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InfoWorld Readers' Choice Awards 2002
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Readers' Top Picks
Technologist of the Year:
Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Vendor of the Year
:
IBM
Product of the Year
:
Research in Motion BlackBerry 957
Hype of the Year
:
Hewlett-Packard-Compaq merger
Professional Services Provider of the Year
:
IBM Global Services
xSP of the Year
:
Loudcloud
Standard of the Year
:
SOAP/UDDI/WSDL
Gadget of the Year
:
Research in Motion BlackBerry 5810
Best App Dev Product
:
IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4.1
Best Application Server
:
IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0
Best Collaboration Product
:
Novell GroupWise 6
Best CRM product
:
Siebel 7
Best Database
:
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition
Best Enterprise Application
:
SAP mySAP
Best Enterprise Storage Product
:
Tivoli Storage Manager
Best Handheld
:
Research in Motion BlackBerry 957
Best Operating System
:
Novell NetWare 6
Best Portal Server
:
IBM WebSphere Portal Server 1.2
Best Security Product
:
Entrust/PKI 6.0
Best Server
:
IBM eServer z800
Best Web Services Product
:
BEA Systems WebLogic Workshop
Best Wireless Product
:
Research in Motion BlackBerry 5810
Vendor of the Year
IBM
32%
Sun Microsystems
20%
BEA Systems
13%
Hewlett-Packard
11%
Microsoft
11%
Intel
7%
Groove Networks
6%
Product of the Year
The need to stay connected outweighs even a need for enterprise-scale applications, handing a big win to Research in Motion's BlackBerry 957.
RIM BlackBerry 957
41%
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition
16%
BEA Systems WebLogic Portal 4.0
11%
Intel Itanium
9%
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Enterprise Architect
9%
Other nominees
14%
Hype of the Year
Loudly heralded new technologies are burning out some readers, but the majority have had it with the merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq.
HP-Compaq merger
31%
Web services
21%
Microsoft antitrust settlement
19%
Wireless LANs
12%
Sun Microsystems vs. Microsoft
9%
Peer-to-peer
8%
Professional Services Provider of the Year
Even in a market crowded with brand names, IBM's Global Services wins with a large majority.
IBM Global Services
42%
Compaq Global Services
14%
Accenture
11%
EDS
10%
KPMG Global Services
10%
Deloitte and Touche
8%
Computer Science Services Group
5%
xSP of the Year
Loudcloud won readers' acclaim before announcing the sale of its Web hosting business and changing its name to Opsware.
Loudcloud
33%
salesforce.com
26%
Jamcracker
15%
eConvergent
14%
Talaris
12%
Standard of the Year
Wireless and networking standards made a strong showing but couldn't beat out the standards behind Web services.
SOAP/UDDI/WSDL
35%
Gigabit Ethernet
27%
802.11b
23%
802.11a
8%
iSCSI
7%
Gadget of the Year
Research in Motion's BlackBerry 5810, with its wireless e-mail and voice functions, beat even Apple's popular MP3-playing iPod.
RIM BlackBerry 5810
50%
Apple iPod
31%
Handspring Treo 180
13%
Samsung SPH-I300
6%
Best Application Development Product
IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4.1
31%
Oracle9i JDeveloper 4
17%
Microsoft Visual Studio .Net Enterprise Architect
17%
Borland JBuilder 6 Enterprise
16%
Sun Forte for Java 4.0 Enterprise Edition
13%
WebGain VisualCafe Enterprise Suite
6%
Best Application Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server 4.0
39%
BEA Systems WebLogic Platform 7.0
20%
Oracle9i Application Server
20%
Sun ONE Application Server 6.0 (formerly from iPlanet)
9%
HP Application Server 8.0
6%
JBoss 2.4.4
6%
Best Collaboration Product
Novell GroupWise 6
56%
Groove Networks Groove 1.0
23%
Parlano MindAlign 4.0
9%
SiteScape Forum 6.0
5%
Endeavors Technology Magi Enterprise 2.0
4%
Alt-N Technologies MDaemon Pro 5.0.4
3%
Best CRM Product
Siebel 7
38%
Oracle Sales and Support
27%
salesforce.com Enterprise Edition
16%
Salesnet SFA
7%
RightNow Web eService Center 5.0
6%
UpShot XRM
6%
Best Database
Oracle9i Enterprise Edition
43%
IBM DB2 Universal Database 7.2
28%
Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP2
17%
Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
9%
Software AG Tamino 3.1
3%
Best Enterprise Application
SAP mySAP
28%
Oracle E-Business Suite
27%
PeopleSoft 8
22%
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002
10%
J.D. Edwards OneWorld
8%
I2 Supplier Relationship Management
5%
Best Enterprise Storage Product
Tivoli Storage Manager
38%
EMC ESN Manager
21%
Maxtor MaxAttach NAS 6000
15%
Network Appliance F800
12%
Sony StorSation Lib-162
11%
Overland LXN2000
3%
Best Handheld
RIM BlackBerry 957
38%
Compaq iPaq 3850
23%
Palm Pilot i705
22%
Handspring Treo 180
9%
HP Jornada 565
4%
Sharp Zaurus SL5000d
4%
Best Operating System
Novell NetWare 6
30%
Red Hat Linux 7.2
22%
Microsoft Windows XP
20%
Apple Mac OS X Server 10
14%
SuSE Linux 7.3
10%
Palm OS 4.0
4%
Best Portal Server
IBM WebSphere Portal Server 1.2
42%
BEA Systems WebLogic Portal 4.0
20%
Sun ONE Portal Server 3.0 (formerly from iPlanet)
15%
Computer Associates CleverPath Portal 4.0
12%
Plumtree Corporate Portal 4.5
8%
Epicentric Foundation Server 4.0
3%
Best Security Product
Entrust/PKI 6.0
41%
Netscreen 208
16%
System iNtrusion Analysis and Reporting Environment 0.8
15%
Application Security AppDetective 2.5.2
11%
Certicom movianVPN 2.10
9%
Neoteris Instant Virtual Extranet
8%
