InformationWeek Analytics and Interop Announces 2009 'Best of Interop' Award Winners

InformationWeek Analytics and Interop Announces 2009 'Best of Interop' Award
Winners

VMware is Named 2009 Best of Interop Grand Prize Winner

LAS VEGAS, May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- InformationWeek Analytics, the premium
content service for business technology leaders, and Interop, the leading
global business technology event series, today named VMware as the Grand Prize
Winner of the 2009 Best of Interop Awards in a ceremony held at the Mandalay
Bay Convention Center during Interop Las Vegas 2009. Also selected at the
ceremony were the Best of Interop winners in eight categories, including
Cisco, Juniper Networks, ScienceLogic, Expand Networks, CHARGE Anywhere, and
Aruba Networks. Interop Las Vegas 2009 will conclude on Thursday, May 21. For
more information, please visit: http://www.bestofinterop.com.

The finalists for the 2009 Best of Interop Awards were hand-selected by
InformationWeek's panel of expert judges. Each year, Best of Interop winners
prove to be the key players in the continuing evolution of business
technology.

"This year was an exciting year for the Best of Interop Awards because there
were so many strong contenders in every category," said Art Wittmann, Managing
Director of InformationWeek Analytics. "VMware and each of the category
winners have truly demonstrated the essence of innovation and deserve this
recognition for their contributions to the industry."

"The submissions we received for the Best of Interop Awards were a true
reflection of the tremendous amount of energy and innovation in the market
today," said Lenny Heymann, Interop General Manager. "We congratulate VMware
for their contributions and for demonstrating that Interop is the best place
to see the latest and most exciting advancements in the business technology
industry."

The 2009 Best of Interop Awards winners in each category are:

-- Cloud Computing and Virtualization: VMware - VMware vSphere 4
-- Collaboration and Unified Communications: Cisco - WebEx Node on Cisco
ASR 1000 Series Routers
-- Data Center and Storage: Cisco - Unified Computing System
-- Infrastructure: Juniper Networks - SRX650 Services Gateway
-- Network Management: ScienceLogic - EM7 G3
-- Performance Optimization: Expand Networks - Virtual Accelerator
-- Security: CHARGE Anywhere - CHARGE Anywhere PCI Security Solution
-- Wireless and Mobility: Aruba Networks - 600-Series Branch Office
Controllers

In addition to these eight category winners, two special awards were also
awarded:
-- Best Startup Company: Rhomobile
-- Green Award: Cisco - Cisco EnergyWise

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About Interop(R)
Interop(R) drives the adoption of technology, providing knowledge and insight
to help IT and corporate decision-makers achieve business success. Part of
TechWeb's family of global brands, Interop is the leading business technology
event series. Through in-depth educational programs, workshops, real-world
demonstrations and live technology implementations in its unique InteropNet
and InteropLabs programs, Interop provides the forum for the most powerful
innovations and solutions the industry has to offer. For more information
about these events visit, www.interop.com.

About TechWeb
TechWeb, the global leader in business technology media, is an innovative
business focused on serving the needs of technology decision-makers and
marketers worldwide. TechWeb produces the most respected and consumed media
brands in the business technology market. Today, more than 13.3 million*
business technology professionals actively engage in our communities created
around our global face-to-face events Interop, Web 2.0, Black Hat and
VoiceCon; online resources such as the TechWeb Network, Light Reading,
Intelligent Enterprise, InformationWeek.com, bMighty.com, and The Financial
Technology Network; and the market leading, award-winning InformationWeek,
TechNet Magazine, MSDN Magazine, Wall Street & Technology magazines. TechWeb
also provides end-to-end services ranging from next-generation performance
marketing, integrated media, research, and analyst services. TechWeb is a
division of United Business Media, a global provider of news distribution and
specialist information services with a market capitalization of more than $2.5
billion.

*13.3 million business decision-makers: based on # of monthly connections

SOURCE TechWeb

Natalia Wodecki, Public Relations Manager, Interop, +1-415-947-6762,
nwodecki@techweb.com, or Ellen Asuncion, Sr. Marketing Manager,
InformationWeek Business Technology Network, +1-929-223-3622,
easuncion@techweb.com, both of TechWeb