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IDG's InfoWorld Names Top Technologies Impacting IT in 2006

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Annual Technology of the Year Awards Honor 46 Innovative Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jan. 2, 2006 -- IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for strategic technology decision-makers, today officially announced the recipients of its 2006 Technology of the Year honors, recognizing 46 products across 45 categories. Results appear at InfoWorld.com/3754, as well as the Jan. 2 print edition.

Last week, InfoWorld pre-announced the winners through three special editions of the InfoWorld Daily podcast. These editions are available for download at:

• http://akamai.infoworld.com/podcasts/IFW_Daily_12-27-05.mp3
• http://akamai.infoworld.com/podcasts/IFW_Daily%2012-28-05.mp3
• http://akamai.infoworld.com/podcasts/IFW_Daily_12-29-05.mp3

"Our annual awards highlight progress across nearly the entire enterprise IT landscape," said Steve Fox, InfoWorld's editor-in-chief. "InfoWorld's 2006 Technology of the Year Award winners represent the best products defining, and often redefining, the role of IT and resulting business impact."

InfoWorld's 2006 Technology of the Year Award winners (listed alphabetically by category) include:

APPLICATIONS AND MIDDLEWARE
Best Application Performance Manager: Indicative Service Director and SLA Manager 6.5
Best CRM Application: Salesforce.com Winter '05 Enterprise Edition
Best Enterprise Service Bus: Sonic SOA Suite 6.1

COLLABORATION
Best Exchange Killer: Gordano Messaging Server 10.05
Best Live Collaboration: WebEx WebOffice

CONTENT MANAGEMENT
Best Document Manager: Xerox DocuShare 4.0.1
Best Enterprise CMS: EMC Documentum 5, Collaborative Edition
Best Enterprise Search: Vivisimo Velocity 4.2
Best Web Analytics: Omniture SiteCatalyst 12

DATABASES
Best Enterprise Database: Microsoft SQL Server 2005
Best XML Database: eXist 1.0

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
Best Identity Manager: Novell Identity Manager 2

NETWORKING
Best Enterprise Switch: Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Supervisor Engine II-Plus-10GE
Best IP PBX: Siemens HiPath 8000 Real-Time IP System
Best Network Analysis Tool: Niksun NetVCR 2005
Best SMB Switch: Dell PowerConnect 3424P
Best WAN Accelerator: Riverbed Steelhead 3010
Best WAN Traffic Manager: Packeteer PacketShaper 9500

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Best Client Operating System: Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger
Best Server Operating System: Mac OS X Server v10.4

SECURITY
Best Anti-Spam: Symantec Mail Security 8200 Series
Best Anti-Spyware: F-Secure Anti-Virus Client Security 6
Best Insider Threat Defense: Vontu 4.0
Best Network Access Controller: Elemental Compliance System 1.1
Best SSL VPN: Juniper Secure Access 5000

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Best AJAX Toolkit: Tibco General Interface 3.1
Best Application Test Tool (tie): Agitar Agitator 3.0 and Parasoft Jtest 7.0
Best IDE: Visual Studio 2005
Best Java IDE: IBM Rational Software Architect 6.0
Best Rules Management: ILOG JRules 5.0
Best Security Analysis Tool: Fortify Source Code Analysis 3.0

STORAGE
Best Director Switch: McData Intrepid i10K Director
Best iSCSI SAN: EqualLogic PS200E
Best NAS: NetApp FAS3020c
Best NAS Killer: HP StorageWorks Enterprise File Services Clustered Gateway with PolyServe Matrix Server
Best SAN: Compellent Storage Center QuickStart
Best Storage Management Software: HP Storage Essentials 4.0
Best Storage Virtualization: EMC Invista

SYSTEMS
Best Blade System: ClearCube PC Blade System
Best Enterprise Server: IBM eServer OpenPower 710
Best Industry Standard Server: HP ProLiant DL585
Best Workstation: Apple Power Mac G5 Quad
Most Innovative Server: Sun Fire T2000

VIRTUALIZATION
Best Server Virtualization: VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter
Best Workstation Virtualization: VMware Workstation 5.5

InfoWorld's annual Technology of the Year Awards identify significant technologies of the past year that promise to make the greatest impact on enterprise IT strategies, and honor the products that best exemplify the implementation of those technologies. The Technology of the Year Awards are not open to outside nominations. The final selections are made by InfoWorld's Test Center analysts and editors.

About InfoWorld Media Group
InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, InfoWorld identifies and promotes emerging technology segments that add unique value for the organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including online, events, a weekly print publication, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.

About IDG
International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology media, events, and research company. IDG publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries including CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro, InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 400 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment, and gaming worldwide. IDG is a leading producer of more than 170 technology-related events including LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, Macworld Conference & Expo, DEMO, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends. Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is available at www.idg.com.

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Contact:

For InfoWorld:
Paul Calento
Vice President of Marketing
InfoWorld Media Group
415-978-3212
paul_calento@infoworld.com

Posted by InfoWorld Marketing on January 2, 2006 12:28 PM