MSS-HA/DR Version 1
Category: Business to Business
- Gold: TrailBlazer Systems-- ZMOD Exchange Item Sync V1R3 (TrailBlazer is a nuBridges Company)
- Silver: Curbstone Corp.-- Curbstone Card, Version 2.0
- Bronze: Stalker Software-- CommuniGate Pro v4.2 Real-Time Communications
Category: Document/Image Management
- Gold: Business Computer Design International-- Catapult, Version 5.1
- Silver: CYBRA-- MarkMagic 5.1 Barcode Label, RFID Tag, and SM@RT Forms Software
- Bronze: ACOM Solutions-- EZeDocs/EZPayManager/400 with Selected Access Security Version 6.2.01
Category: High Availability
- Gold: iTera-- Echo 2 High Availability, Version 4.0
- Silver: Lakeview Technology-- H.A. Clusters for Linux on IBM iSeries
- Bronze: There is no bronze winner for this category.
Category: Security
- Gold: TriAWorks-- TriAWorks Identity Manager for Single Sign-On (TIM SSO) Version 1.0.0
- Silver: Business Computer Design International-- Nexus Web/Report Portal, Version 2.5
- Bronze: NetIQ-- NetIQ Security Solutions for iSeries 7.5
SearchCRM.com Products of the Year
Category: Marketing automation
- Winner: Unica-- Affinium 6
Category: Sales force automation
- Winner: Salesforce.com-- Summer ’04
Category: Contact-center software
- Winner: Cincom Systems-- Synchrony 4.7
Category: Customer-facing online service
- Winner: Parature-- Online Customer Support Solution / Version 5.6
Category: Business intelligence
- Winner: Triversity-- Allegiance v4.1
SearchNetworking.com Products of the Year
Category: Converged Network Solutions
- Gold: Zultys Technologies-- ZIP 4x5 IP Telephone
- Silver: Avaya-- IP Office Small Office Edition
- Bronze: ShoreTel-- ShoreTel5 Smart IP Phone System
Category: Network Management Tools
- Gold: F5 Networks-- BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager 6400, Version 9
- Silver: Singlestep Technologies-- Unity 2.0
- Bronze: AlterPoint-- DeviceAuthority Suite 3.0
Category: Enterprise Routers and Switches
- Gold: Force10 Networks-- TeraScale E-1200
- Silver: Extreme Networks-- Summit 400-48t
- Bronze: Foundry Networks-- FastIron Edge X-Series Family
Category: Network Security Devices and Tools
- Gold: Enterasys Networks-- NetSight Atlas Automated Security Manager 1.0
- Silver: ArcSight-- TrueThreat Discovery 1.0
- Bronze: Juniper Networks-- NetScreen-IDP 3.0
Category: Enterprise VPN
- Gold: F5 Networks-- FirePass Controller v5.2
- Silver: Nortel Networks-- Contivity SSL VPN Module 1000
- Bronze: Net6 Hybrid-- VPN Release 4.0
Category: WLAN Equipment and Applications
- Gold: MobileAccess Networks-- MobileAccess 850 Intelligent RF Switching Hub
- Silver: Roving Planet -- Central Site Director
- Bronze: Meru Networks-- Meru Wireless LAN Solution
SearchWebServices.com Products of the Year
- Gold: LogicLibrary-- Logidex 3.5
- Silver: IBM-- WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer V5.1.1
- Bronze: Novell-- Novell exteNd Suite 5.2
Category: Security
- Gold: DataPower Technology-- XS40 XML Security Gateway 3.0
- Silver: Reactivity-- Reactivity Secure Web Services Deployment System 2400 Series
- Bronze: Netegrity-- Netegrity TransactionMinder 6.0
Category: Management
- Gold: Digital Evolution-- Digital Evolution Service Manager v2.3.2
- Silver: Actional-- Actional 5.1
- Bronze: AmberPoint-- Service Level Manager 4.0
Category: Integration
- Gold: IONA Technologies-- Artix 2.1
- Silver: DataPower Technology-- XI50 XML Integration Appliance
- Bronze: Metallect-- IQ Server version 1.2
SearchWin2000.com Products of the Year
Category: Network and System Management
- Gold: NetIQ-- AppManager Suite 6.0
- Silver: Microsoft-- Operations Manager 2005
- Bronze: Ecora Software-- Enterprise Auditor 3.5
Category: Active Directory
- Gold: AutoProf-- Policy Maker 8
- Silver: Winternals Software-- Insight for Active Directory 1.0
- Bronze: Quest Software-- Recovery Manager for Active Directory 7.0
Category: Desktop Administration
- Gold: Microsoft-- Systems Management Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
- Silver: ForensiT-- User Profile Wizard v2.0.1039
- Bronze: Macrovision-- AdminStudio 6.0
Category: Messaging
- Gold: GFI Software-- GFI MailEssentials for Exchange/SMTP 10
- Silver: Sybari-- Antigen for Instant Messaging
- Bronze: Neverfail Group-- Neverfail for Exchange
Category: Security
- Gold: St. Bernard Software-- UpdateEXPERT 6.3
- Silver: Sunbelt Software-- Sunbelt Network Security Inspector (SNSI) Version 1.5
- Bronze: PatchLink-- PATCHLINK UPDATE Version 6
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