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LinuxWorld in NYC Javits Center doesnt open until January 20th but the finalists have already been announced for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards.
These awards are presented in conjunction by IDG, the show sponsor, and UniForum Association, an international group of open systems professionals.,The LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld exhibitors.
The awards will be presented on the LinuxWorld exhibit floor on Wednesday, January 21 at 4:00 pm.
Awards will be presented for ten product categories, representing major areas of innovation in the Linux and open source community. In addition to these awards, the judges will also select one product as “Best of Show.”
Finalists include:
Best Network/Server Application
IBM: IBM Lotus Domino 6.5 for IBM eServer zSeries Linux
Novell: Novell exteNd 5
RealNetworks: Helix Universal Server
Best Development Tools
KDE: Kdevelop 3.0
Oracle: Oracle JDeveloper 10g
Silicon Graphics, Inc.: Developer Kit for the Silicon Graphics
Visualization System for Linux
Best Data Storage Solution
HP: HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1000
IBM: IBM Tivoli Storage Management Solution
Silicon Graphics, Inc.: SGI InfiniteStorage
VERITAS Software: VERITAS NetBackup Enterprise Server
Best System Integration Solution
BEA Systems, Inc.: BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1
BISIL North America, Inc.: Enj Ports
Microsoft: Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX 3.5
Best Security Solution
Cylant, Inc.: CylantSecure 3.0
Novell: Novell Nsure Secure Identity Management Solutions
Best Open Source Project
Gentoo: Gentoo Linux
KDE: KDE 3.2
RealNetworks, Inc.: The Helix Player Project in the Helix Community
Sun Microsystems: JXTA Technology
Best Front Office Solution
IBM: IBM Lotus Domino Web Access 6.5 for Mozilla on Linux
Xandros, Inc.: Version 2 of the Deluxe Edition of Xandros Desktop OS
Xandros, Inc.: Xandros Business Desktop OS
Best Productivity Application
IBM: IBM Lotus Workplace Products 1.1
OpenOffice.org: OpenOffice.org
Oracle: Oracle Collaboration Suite Release 2
SUSE Linux: SUSE Linux Openexchange 4.1
Best Cluster Solution
IBM: IBM eServer BladeCenter
Rackable Systems: Rackable Systems Distributed DC Power Technology
Silicon Graphics, Inc.: SGI Altix 350
VERITAS Software: VERITAS Cluster Server
Best System Admin Tools
BMC Software, Inc: MAINVIEW for Linux – Servers
HP: HP Systems Insight Manager
IBM: IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator
Novell: Novell Ximian Red Carpet Enterprise version 2.0
VERITAS Software: VERITAS OpForce 3.2