December 31, 2003
The year’s best products
Drawn from the more than 200 products we tested during 2003, these Technology of the Year Award winners represent the most innovative and effective solutions in their category
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Hardware and Software Platforms
Best Server Hardware
HP ProLiant DL760 G2
Almost unrivaled in terms of reliability, redundancy, and raw processing power.
Best Server Blade System
RLX ServerBlade 2800i and System 600ex
The rest of the industry could learn a lot from RLX’s approach to management.
Best Systems Management Solution
Vieo 1000 v1.1
Easy-to-deploy management appliance learns normal system behavior and responds to changes by dynamically provisioning existing resources.
Best Operating System
Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
Sets the bar for simplicity and ease of use, extends support to 64-bit hardware, and it’s secure by default.
Best Application Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server 5.0
Tight integration with tools, smooth application deployment, granular management.
Networking
Best Networking Hardware
Extreme BlackDiamond 10K (see our review online Jan. 16)
An excellent mix of raw 10Gig performance and polished management capabilities.
Best Wireless LAN Solution
Vernier IS-6500p
Provides extensive yet flexible control over who can access what, when, and where from 802.11 networks.
Storage
Best SAN Solution
TotalStorage SAN Integration Server
Edged out competing EMC and HP solutions as the all-around best performer in our midtier SAN roundup.
Best SAN Switch
Maxxan MXV320
Conquers multivendor SANs with useful virtualization, replication, and other application-layer capabilities.
Best NAS Solution
HP StorageWorks NAS b3000
High-performance file server scales to 48TB and can connect to Fibre Channel SANs.
Best Storage Management Software
Fujitsu Softek Automated Storage
Provided the greatest control over mixed SAN hardware among the solutions we tested.
Application Development
Best Development Tool
Eclipse 2.1
An extensible, soup-to-nuts IDE whose Standard Widget Toolkit is breathing new life into client-side Java software.
Databases & Data Management
Best Analytics/Reporting Solution
Iteration Real-time Reporting Suite
Innovative reporting software combines real-time information streams, events-based alerting, and easy-to-create dashboards.
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An Alternative to Virtualization for Datacenter Cost Savings
Server virtualization is a popular option for dealing with mounting datacenter costs. Another equally promising approach is the use of an Application Delivery Controller. Citrix NetScaler provides a low-cost way for organizations to reduce their server count and accrue cost savings from a reduction in space, cooling, power and personnel.
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Why Your Firewall, VPN, and IEEE 802.11i Aren't Enough to Protect Your Network
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* Monitoring wireless activity inside and out of the enterprise
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Bringing the Edge to the Data Center
Effectively address data protection challenges, implementing solutions that help store and protect business–critical data while cutting costs and improving efficiency and reliability.
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