On Wednesday, Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine, and Office and SharePoint Pro.com announced the winners of The Best of TechEd Awards 2007 competition. The judges reviewed more than 260 products and services to choose 45 finalists in 15 categories that they interviewed earlier this week at TechEd in Orlando, Florida. In addition, two products were designated for special-recognition awards, Notable Product and Most Innovative Product. We'll feature all the Best of TechEd winners in the August issues of Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. Here are the winners:
Architecture category winner: Appistry Enterprise Application Fabric
Business Applications category winner: Nintex SmartLibrary
Business Intelligence category winner: SoftArtisans OfficeWriter
Connected Systems category winner: Neudesic Legacy Modernization with BizTalk Server 2006 and Host Integration Server 2006
Database Development and Administration category winner: Symantec i3 for SQL Server
Developer Tools and Technologies category winner: Altova XMLSpy
Management category winner: Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007
Mobility category winner: Zenprise for BlackBerry
Office System category winner: KnowledgeLake Capture
Security category winner: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006
SharePoint category winner: Quest Software Site Administrator for SharePoint
Unified Communication category winner: Gold Systems' Password Reset
Web Development category winner: Strangeloop Networks' Strangeloop AppScaler Appliance for ASP.NET/AJAX
Windows Clients category winner: Microsoft Windows PowerShell
Windows Server Infrastructure category winner: InovaWave DXtreme for Windows
Special Recognition Notable Product winner: Idokorro Mobile Admin
Special Recognition Most Innovative Product winner: RapidMind Development Platform