Windows IT Pro Announces 2006 Readers' Choice Award Winners; AMD Dual-Core Processors Win Best New Product; HP Wins Six Categories of Hardware Products.LOVELAND, Colo. -- Windows IT Pro Windows IT Pro (ISSN-1552-3136) is a trade publication and web site owned by Penton Media serving the information needs of IT professionals in various fields including data processing, software development and programming. announced today the winners of the fifth annual Readers' Choice Awards. Readers were asked to vote on their product preferences in 12 broad technology categories. More than 5200 readers chose the best among more than 750 products and services. Full details about winning products are available at http://www.windowsitpro.com or in the September issue of Windows IT Pro. "The 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards continue our tradition of honoring products that our readers tell us are most worthy of recognition," said Kim Paulsen, group publisher." These are the hardware, software and services that measure up where it counts most -- in the businesses, agencies and institutions that rely on them to deliver what they promise." "The IT pros who voted in this year's awards are tough, in-the-trenches critics," Paulsen continued. "They demand solid value and performance from the products they use and put those products to the test day after day." Paulsen concluded, "Readers' Choice award winners can feel proud that the products and services they develop have earned the respect and recognition of the IT world's most knowledgeable and exacting professionals." The following products were voted winners of the 2006 Windows IT Pro Readers' Choice Awards: Best New Product Beating out the competition in the Best New Product category was the AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processor. The best new product category was open to products of any type released for the first time since January 1, 2005. Best Business Applications --Best Customer Relationship Management Software - Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. --Best Document Management/Imaging Software - Windows SharePoint Services --Best Enterprise Resource Planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. Software - Epicor Software Epicor Enterprise Best Disaster Prevention/Recovery Tools --Best Backup/Recovery/Archive Solution - Neverfail for Windows Product Suite --Best Continuous Data Protection (CDP CDP (cytidine diphosphate): see cytosine. (1) (Certificate in Data Processing) An earlier award for the successful completion of an examination in hardware, software, systems analysis, programming, management and accounting, ) Solution - Double-Take Software Double-Take --Best Desktop Backup/Recovery/Archive Solution - Winternals Software Administrator's Pak --Best Enterprise Backup/Recovery/Archive Software - Neverfail for Windows Product Suite --Best Enterprise Backup/Recovery/Archive Hardware - EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Centera Series --Best Uninterruptible Power Supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. - Tripp Lite SmartPro UPS Series Best Messaging Products --Best Antispam/Server - Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam for Exchange --Best Antispam/Client - Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam --Best Email Server - Exchange Server 2003 --Best Collaboration Solution - Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services --Best Mail Archiving Solution - Exchange Server 2003 --Best Exchange Backup/Disaster Recovery - Neverfail for Exchange --Best Exchange Migration Solution - Desktop Standard ProfileMaker Outlook Edition --Best Instant Messaging Solution - Barracuda Networks Barracuda IM Firewall Best Network Infrastructure Products --Best 802.11a/b/g/pre-n Wireless Access Point - Aruba Networks Aruba AP Series --Best Fax Gateway - Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 --Best Keyboard/Video/Mouse (KVM (K Virtual Machine) A version of the Java Virtual Machine for small devices with limited memory. See J2ME. See also KVM switch. KVM - Keyboard Video Mouse ) Switch - IOGEAR Miniview Symphony Multi-function 4-Port KVM Switch --Best Switch - Qlogic SANbox Series --Best VoIP Solution - NetIQ VoIP Security Solution Best Network Management Tools --Best Load Balancer - Windows Server 2003 R2 --Best Network Analyzer - Sunbelt Software LanHound --Best Network Layout and Design Tool - Neon Software LANsurveyor for Visio Best Remote Computing Products --Best Remote Control Software - Windows Server 2003 R2 Terminal Services --Best VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. Solution - Windows Server 2003 R2 Best Security Products --Best Antivirus/File Server or Client - Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition --Best Antivirus/Mail Server - Microsoft Exchange Hosted Filtering --Best Firewall/Server or Standalone - Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Beta --Best Firewall/Desktop - Sunbelt Software Sunbelt Kerio Personal Firewall --Best Intrusion Detection or Prevention Solution - Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Beta --Best User Authentication Solution (Password Management, Two-Factor, Biometric) - Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS ADFS Active Directory Federation Services (IBM & Microsoft) ADFS Advanced Disc Filing System ADFS Alabama Department of Forensic Science ADFS Automated Digital Facsimile System ADFS Automated