The eWEEK Excellence Awards judges have made their final decisions—selecting from 760 entries the products that raise the information technology bar. The winning products cover the enterprise IT gamut, and its clear from their choices that the program judges—teams composed of eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK Corporate Partners—weighed heavily in their evaluation criteria products ability to maximize technical and human resources.
See below for a list of this years winners and finalists and read the Labs analysis. Click here for product pricing.
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Vendor
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Analytics & Reporting
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EnCase Forensic Edition 3.22
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Guidance Software Inc. 
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Cognos Metrics Manager 1.0
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Cognos Inc.
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Informatica PowerAnalyzer 3.5
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Informatica Corp.
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Application & Web Services Development
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WebSphere Studio 5.0
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IBM
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DeKlarit 2.0
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ARTech
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iWay Security Exchange 1.0
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iWay Software
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Customer & Supplier Management
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Clientele Self-Service Portal 8.0
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Epicor Software Corp.
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Salesforce.com Enterprise Edition
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Salesforce.com Inc.
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MySAP Supplier Relationship Management 2
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SAP AG
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Document & Content Management
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Documentum 5
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Documentum Inc.
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Interchange Suite 3.0
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Context Media Inc.
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Vignette 7
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Vignette Corp.
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Portal & Knowledge Management
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MindServer Product Suite 2.0
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Recommind Inc.
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Entopia Quantum 1.4
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Entopia Inc.
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CEN (Collaboration & Enterprise Networks)
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Autonomy Corp. plc.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Product
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Vendor
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Desktop & Handheld Hardware
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TravelMate C100 Tablet PC
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Acer America Corp.
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LifeBook P2000 2120
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Fujitsu PC Corp.
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BlackBerry 6710
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Research In Motion Ltd.
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e-Business Foundations
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WebSphere Application Server 5
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IBM
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BizTalk Server 2002 Enterprise Edition
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Microsoft Corp.
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Oracle9i Database Release 2
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Oracle Corp.
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Enterprise Collaboration & Messaging
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Documentum eRoom 6
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Documentum Inc.
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CentraOne 6.0
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Centra Software Inc.
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Presence-AR 1.5
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Advanced Reality Inc.
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Enterprise Storage
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NetApp FAS900 Series Storage Appliances (FAS960, FAS940)
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Network Appliance Inc.
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HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array Model 2C12D 2.0
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Hewlett-Packard Co.
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EMC Centera
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EMC Corp.
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IT Quality Assurance Tools
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Real World Traffic 1.0
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Ixia
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SiteScope 7.6
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Freshwater Software, a Mercury Interactive Corp. company
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Vivinet Assessor 2.0
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NetIQ Corp.
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Server Hardware
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Sun Fire 12K
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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eServer xSeries 440 16-way
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IBM
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PrimePower 2500
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Fujitsu Technology Solutions Inc.
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NETWORKING
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Vendor
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Networking & Management Tools
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InCharge Service Assurance Manager 5.0
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System Management Arts Inc. (SMARTS)
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NetIQ AppManager Suite 5.0
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NetIQ Corp.
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AirMagnet Handheld 1.5
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AirMagnet Inc.
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Infrastructure
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Symbol Wireless System 1.0
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Symbol Technologies Inc.
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Sphereon 4500 Fabric Switch
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McData Corp.
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PowerStruXure
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American Power Conversion Corp.
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SECURITY
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Category
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Product
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Vendor
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Authentication & User Management
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WirelessWall Software Suite 2.0
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Cranite Systems.
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Novell Nsure solutions
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Novell Inc
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Sun ONE Identity Server 6.0
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Enterprise Resource Protection
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FoundScan Vulnerability Management System 2.5
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Foundstone Inc.
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InterDo 2.5
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Kavado Inc.
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StormWatch 3.1
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Okena Inc.
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