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Readers' Choice Awards

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For this special issue of Windows & .NET Magazine, we asked you, our readers, to tell us about your product preferences. By voting for your favorites in our Readers' Choice awards survey, you have provided valuable feedback from the front lines.


Help Desk Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Remedy secured its second with in the Best Business Applications category when Remedy Help Dest topped HP OpenView Service Desk, its closest competitior, by 40 votes.

Antispam Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Taking the prize in this new category with 46 percent of the votes, Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam Server Edition (SE) provides enterprisewide spam detection.

Best Client Hardware

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Dell, HP

Security Scanner

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Symantec captured its fourth of five Reader's Choice awards in the category of Best Security Scanner when Symantec Enterprise Security Manager edged out last year's winner.

Mail Server Administration Utility

By Editors, 09/09/2003

This year's Best Mail Server Administration Utility, Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), delivers comprehensive event management of Windows servers, Active Directory (AD), ...

Emergency Recovery Console Utility

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Posting a second straight landslide victory, Winternals Software's ERD Commander 2002 proudly claims the top spot in the Best Emergency Recovery console utility category.

Best Remote Computing Products

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Symantec, NORTHERN, Check Point Software

PDA

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Mobile computing devices have come a long way in the past year, and Microsoft Pocket PC-enabled PDAs have become a favorite among readers.

Application and Operations Management Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

In a field of 35 contenders, HP OpenView Operations for Windows took the honors for Best Application and Operations Management Tool.

Web-Based Training

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Global Knowledge provides hands-on training with Virtual Classroom e-Learning courses, which are Web-based training courses that feature live, instructor-led training.

Document Management/Imaging Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server defeated 11 contenders to win Best Document Management/Imaging Software.

Boot Camp

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Intense School provides accelerated boot camps for Microsoft, security, Cisco Systems, Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), and Linux certifications.

Management, Monitoring, and Analysis Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

VERITAS Software's VERITAS Global Cluster Manager monitors and controls multiple, geographically distributed VERITAS Cluster Server configurations.

File-System Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Winternals Software's NTFSDOS Professional 5.0 is another Best Utilitites tool that clinched its spot with a landslide win, and it's appearing here for the second straight year.

Quota Management Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

VERITAS Software's VERITAS StorageCentral, formerly Precise/StorageCentral SRM, takes the Readers' Choice award for Best Quota Management Software.

Best Utilities

By Editors, 09/09/2003

BMC Software, Executive Software, Winternals, WinZip, ScriptLogic

Best New Product

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Sunbelt Software iHateSpam Server Edition

802.11 NIC

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers chose Cisco Systems' Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Client Adapters as the Best 802.11 NIC.

Change and Configuration Management Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

HP OpenView takes its second Readers' Choice award in the Best Systems Management Products category with HP OpenView Service Desk.

Best Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

ScriptLogic ScriptLogic 4.0

Source Code Control Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers named the MKS Integrity Solution, which combines MKS Integrity Manager and MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Edition, Best Source Code Control Software.

Switch

By Editors, 09/09/2003

In addition to garnering the most votes for the best 802.11 Access Point, Best 802.11 NIC, and Best Router, Cisco Systems won our readers' votes for Best Switch.

Monitoring and Alerting Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

In a close race among more than 50 nominated products, HP OpenView Operations for Windows narrowly defeated Aelita Software's InTrust to take the award for Best Monitoring and ...

Network Layout and Design

By Editors, 09/09/2003

If you want a sophisticated network layout and design tool that's easy to use, our readers say you need Microsoft Visio Professional 2002.

Best Internet/Intranet Solutions

By Editors, 09/09/2003

VERITAS Software, HP

Web-Based Security Service

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the second year in a row, Avatier's Password Reset Station was our readers' choice for Best Web-Based Security Service.

Windows Development Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers chose VMware Workstation, which lets users run multiple OSs on one PC, as the Best Windows Development Tool as well as the Best Testing and Debugging Software.

Enterprise Backup/Recover/Archive Hardware

By Editors, 09/09/2003

HP picked up another award with its HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS) winning Best Enterprise Backup/Recover/Archive Hardware.

RAS and RRAS Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

NORTHERN Parklife's RasTracker, voted Best RAS and RRAS Solution, lets you accurately monitor and effectively manage RAS and RRAS .

