eWEEK Excellence Awards Celebration

The Excellence Awards trophies—for outstanding products and services in 15 enterprise IT categories—aw

eWEEK Editor-in-Chief Eric Lundquist (right) and Don Gordon, vice president of advertising for CDW Computer Centers Inc., which co-sponsored the

eWEEK Publisher Brian Gleason (left) and Ron Villa of Ixia. Ixia took the top spot in the IT Quality Assurance Tools category, for its Real

eWEEK Labs Executive Editor Deb Donston and Technical Director Jim Rapoza. Deb, Jim and eWEEK Labs analysts worked with eWEEK Corporate Partners (IT professionals from a variety of industries who represent eWEEK readers) to evaluate the more than 760 prod

eWEEK Labs Director John Taschek.

Lundquist goes over the evenings agenda with eWEEKs Colleen Shanley.

IBMs Rick Klein (left) and Bete Demeke (right) with eWEEKs Donston.

Senior Vice President of the Ziff Davis Media Enterprise Group Sloan Seymour (left), with CDWs Don Gordon (center) and Doug Berry, vice president and general manager of the Clientele Group of <a href=http://www.epicor.comtarget=_blan

Lundquist (right) with representatives from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, one of four non-profit organizations to which eWEEK donated proceeds from the Excellence Awards entry fees.

A celebratory dinner preceded presentation of the eWEEK Excellence Awards and the announcement of eWEEKs donations to four non-profit organizations: Make

Accepting the donation to iMentor was the organizations Executive Director Caroline Kim Oh. iMentor matches low-income youth with mentors in a variety of fields, providing secure and scannable e-mail accounts to facilitate communication.

Documentums Paul St. John and Nancy Garrity

Make-A-Wishs John and Susan Novak

iMentors Caroline Kim Oh, with eWEEK Editor in Chief Eric Lundquist