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IDG's InfoWorld Names Top Technologies Impacting IT in 2007.


Annual Technology of the Year Awards Honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft.  41 Innovative Solutions

SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden  -- IDG's InfoWorld InfoWorld is an information technology online media and events business operating under the umbrella of InfoWorld Media Group, a division of IDG (International Data Group). , the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced the recipients of its 2007 Technology of the Year honors, recognizing 41 products across 40 categories. The annual awards identify the highest scoring products and technologies, reviewed in the past year by the InfoWorld Test Center, that promise to make the greatest impact in the coming year. InfoWorld's Technology of the Year Awards are not open to outside nominations, with final selections made by InfoWorld's Test Center analysts and editors. Results appear on InfoWorld.com, as well as the Jan. 1 print edition.

"The annual Technology of the Year Awards highlight the best products reviewed by the InfoWorld Test Center in the past year that are defining, and often redefining, the role of IT," said Steve Fox Steve Fox may refer to:
  • Steve Fox (musician), The Canadian country music singer
  • Steve Fox (porn star), The American porn star who died in 1997
  • Steve Fox (Tekken), The fictional British boxer in the Tekken fighting game series.
, InfoWorld's editor in chief. "Regardless of category, innovation thrives across enterprise IT."

InfoWorld's 2007 Technology of the Year Award winners include:
Adobe Flex 2 (Best Rich Internet Application Platform)

Altiris Software Virtualization Solution 2.0 (Best Application
Virtualization)

Apple Mac Pro (Best Desktop/Workstation)

Apple MacBook Pro (Best Notebook)

Backbase 3.2 (Best AJAX Toolkit)

Blue Lane PatchPoint G/450 (Vulnerability Management Innovator)

Cisco 2811 Integrated Services Router (Best SOBO Services
Consolidation)

Dojo (Best Open Source AJAX Kit)

Elemental Security Platform 2.0 (Best Security Compliance Management)

EMC Infoscape (Best Data Classification Solution)

Extreme BlackDiamond 10808 and 8810 (Best 10-Gig Switching
Infrastructure)

Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor 6.1 (Best Business Rule Management)

HP StorageWorks 600 All-in-One Storage System (Best Unified Storage
for SMBs)

HP StorageWorks RISS 1.1 (Best E-Mail Archiving Solution)

IronPort C-Series v. 4.0 (Best Anti-Spam - tie)

Klocwork K7 v. 7 (Best Source Code Analyzer)

Liferay Portal 4.0 (Best Open Source Portal)

Network Physics NetSensory NP-500 (Best Network Analysis Solution)

NewsGator Enterprise Server 1.4 (Best Enterprise RSS Manager)

Parasoft Jtest 8 (Best Java Test Tool)

PremiTech Performance Guard 4.1 (Performance Management Innovator)

Quest Availability Manager for Exchange 2.0 (Best Exchange HA
Solution)

Riverbed Steelhead 3.0 (Best WAN Accelerator)

Scalent Virtual Operating Environment 2.0 (Adaptive Infrastructure
Innovator)

SealedMedia E-DRM 5.0 (Best Enterprise DRM)

SonicWall Pro 2040 (Best Unified Threat Management)

Spectra T120 (Best Mid-Tier Tape Library)

Stratus ftServer W Series 4300 (Best Fault-Tolerant Server)

Sun Fire X4200 (Best Server)

Sun Fire X4600 (Best High-Performance Server)

Sun NetBeans 5.5 (Java IDE Innovator)

Surgient Virtual QA/Test Management System 5.0 (Best Virtual Lab
Automation)

Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (Best Linux Desktop)

SWsoft Virtuozzo 3.0 (Best Server Virtualization (OS Virtualization))

Symantec Mail Security 4.1 (Best Anti-Spam - tie)

Traction TeamPage 3.7 (Best Enterprise Wiki)

Vivisimo Velocity 5 (Best Enterprise Search)

VMware Infrastructure 3 (Best Server Virtualization (Hardware
Virtualization))

Vontu 5.0 (Best Data Leak Prevention)

Zenprise 1.0 (Best Exchange Troubleshooting)

Zimbra Collaboration Suite 3.0 (Application Innovator)


About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive cohesive,
n the capability to cohere or stick together to form a mass.
 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 hands-on
adj.
Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor.
 analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding sur·round  
tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds
1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.

n.
 emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.

About International Data Group (IDG IDG International Data Group
IDG Integrated Drive Generator
IDG Installation Design Guide
IDG Internet Discussion Group
IDG Inset Dielectric Guide
IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) 
)

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 CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations.


(Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization.
, CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. , Computerworld, GamePro GamePro is an American video game magazine published monthly. The magazine was first established in Redwood City, California in 1989 by Pat Ferrell, his sister-in-law Leeanne McDermott, and the husband-wife design team of Michael and Lynne Kavish. , InfoWorld, Macworld This article is about a technology publication. For the tradeshow, see Macworld Conference & Expo.
Not to be confused with McWorld, a despective term for globalisation


Macworld
, Network World, and PC World. IDG's online network includes more than 450 Web sites spanning business technology, consumer technology, digital entertainment and gaming worldwide. IDG's lead generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals, influencers, and decision makers.

IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 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 advisory services

advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal
, 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 privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
, is available at http://www.idg.com.

Note: Product names and company names are trademarks of their respective companies.
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