Genuinely new; genuinely available; genuinely excellent; genuinely useful. Those are the adjectives that describe the winners in each of the 15 categories in which we judged eWeeks 4th Annual Excellence Awards program.
As Technology Editor Peter Coffee says in his column this week, usefulness is critical. The winners had to run a gauntlet of skeptical users, the eWeek Corporate Partners—IT pros who daily solve real-world problems at their companies. Most IT infrastructures are heterogeneous to some degree, and, as Coffee points out, AppIQs StorageAuthority Suite won the Enterprise Storage category thanks to its ability to interoperate with gear from multiple vendors. The winners will be honored at a ceremony in New York May 26.
As in the previous three awards competitions, funds collected from the entry fees are donated to charitable organizations that encourage technology use and skill development. Executive Editor Debra Donston reports on last years three recipients: Youth Tech Entrepreneurs, iMentor and Plugged In.
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BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
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Product
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Vendor
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Analytics & Reporting
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Celequest 2.0 Activity Suite
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Celequest Corp. 
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Insightful Miner 3.0
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Insightful Corp.
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Clementine 8.0
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SPSS Corp.
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Portals & Knowledge Management
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WebSphere Portal 5.0
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IBM
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Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 with Windows SharePoint Services
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Microsoft Corp.
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Clustering Engine 4.0
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Vivisimo Inc.
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INFRASTRUCTURE
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Product
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Vendor
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e-Business Foundations
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Windows Server 2003
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Microsoft Corp.
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BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1
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BEA Systems Inc.
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Sun Java Enterprise System 2003
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Sun Microsystems Inc.
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Enterprise Storage
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StorageAuthority Suite 3.0
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ApplQ Inc.
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CreekPath Suite 3.0
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CreekPath Systems
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TotalStorage SAN File System Version 1.1
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IBM
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IT Quality Assurance Tools
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NP-2000 3.0
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Network Physics Inc.
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AssetCenter 4.3
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Peregrine Systems Inc.
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ClearSight Analyzer 3.0
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ClearSight Networks
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Personal Productivity
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Office OneNote 2003
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Microsoft
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GoToMyPC Corporate 4.0
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Expertcity Inc.
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VMware Workstation 4
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VMware Inc.
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Server Hardware
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eServer BladeCenter 8677-2XX, 8842-21X, 8832-21X
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IBM
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Sun Fire B100s Blade Server
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Sun Microsystems
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HyperBlade Server Cluster based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s Opteron processors
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Appro International Inc.
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NETWORKING
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Category
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Product
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Vendor
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Networking & Management Tools
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PatchLink Update 5.0
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PatchLink Corp.
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Operations Manager 5
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BladeLogic Inc.
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Systems Management Server 2003
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Microsoft Corp.
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Networking Infrastructure
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Airespace Wireless Enterprise Platform 2.0
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Airespace Inc.
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Cisco Catalyst 3750, 4500 and 6500
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Cisco Systems Inc.
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E/X 3250 Enterprise Application Processor (software Version 3.2)
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Redline Networks Inc.
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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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Identity Management Suite 6.5
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Courion Corp.
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Windows Rights Management Services 1.0
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Microsoft Corp.
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Nokia Secure Access System 1.1
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Nokia Corp.
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Enterprise Resource Protection
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UnityOne Intrusion Prevention Appliances 400, 1200 and 2400
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TippingPoint Technologies Inc.
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Core Impact 3
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Core Security Technologies
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QualysGuard Enterprise
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Qualys Inc.
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