Antivirus/Client Side

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers overwhelmingly chose Symantec's Norton Antivirus as Best Antivirus/Clent Side solution.

Best Systems Management Products

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Microsoft, HP, Symantec, ScriptLogic, WQuinn, Sunbelt Software, Aelita Software, BMC Software

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers complimented ACCPAC International's ACCPAC Advantage Series when they voted it Best Enterprise Resource Planning Software.

Password-Auditing Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

NetIQ's Security Manager won the Readers' Choice award for Best Password-Auditing Software.

Computer-Based Training

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Transcender's TranscenderCert software provides cetification exam simulations that feature comprehensive, realistic questions, including case-study questions.

Uninterruptible Power System

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Another returning winner is American Power Conversions's (APC's) APC Symmetra RackMount Power Array, which for the second year won Best Uninterruptible Power System with 81 ...

Web-Access Control and Monitoring Software

By Editors, 09/09/2003

HP Openview Internet Services can help ISPs and internal IT departments provide clear service-level guarantees on the availability and response time of the services the provide.

Software Deployment Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the second year, our readers say that Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0 is the Best Software Deployment Tool.

VoIP Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Cisco Systems' comprehensive set of IP communications solutions span IP telephony, unified communications, IP video/audio conferencing, IP video broadcasting, and contact-center ...

Storage Area Network Product

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the second consecutive year, Windows &.NET Magazine readers proclaimed VERITAS Software's VERITAS SANPoint Control the leader in the Storage Area Network (SAN) market.

Performance-Tuning Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Our readers gave HP OpenView its fourth Readers' Choice award in the Best Systems Management Products category by voting the HP OpenView Performance Manager software Best ...

Software Protocol Analyzer

By Editors, 09/09/2003

"You get more for your money." That's one reason readers gave for designating Network Instruments' Observer Suite Best Software Protocol Analyzer.

VPN Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Check Point Software Technologies' VPN-1 solutions constitute a comprehensive set of products and technologies for remote access, inranet, and extranet VPNs.

Web Site Hosting Service

By Editors, 09/09/2003

The hands-down favorite among our readers in the Best Web Site Hosting Service category is Invotion.

High-Availability Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

VERITAS Software's incredibly popular products took yet anothr prize, with VERITAS Cluster Server winning the popular vote as Best High-Availability Solution.

Best Network Infrastructure Products

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Cisco Systems

Best Security Products

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Symantec, RSA, Check Point Software, NetIQ

Firewall

By Editors, 09/09/2003

When it comes to protecting networks from unauthorized access, readers think Check Point Software Technologies' FireWall-1 is the best product for the job.

Replication/Data Availability Solution

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Unstoppable in the disaster-recovery arena, VERITAS Software remained the champion in the Best Replication/Data Availability Solution category as readers voted VERITAS Volume ...

Antivirus/Mail Server

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the Readers' Choice award for Best Antivirus/Mail Server, readers gave the nod to Symantec Antivirus for SMTP Gateways, which garnered about 40 percent of the votes.

Best Service and Support

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Dell

Fax Server

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the second year in a row, GFI Software's GFI FAXmaker for Exchange is our readers' pick for Best Fax Server.

Network Attached Storage

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Windows &.NET Magazine readers randked Dell's PowerVault NAS servers at the top of the Network Attached Storage (NAS) category.

User and Directory Management Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

In an extremely close race, Aelita Software's Aelita Enterprise Directory Manager (EDM) narrowly defeated SystemTools.com's Hyena to win the award for Best User and Directory ...

Best Training and Certification

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Intense School, Transcender, Global Knowledge

Remote Management Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

Readers selected Sunbelt Remote Administrator (Radmin) as Best Remote Management Tool from a large field of contenders.

Best Hardware

By Editors, 09/09/2003

HP ProLiant

Application Service Provider

By Editors, 09/09/2003

In a close race, Emergent OnLine edged out ACCPAC International's ACCPAC Online to win the Readers' Choice award for Best Application Service Provider.

Best Disaster-Recovery Tools

By Editors, 09/09/2003

VERITAS Software, HP, APC

File-Compression Tool

By Editors, 09/09/2003

WinZip Computing's WinZip outdistanced its competitors to take the Best File-Compression Tool award.

802.11 Access Point

By Editors, 09/09/2003

For the Best 802.11 Access Point (AP), our readers chose Cisco Aironet Series Access Points.


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