VARBusiness Selects Tech Innovators
12:44 PM EST Tue. Oct. 28, 2003
From the October 28, 2003 issue of VARBusiness
A total of 370 applications poured in from more than 100 vendors, touting products that spanned eight different technology categories, including wireless, storage and Web services. A combination of VARBusiness editors and top-notch judges tapped from the top solution-provider businesses across the country whittled the entries down to 66 finalists, which were then judged on a variety of metrics, including newness, potential suitability for VARs and overall coolness. From there, 24 companies were selected and honored with awards.
Highlights of the evening's SRO event included naming Novell's ZenWorks as the overall Top Innovator for receiving the highest total score from the judging panel. ZenWorks is an automated desktop deployment tool that has recently been enhanced to include support for non-NetWare networks.
Also of note, PGP's PGP Universal product received our Editor's Choice Award. PGP Universal is a new secure e-mail appliance that makes it easy to deploy encrypted messaging.
Without further ado, here are the companies and products that were honored.
TECH INNOVATOR CHOICE AWARDS
Category: Linux
Choice Award: EmergeCore IT in a Box
Also honored:
IBM Integrated Platform Express
Novell Nterprise Linux
Category: Security
Choice Award: Fortigate 60 Antivirus Firewell
Also honored:
PGP Universal
CA eTrust Secure Content Manager
Category: Storage
Choice Award: Sanrad iScsi V-Switch
Also honored:
EMC Symmetrix DMX
Dantz Retrospect 6.5
Category: Wireless
Choice Award: Acer Travelmate 250
Also honored:
Panasonic Toughbook CF-73
ReefEdge Wireless Fabric
Category: Peripherals
Choice Award: HP Digital Projector MP3130
Also honored:
Xerox Phaser 6250
ViewSonic VP Thin Edge LCD Series
Category: Non-Web Services
Choice Award: Novell ZenWorks 6
Also honored:
IBM Lotus Domino V 6.5
Opsware System 4
Category: Infrastructure
Choice Award: Citrix MetaFrame
Also honored:
Cisco Catalyst 3750
NetScaler 9000
Category: Web Services
Choice Award: Net IQ WebTrends Reporting Center
Also honored:
Kaseya Virtual System Admin V3
BMC Patrol Express 3.0
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