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Readers' Choice Awards

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For this special issue of Windows IT Pro, 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.


802.11 NIC

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Cisco Systems' Cisco Aironet 802.11 a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter garnered 30 percent of the vote to win the award for Best 802.11 NIC.

Password-Auditing Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec's Norton Password Manager was voted 2004 Readers' Choice Best Password-Auditing Software.

Web-Based Training

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Intense School beat last year's winner, Global Knowledge, and grabbed the award for best Web-based training.

Best New Product

By Editors, 09/14/2004

VMware VirtualCenter wins Readers' Choice Rookie of the Year award.

Application Security Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec Client Security prevailed as the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Application Security Software.

Protocol Analyzer

By Editors, 09/14/2004

The Sniffer s6040 appliance combines network fault direction and reporting capabilities with blade-based hardware designed to be placed at the network core.

Storage-Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

HP OpenView Storage Area Manager retained the Best Storage Management Tool award that it laid claim to last year.

Enterprise Resource Planning Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

iCode's Everest Advanced Edition 2.0 gets the nod from readers for Best Enterprise Resource Planning Software.

Change and Configuration Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

In an extremely tight battle for Best Change and Configuration Management Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 again surges to the front.

Boot Camp

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers awarded Intense School the Best Boot Camp award for the second year in a row.

Replication/Data Availability Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

The award for the Best Replication/Data Availability Solution goes to VERITAS Storage Replicator.

OS Migration Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec Ghost records its second significant victory to stake its claim as Best OS Migration Tool.

Encryption/Digital Signing Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Adobe Systems' Adobe Acrobat 6.0 wins the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Encryption/Digital Signing Software award.

Laptop/Notebook Computer

By Editors, 09/14/2004

The Dell Latitude captured three times the votes its nearest competitor did to claim the prize for Best Laptop/Notebook Computer.

Web-Access Control and Monitoring Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

In a close race, Websense Enterprise 5.1 took the award for Best Web-Access Control and Monitoring Software.

Automation/Scheduling Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Network Automation's AutoMate takes the 2004 Readers' Choice award for Best Automation/Scheduling Tool.

Instant Messaging

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Different product, same idea: the Instant Messaging crown goes to a new winner, but Microsoft remains the top vendor in this category.

Registry Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

For the second straight year, ScriptLogic has scored a victory as Best Registry Management Tool.

Collaboration Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services wins the prize this year as Best Collaboration Solution.

Testing and Debugging Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Winning in a landslide, VMware Workstation 4.5 took the top honors for the best testing and debugging software product for the second consecutive year.

Tablet PC

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Almost a third of our readers think that Toshiba's Portégé M205-S810 is the best Tablet PC on the market.

Uninterruptible Power System

By Editors, 09/14/2004

For the Best Uninterruptible Power System, readers give high praise and top honors to APC's InfraStruXure solution.

Firewall

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Check Point Software Technologies' Check Point Next Generation (NG) with Application Intelligence is the winner of the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Firewall award.

High-Availability Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Emergent OnLine eContinuity beat some stiff competition to take top honors for the Best High-Availability Solution.

RAS and RRAS Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Equinox's SST Multi-modem PCI Universal Adapters gained 43 percent of the vote to win the Best RAS and RRAS Solution award.

Network Attached Storage

By Editors, 09/14/2004

The HP StorageWorks NAS 4000s polled 25 percent of the vote to convincingly capture the Best Network Attached Storage award.

Antispam/Client Side

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec's Norton AntiSpam is the clear winner as the 2004 Readers' Choice best antispam/client side product.

Customer Relationship Management Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

iCode's Everest Advanced Edition 2.0 takes the award for Best Customer Relationship Management Software.

Antivirus/Server Side

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition captured more than 50 percent of the vote to win the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Antivirus/Server Side award.

Best Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Vircom ModusGate is awarded Best Software in the 2004 Readers' Choice awards.

Installer Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Almost two-thirds of our readers said that InstallShield DevStudio 9.0 was the Best Installer Software. Although the product now has a new version (InstallShield X) and a new ...

Asset Management Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Handily besting its competitors for the third straight year, Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 is your choice for Best Asset Management Software.

