Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine Name “Best of Microsoft Tech-Ed North America 2008” Finalists
5/19/2008
NEW YORK (May 19, 2008) - Penton Media's Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine have announced the finalists in the "Best of Tech-Ed North America Awards 2008" competition. The judges reviewed more than 280 IT and developer products and services submitted for the Tech-Ed 2008 IT Professionals Conference and the Tech•Ed 2008 Developers Conference, both to be held in Orlando, Fla. Finalists will be interviewed at each of the shows and one winner from each category will be selected. Winners will be featured in the August issues of Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.
The Best of Tech-Ed 2008 Developers finalists are:
Database Development Category
ComponentOne Studio for WinForms by ComponentOne
eXpressApp Framework by Developer Express, Inc.
SQL Compare Pro by Red Gate Software
Developer Tools Category
Intercept Studio by AVIcode
JNBridgePro by JNBridge
NetAdvantage for .NET by Infragistics
Sitefinity CMS by Telerik Corp.
SharePoint Development Category
K2 blackpearl by K2
Office Canvas by Neudesic
PointFire by IceFire Studios
Software Components & Middleware Category
/n software Red Carpet Subscription by /n software
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise by ComponentOne
DXperience by Developer Express, Inc.
The Best of Tech Ed 2008 IT Professionals finalists are:
Business Intelligence Category
OfficeWriter by SoftArtisans
Quest MessageStats by Quest Software
Vantage 2.0 by WebSpy Ltd
Database Administration Category
LiteSpeed for SQL Server by Quest Software
SQL Diagnostic Manager by Idera
SQL Sentry Event Manager by SQL Sentry, Inc.
Hardware, Networking and Storage Category
EMC Celerra NS20 by EMC Corporation
StoreVault S550 by NetApp
Strangeloop WS1000 Web Services Accelerator by Strangeloop Networks
Messaging Category
Mail Attender for Exchange by Sherpa Software
OneServer Virtual Edition by Azaleos
Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007 for Microsoft Exchange by Symantec Corporation
Productivity & Collaboration Category
Colligo Contributor Pro for SharePoint by Colligo Networks, Inc.
Easy CRM SharePoint by BPA Solutions
Resource Central by Add-On Products
Security Category
GFI LANguard by GFI Software
Quest Archive Manager by Quest Software
ScanMail for Exchange by Trend Micro
SharePoint Category
DocAve Software Platform by AvePoint
Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint by Quest Software
Universal SharePoint Manager 2007 by iDevFactory
Systems Management and Operations Category
Athena Add-In for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 by Odyssey Software
ChangeAuditor by NetPro Computing
PowerGUI by Quest Software
Virtualization Category
Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) for Virtualization 1.0 by Configuresoft
everRun VM by Marathon Technologies
Invista V2.1 by EMC Corporation
VM Express 1.1 by Prowess
VMware Infrastructure 3 by Vmware
For more information, contact Lyle Bonfigt at (480)664-3637 or lyle.bonfigt@penton.com.
Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro. The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites each month and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world's leading producer of custom road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT and developer professionals. For more information, visit www.windowsitpro.com.
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
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