InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of the Year Award winners
The InfoWorld Test Center picks the year's best hardware, software, and development tools
By InfoWorld Test Center staff | InfoWorld
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The year's best hardware and software
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Best CPU (HA SMP)
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Best CPU (parallel processing)
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Best blade system
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Best storage system
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Best virtualization platform
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Best VDI starter kit
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Best collaboration platform
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Best mail server
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Best log management solution
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Best WAN accelerator
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Best PC
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Best workstation
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Best mobile platform
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Best IDE (non-Java)
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Best Java IDE
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Best Python IDE
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Best PHP IDE
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Best rich Internet application development platform
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Best virtual lab manager
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See InfoWorld's 2010 Best of Open Source Software Award winners
Best mail server
Microsoft Exchange 2010 continues Redmond's longstanding market leadership in mail servers and related software. This release shows why the company's once-reviled product continues to be deployed widely in enterprises: it works, it scales, and it continues to gain important new features. In our tests, we saw improved management, administration, and reliability features plus an enhanced experience for users that includes automatic transcription of voicemails, delivery reports for messages, and extensive self-service options. Although light on wholesale changes and heavy on refinements, Exchange 2010 is nevertheless a major step up from Exchange 2007.
- Read the preview, "Exchange 2010 beta shines"
- Also see: "8 key tips for transitioning to Exchange 2010" and "Exchange 2010: The secret to staying afloat when disaster strikes"
- Read InfoWorld's 2011 Technology of the Year Awards introduction, "The best hardware and software of the year"









