eWEEK has announced the winners of this years eXcellence Awards program, 15 products that exemplify the steady evolution of e-business technologies. Judged by eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners--representing both technical rigor and real-world practicality--the eXcellence Awards program honors the products and services released in 2001 that show innovation and the potential to increase productivity, create efficiencies and provide competitive edge. A comprehensive special report describing the field of products entered, the finalists, and the winners and why they won will appear in the March 4 issue of eWEEK and online.
| Business Management: Analytics & Reporting
|
| Informatica
Corp.
|
Informatica Applications
5
|
Data integration platform
with analytic applications
|
| Business Management: Application & Web
Services Development
|
| Iona Technologies
plc.
|
IONA Orbix E2A Web Services
Platform 1.0
|
Web services integration
platform
|
| Business Management: Customer Relationship
Management
|
| E.piphany Inc.
|
E.piphany
Service
|
CRM
service-based
|
| Business Management: Portals &
Knowledge Management
|
| Epicentric Inc.
|
Epicentric Foundation Server
4.0
|
Enterprise information
portal
|
| Infrastructure: Desktop & Handheld
Hardware
|
| Tandberg
|
TANDBERG 1000
|
Integrated videoconferencing
system
|
| Infrastructure: e-Business
Foundations
|
| IBM
|
WebSphere Application Server
4.0
|
Application
server
|
| Infrastructure: Enterprise Collaboration
& Messaging
|
| FaceTime Communications
Inc.
|
FaceTime IM Auditor
1.2
|
Instant messaging management
system
|
| Infrastructure: IT Quality Assurance
Tools
|
| Hewlett-Packard
Co.
|
HP OpenView Service Desk
4.0
|
Service management
system
|
| Infrastructure: Personal
Productivity
|
| GoAmerica Communications
Corp.
|
Mobile Office
|
Wireless middleware
service
|
| Infrastructure: Server Hardware
|
| IBM
|
eServer p690
|
High-end server
system
|
| Infrastructure: Storage
|
| Hewlett-Packard
Co.
|
HP OpenView Storage
Allocator
|
Storage virtualization
software
|
| Networking: Networking & Management
Tools
|
| Dirig Software
Inc.
|
Fenway 1.1
|
Server performance
manager
|
| Networking: Networking
Infrastructure
|
| Top Layer Networks
Inc.
|
IDS Balancer
1.1
|
Traffic load
distributor
|
| Security: Authentication & User
Management
|
| Waveset Technologies
Inc.
|
Waveset Lighthouse
1.6
|
User authentication and
management server
|
| Security: Enterprise Resource
Protection
|
| Sanctum Inc.
|
AppScan 2.5
|
Web application security
testing tool
|
IT Management 
