IDG's InfoWorld Names Top Technologies Impacting IT in 2008

Annual Technology of the Year Awards Honor 45 Innovative Solutions
SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT
Decision Makers, today announced the recipients of its 2008 Technology
of the Year honors, recognizing 45 products across 9 general
categories. Selected by InfoWorld Test Center editors and reviewers,
the annual awards identify the best and most innovative products on
the IT landscape. InfoWorld's Technology of the Year Awards are not
open to outside nominations. Winners are drawn from all of the
products tested during the past year, with the final selections made
by InfoWorld's Test Center staff. All products reviewed by the Test
Center are eligible to win. Full results appear on InfoWorld.com.

"InfoWorld tests upwards of 200 IT products every year, and we see
many, many good ones," said Doug Dineley, InfoWorld's Test Center
Executive Editor. "Our Technology of the Year award winners represent
not only the cream of the crop, but the best products in the most
important product categories. From the top AJAX development tools and
SOA middleware to the best blade servers and VoIP systems, these are
the products at the leading edge of IT."

InfoWorld's 2008 Technology of the Year Awards winners include:

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APPLICATIONS & MIDDLEWARE
LOMBARDI (Best Business Process Management)
ORACLE (Best Enterprise Service Bus)
SEEMORE (Best Database Middleware)
EXPRESSO (Best Spreadsheet Collaboration)
JIVE SOFTWARE (Best Community Platform)

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
CURL (Best Rich Internet Applications Platform)
JACKBE (Best Enterprise Mashups Platform)
CODEGEAR (Best Java IDE)
FAIR ISAAC (Best Business Rule Management System)
BMC (Best Application Debugger)

DATA MANAGEMENT
ORACLE (Best Enterprise Content Management)
TRIDION (Best Web Content Management)
VIVISIMO (Best Enterprise Search)
NEXTPAGE (Best Document Retention System)

HARDWARE
DELL (Best Blade Server System)
HP (Best Blade System for Small Sites)
SUN (Best Storage Server)
STRATUS (Best Fault-Tolerant Server)
APC (Best Row Cooling Solution)
RARITAN (Best KVM)
APPLE (Best Notebook Computer)
NOKIA (Best Mobile Handset for the Enterprise)
HTC (Best Notebook Substitute)

NETWORKING
CISCO SYSTEMS (Best Aggregation Router)
PROCURVE/HP (Best Workgroup Switch)
JUNIPER NETWORKS (Best Web Application Accelerator)
RIVERBED TECHNOLOGY (Best WAN Accelerator)
SHUNRA (Best Network Emulation Tool)
DIVITAS (Mobile Convergence Innovator)
ASTERISK (Best IP PBX)
POLYCOM (Best IP Phone, Best IP Conference Phone)

PLATFORMS
APPLE (Best Operating System)
SUN (Most Innovative Server OS)
SYMANTEC (Best Application Virtualization)
VMWARE (Best Desktop Virtualization)
PARALLELS (Best Desktop Virtualization for Mac)

SECURITY
VONTU (Best Data Leak Prevention)
MU SECURITY (Best Fuzzer)
CORE SECURITY (Best Penetration Tester)
SYMANTEC (Best Mail Security)
BEYONDTRUST (Best Windows Client Security)

STORAGE
SUN (Best File System)
COMPELLENT (Best SAN)
EQUALLOGIC (Best iSCSI SAN)
ADAPTEC (Best Entry-Level SAN)
NETWORK APPLIANCE (Best Unified Storage System)
BREECE HILL (Best Backup for SMBs)
APRICORN (Best Portable Drive with Encryption)
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About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group helps IT Decision Makers choose the right
technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy for business
impact at their organizations. InfoWorld identifies and promotes
emerging technology segments that add unique value for the
organizations that implement them, as well as the vendors that provide
those solutions. Using an integrated communications approach including
online, events, research, and a continued investment in an independent
Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide hands-on analysis
and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding
emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at
www.infoworld.com.

About International Data Group

International Data Group (IDG) is the world's leading technology
media, events, and research company. IDG's online network includes
more than 450 web sites spanning business technology, consumer
technology, digital entertainment and video games worldwide. IDG also
publishes more than 300 magazines and newspapers in 85 countries.
IDG's media brands include CIO, CSO, Computerworld, GamePro,
InfoWorld, Macworld, Network World, and PC World. IDG's
lead-generation service, IDG Connect, matches technology companies
with an audience of engaged, high-quality IT professionals,
influencers, and decision makers.

IDG is a leading producer of more than 750 technology-related
events including Macworld Conference & Expo, LinuxWorld Conference &
Expo, Entertainment for All Expo (E for All), DEMO, Storage Networking
World, and IDC Directions. IDC, a subsidiary of IDG, is the premier
global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events.
Over 900 IDC analysts in more than 90 countries provide global,
regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities
and trends.

Additional information about IDG, a privately held company, is
available at www.idg.com.

InfoWorld Media Group
Kaila Bongiovanni, 415-978-3117
Marketing Director
kaila@infoworld.com

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