Best Windows Client
Product
Microsoft Windows
PowerShell
Microsoft says that Windows PowerShell has been downloaded almost a million times since its November 2006
release. PowerShell is a command-line
shell and scripting language now supported by a number of products, including
Exchange Server 2007, System Center
Operations Manager, and System Center
Virtual Machine Manager. The goal of
PowerShell is to automate Windows systems administration tasks. PowerShell is
full of features and functionality, including
built-in cmdlets for managing Windows
and the ability to perform storage calculations on the command line. Another
noteworthy feature is the Whatif function,
which lets you test your commands before
actually executing them.
—Blake Eno
Best Windows Server
Infrastructure Product
InovaWave DXtreme for
Windows
Organizations of all sizes are using virtualization, but they often don't get the return they expected because they find they
can't run as many virtual machines (VMs)
on a server as they thought they could.
InovaWave's DXtreme for Windows at least
doubles the number of VMs you can run on
a server, yet it takes up only about 50MB
of storage, is easy to install, and works
with VMware software as well as Microsoft
Virtual Server. When Branndon Stewart,
senior director of marketing, showed me the
performance improvements that have been
documented for DXtreme in independent
tests, I couldn't at first believe him—in several tests, DXtreme improved performance
by a factor of five or more. "We've actually
had instances where the virtual machines
outperform the physical hardware,"
Branndon said.
—Barb Gibbens
Notable Product
Idokorro Mobile Admin
Some products are notable simply
because they make good sense. Idokorro Mobile Admin is such a product.
Acknowledging the reality that IT administrators are often on call, the product turns
a handheld device into a remote-administration console that makes it easier to
respond to IT problems when you're away
from the office. Idokorro Mobile Admin
provides a simple, surprisingly easy-to-read
icon-based interface that lets you perform
server administration tasks securely (using
RSA SecureID authentication) from a variety of mobile devices. Although the product's concept is simple, we think it's worthy
of recognition because of its potential to
significantly affect how IT pros work.
—Anne Grubb
Architecture
Winner
Appistry Enterprise
Application Fabric
http://www.appistry.com/products/index.html
Finalists
Neudesic Neuron ESB
http://www.neudesic.com/main.aspx?ss=7&pe=75
F5 Networks Application
Ready Network
http://www.f5.com
Business
Applications
Winner
Nintex SmartLibrary
http://www.nintex.com/nproducts/smartlibrary.aspx
Finalists
Biscom Delivery Server
http://www.biscom.com/secure-file-delivery/deliveryserver.htm
K2.net K2 "BlackPearl"
http://www.k2.net
Connected Systems
Winner
Neudesic Legacy Modernization with BizTalk
Server 2006 and Host
Integration Server 2006
http://www.neudesic.com
Management
Winner
Opalis Integration Server
http://www.opalis.com/products_opalis_integration_server.asp
Finalist
Argent Extended
Technologies
http://www.argent.com
Microsoft
Management Product
Winner
Microsoft System Center
Essentials 2007
http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/sce/default.mspx
Mobility
Winner
Zenprise for BlackBerry
http://www.zenprise.com/products/blackberry.aspx
Finalists
Authenex A-Key 4000
Token
http://www.authenex.com/authenex-products/akeytoken-4000.html
Idokorro Mobile Admin
http://www.idokorro.com/products/ma-features.shtml
Office System
Winner
KnowledgeLake Capture
2007
http://www.knowledgelake.com/capture/capture_2007.asp
Finalists
Messageware ActiveSend
Personal
http://www.messageware.com/activesend/landing.htm
Skelta SharePoint Accelerator 2007
http://www.skelta.com/products/sps/sharepointworkflow.aspx?menu=products
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