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November 19, 2009 12:00 AM

2009 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards

We chose—and you chose!—from an impressive crowd of unique offerings
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Best IT Automation Product

Editors' Best
Gold: Automation Anywhere Enterprise—Automation Anywhere (www.automationanywhere.com)
Silver: NetIQ Aegis—NetIQ (www.netiq.com)
Bronze: AutoMate 7—Network Automation (www.networkautomation.com)

"Automating the most time consuming and repetitive IT tasks can reap huge benefits for any harried IT professional. Automation Anywhere Enterprise isn't the only IT automation product on the market, but it's unarguably one of the best." —Jeff James, editor in chief, Windows IT Pro

"This best-of-breed solution lets you easily design and manage your automation task—without the necessity of programming knowledge." —Jason Bovberg, senior editor, Windows IT Pro

Community Choice
Gold: AutoMate 7—Network Automation (www.networkautomation.com
Silver: Kaseya 6.0—Kaseya (www.kaseya.com)
Bronze: NetIQ Aegis—NetIQ (www.netiq.com)

Quotes from the Windows IT Pro community about Network Automation AutoMate 7 …
"Automates common IT scripting processes via an intuitive, easy-to-use IDE."
"I can honestly say that this product has streamlined and simplified my job."

Best Interoperability Product

Editors' Best
Gold: Centrify Suite 2008—Centrify (www.centrify.com)
Silver: Splunk—Splunk (www.splunk.com)
Bronze: Quest Authentication Services—Quest Software (www.quest.com)

"If you're a systems administrator in charge of managing a diverse assortment of platforms and OSs while simultaneously remaining compliant with complex regulatory requirements such as HIPAA, SOX, and PCI, you should put Centrify Suite 2008 on your shopping list." —Jeff James, editor in chief, Windows IT Pro

"We love Centrify DirectControl. It allows our clients to easily integrate their non-Windows systems into Active Directory (AD), and we can even support AD GPO’s on Linux, UNIX, and Macs!" —Dustin Puryear, IT consultant

Community Choice
Gold: Quest Authentication Services—Quest Software (www.quest.com)
Silver: GroupLogic ExtremeZ-IP 6.0—GroupLogic (www.grouplogic.com)
Bronze: Centrify Suite 2008—Centrify (www.centrify.com)

Quotes from the Windows IT Pro community about Quest Authentication Services …
"Lets us extend AD's security and compliance such that identities from UNIX, Linux, and Mac platforms and enterprise applications can interoperate with AD."
"Stellar product, great support."

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