Undelete Utility

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec's Norton SystemWorks is the winner of the 2004 Readers' Choice award for Best Undelete Utility.

Active Directory Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

HP's OpenView Smart Plug-in for Microsoft Active Directory has taken the Active Directory Management Tool crown.

Network Analyzer

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Network General's Sniffer Distributed claims the Best Hardware Network Analyzer award for the second year in a row.

Software Deployment Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Microsoft Systems Management Server wins again in this category, this time for Best Software Deployment Tool.

VoIP Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers vote the Tenor DX VoIP MultiPath Switch as the best VoIP product.

File-Compression Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers choose PKWARE's PKZIP as Best File-Compression Tool.

Remote Control Product

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems and a new Readers' Choice entrant, captured first place for Best Remote Control Product.

Antispam/Server Side

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Vircom's ModusGate edges out the competition for the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Antispam/Server Side award by one vote.

Enterprise Backup/Recovery Hardware

By Editors, 09/14/2004

HP StorageWorks SSL1016 Tape Autoloader takes the top prize for the Best Enterprise Backup/Recovery Hardware.

Web Site Hosting Service

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Our readers think Hosting.com True VPS hosting (formerly Invotion's True VPS hosting) is number one, giving the product the Best Web Site Hosting Service award.

Web Site Analysis Service

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Our readers deemed NetIQ WebTrends 7 On Demand (formerly WebTrends Reporting Service) worthy of praise: They gave the product almost 42 percent of the vote as the Best Web Site ...

Thin Client

By Editors, 09/14/2004

For the second year in a row, HP claimed victory as the Best Thin Client, this year with the HP Thin Client t5700.

Security Service

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Symantec DeepSight Alert Services took home the gold as the best security service product, beating seven tough contenders.

Capacity Planning and Trend Analysis Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Another close race finds a new product—Quest MessageStats—winning Best Capacity Planning and Trend Analysis Software.

Mail Server Administration Utility

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers voted Sunbelt Software's iHateSpam for Exchange the Best Mail Server Administration Utility, leaving us to guess that fighting spam is now your number-one priority.

Patch Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Retaining its crown as Best Patch Management Tool, Microsoft Systems Management Server proves itself dominant.

Applications and Operations Management Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

In a crowded playing field, HP OpenView Operations for Windows takes top honors for Best Applications and Operations Management Tool—for the second straight year.

Windows Development Tool

By Editors, 09/14/2004

VMware Workstation 4.5 is a two-time winner this year in the Development Tools category. Besides winning the Best Testing and Debugging Software award, the product also won the ...

Best Service and Support

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers' Choice Best Service and Support award goes to Vircom.

Emergency Recovery Console Utility

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Our readers choose Winternals Software's ERD Commander for the third year in a row as Best Emergency Recovery Console Utility.

802.11 Access Point

By Editors, 09/14/2004

For the second year in a row, Cisco Systems won the Readers' Choice award for Best 802.11 Access Point. This year, the Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point took top honors.

Source Code Control Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

While our readers were voting XpressApps’ mssqlXpress the best SCC software product, Imceda was acquiring its maker. Although the product has a new name—Speed SQL IDE—its purpose ...

Management, Monitoring, and Analysis Solution

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Readers resoundingly chose HP OpenView Operations for Windows as the Best Management, Monitoring, and Analysis Solution.

Third-Party Authentication Device

By Editors, 09/14/2004

RSA Security's RSA SecurID is the 2004 Readers' Choice Best Third-Party Authentication Device winner.

Desktop Computer

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Dell posted a write-in victory for the Best Desktop Computer award, confirming its place as the PC market leader.

Quota Management Software

By Editors, 09/14/2004

VERITAS Software's Storage Central scores an easy repeat of last year's victory as the Best Quota Management Software.

Switch

By Editors, 09/14/2004

The Linksys 8-Port 10/100 Switch won the Best Switch award, gaining 22 percent of readers' votes.

Best Hardware

By Editors, 09/14/2004

Dell's PowerEdge servers win the Best Hardware award in this year’s Readers’ Choice awards.


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