The Best of VMware Explore 2022 Awards recognize the most innovative new products in the server virtualization, cloud and end-user computing markets. A panel of expert judges evaluated nominated products from vendors associated with this year's conference and named winners in three categories.
The Multi-Cloud and App Modernization category includes hardware and software products that enable organizations to build on-premises virtual infrastructure, support multiple cloud environments and update legacy applications to run on cloud-native frameworks.
Winner: Morpheus Data, Morpheus v5.5
What the judges said: "This software allows you to push anything anywhere; it's an orchestrator for multi-cloud."
Honorable Mention: Uila, uObserve
The Security, Networking and Edge category includes products that monitor and protect hypervisors and guest OSes and enforce security protocols; products that enhance networking in virtual or cloud networks and/or optimize virtual networks; and tools that enable organizations to build edge computing infrastructure.
Winner: Stratodesk, NoTouch OS
What the judges said: "NoTouch OS provides trusted thin client deployment on all types of hardware to deliver a secure desktop environment."
Honorable Mention: Rubrik, Rubrik Data Security Command Center
The Business Continuity, Data Protection and Storage category focuses on software products or cloud services that are designed to store, manage, back up, restore and replicate data in private or public clouds.
Winner: Cohesity, FortKnox
What the judges said: "FortKnox meets the need for off-site third copy data management and provides anomaly detection through AI."
Honorable Mention: Zerto, Zerto 9.5
Judges selected a Disruptive Technology winner from this year's show. This award highlights a product with the potential to either create a new market or disrupt an existing market with new technology.
Winner: Liqid, Liqid Matrix
What the judges said: "Liqid's composable infrastructure allows you to have a flexible environment without duplicated hardware costs."
The Best of Show winner represents the best of the best for this year's awards. Judges chose this winner from the pool of winners in other categories in the Best of VMware Explore Awards.
Winner: Cohesity, FortKnox