Digital Facsimile Subsystem ) in Windows Server 2003 R2 --Best Proxy Server/Web Access Control and Monitoring Solution - Microsoft ISA Server 2006 Beta --Best Spyware Blocker - Sunbelt Software CounterSpy Enterprise --Best Vulnerability Scanner - Sunbelt Software Sunbelt Network Security Inspector Best Storage Products --Best Network Attached Storage Device -Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 --Best Storage Area Network Array - EMC CLARiiON Family --Best Storage Management Tool - Raxco Software PerfectDisk for Exchange --Best Quota Management Software - Windows Server 2003 R2 and Windows Storage Server A Windows-based network attached storage (NAS) operating system from Microsoft. Originally released as Windows Powered NAS, Windows Storage Server provides file and print sharing, but does not execute applications. As of Windows Storage Server 2003, it also stores Exchange Server data. See NAS. 2003 R2 Best Systems Management --Best Active Directory Management Tool - Microsoft Group Policy Management Console --Best Applications/Operations Management Tools - Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 --Best Asset Management Software - Help Desk Technology International HelpSTAR --Best Capacity Planning and Trend Analysis Software - VMware Capacity Planner --Best Change and Configuration Management Tool - ScriptLogic Desktop Authority --Best Compliance Reporting Solution - ScriptLogic Enterprise Security Reporter --Best Disk Imaging Software - Symantec Ghost Solution Suite --Best Event Log Manager - NETIKUS.NET EventSentry --Best Help Desk Software - Help Desk Technology International HelpSTAR --Best Meta/Virtual Directory - Windows Server 2003 R2 Distributed File System Software that keeps track of files stored across multiple networks. When the data are requested, it converts the file names into the physical location of the file so it can be found. (DFS (Distributed File System) An enhancement to Windows NT/2000 and 95/98 that allows files scattered across multiple servers to be treated as a single group. With Dfs, a network administrator can build a hierarchical file system that spans the organization's LANs and ) --Best Monitoring/Alerting Software - Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 --Best OS Migration Tools - ScriptLogic Desktop Authority --Best Performance-Tuning Tools - Identify Software AppSight for Microsoft Windows/.NET --Best Patch Management Tool - Windows Server Update Services Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) provides a software update service for Microsoft Windows operating systems and other software. WSUS is a locally managed alternative to computer's Microsoft Update system. (WSUS WSUS Windows Server Update Services (Microsoft) WSUS Washington State Urology Society WSUS Windows Software Update Services (Microsoft) WSUS Washington State University Spokane ) --Best Registry Management Tool - ScriptLogic Desktop Authority --Best Remote Client Management Tool - ScriptLogic Desktop Authority --Best Software Deployment Tool - Microsoft Systems Management Server Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) is a systems management software product by Microsoft for managing large groups of Windows-based computer systems. SMS provides remote control, patch management, software distribution, and hardware and software inventory. (SMS) 2003 --Best Virtualization Software - VMware ESX Server VMware ESX Server is an enterprise-level virtualization product offered by VMware, Inc., a division of EMC Corporation. ESX Server is a component of VMware's larger offering, Virtual Infrastructure, which adds management and reliability services to the core server product. Best Training and Certification Programs --Best Bootcamp - Mountain View Systems Windows Server 2003 MCSE See Microsoft certification. MCSE - Microsoft Certified System Engineer Boot Camps --Best Computer-Based Training - Transcender TranscenderCert Practice Exams and TransTrainer videos --Best Instructor-Led Training - Mountain View Systems Instructor-Led Training --Best Web-Based Training - Transcender TranscenderCert Practice Examps with e-Learning Courses Best Utilities --Best Defragmentation See defragment. Utility - Raxco Software PerfectDisk --Best Emergency Recovery Console Utility - Quest Software ERDisk --Best File-Compression Tool - WinZip International WinZip Pro --Best File System Tool - Ipswitch WS_FTP Professional 2006 --Best Undelete To restore the last delete operation that has taken place. There may be more than one level of undelete, allowing several or all previous deletions to be restored. Files in Windows and Mac can generally be undeleted because they are only moved to the recycle bin or trash can when they are Utility - Diskeeper Undelete --Best Scripting Editor - ScriptLogic Desktop Authority --Best Automation/Scheduling Tool - Network Automation AutoMate Best Hardware Products --Best 64-bit system - HP Integrity Superdome Server Series --Best Blade Server - HP BladeSystem --Best Desktop Computer - HP Compaq 7000 Series --Best Laptop/Notebook Computer - HP Compaq nx Series Notebook PC --Best PDA/Cell Phone/Smart Phone - Palm Treo 700w --Best Thin Client - HP Compaq Thin Clients --Best Server (non-blade) - HP ProLiant Series About Windows IT Media Penton's Windows IT Media, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Media also includes SQL Server Magazine and MSD2D. 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