LinuxWorld.com and IDG World Expo Announce Product Excellence Award Winners at LinuxWorld...

LinuxWorld.com and IDG World Expo Announce Product Excellence Award Winners at LinuxWorld and Next Generation Data Center Conference & Expo

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and
events, today announced the winners of the "LinuxWorld Product
Excellence Awards." Judged by a group of respected industry experts
managed by LinuxWorld.com, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards
recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld(R) and
Next-Generation Data Center(TM) (NGDC(TM)) Conference & Expo
exhibitors. The winners were recognized during a ceremony at the event
on Tuesday, August 5.

"We saw a wide variety of products submitted for the Product
Excellence Awards at this year's LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, which
demonstrates the high level of system administration productivity
happening throughout the industry," said Don Marti, site editor,
LinuxWorld.com, and Product Excellence Judge. "We congratulate all the
winners, as well as our finalists, for making the program so
competitive."

This year's LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards were divided into
12 product categories, including "Best of Show," that represent major
areas of innovation in the Linux and open source community.

The winners are as follows:

Best Application Development Tool

-- Ingres: Ingres CAFE (Consolidated Application Foundation for
Eclipse)

Best Business Application

-- xTuple: xTuple ERP 3.0

Best Clustering or Grid Solution

-- DataSynapse: Fabric Server 2.6

Best Desktop Solution

-- Canonical: Ubuntu Desktop Edition 8.04 LTS

Most Innovative Hardware Solution

-- Violin Memory: Violin 1010 with 1 Million IOPS Linux Driver

Best Integration Solution

-- Openbravo: Openbravo Network

Best Messaging Solution

-- Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Message Archiver 850

Best Mobility Solution

-- Unicon Systems, Inc.: Hermes Mobile Platform

Best Security Solution

-- Trusted Computer Solutions: Security Blanket Enterprise

Best System Management Tool

-- Altinity: Opsview v2.12

Best Virtualization Solution

-- Pivot 3: Serverless Computing

Best of Show

-- GoGrid: GoGrid

"We are pleased to be involved in the Linux and open source
community and proud to win this award for Best Messaging Solution with
Barracuda Message Archiver 850 on behalf of Barracuda Networks and our
entire development team," said Scott Bostwick, enterprise sales
manager, Barracuda Networks. "We look forward to future involvement in
innovation in the Linux community."

For more information on the Product Excellence Awards and
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo, visit www.linuxworldexpo.com.

About LinuxWorld Conference & Expo

LinuxWorld Conference & Expo is the premier event exclusively
focused on Linux and open source solutions. As the world's most
comprehensive marketplace for open source products and services,
LinuxWorld provides business decision-makers with information and
resources to implement Linux and open source solutions into business
infrastructure and enterprise networks. For more information or to
register for the event, visit the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Web
site at www.linuxworldexpo.com, or call (800) 657-1474. For exhibiting
opportunities, please contact Amy Bonner at (508) 424-4892 or
amy_bonner@idg.com or Giovanni Stein at (508) 424-4864 or
Giovanni_stein@idg.com. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact
Ellen Moorehead at (508) 988-7830 or ellen_moorehead@idg.com or
Michelle Mohr at (508) 424-4855, or michelle_mohr@idg.com.

About IDG World Expo

IDG World Expo (www.idgworldexpo.com) is a leading producer of
tradeshows and events for professionals and consumers seeking
world-class education, peer-to-peer networking and one-stop comparison
shopping. IDG World Expo's portfolio of conferences and events
includes Entertainment For All(R) (E For All(R)), E3 Media & Business
Summit, LinuxWorld Conference & Expo(R), Macworld Conference &
Expo(R), Next Generation Data Center(TM) (NGDC(TM)) and REVEAL Los
Angeles...The Fashion & Design Event(TM). IDG World Expo is a business
unit of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research and event
company.

IDG World Expo
Charlotte McCormack, 508-424-4837
charlotte_mccormack@idg.com

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