Category Winner: Infrastructure

Company:

Product: MetaFrame

Quick take: Enterprisewide applications-sharing

Runners-up: Cisco Catalyst 3750; NetScaler 9000

Product Commentary: It truly is the golden age for applications. Why, there's one for nearly every problem or opportunity your customers may have. Trouble is, there seems to be as many options for building applications as there are applications themselves. That has made management and deployment a nightmare, save for the growing number of people who are turning to Citrix's MetaFrame Access Suite, which purports to providing "a secure, single point of access to enterprise applications and information on demand, while ensuring a consistent user experience anywhere, anytime, using any device, over any connection."

Platforms Available: Windows XP and Unix

Last update: May 2003 (Release 3 for Windows XP shipped)

Channels Available: From broadline distributors, including Ingram Micro and Tech Data, and value-added distributors, such as Alternative Technology

Price: A 15-user concurrent license migration starter system lists for $2,475