Network Magazine Announces Winners of its 14th Annual Product of the Year AwardsPRNewswire Network Magazine, CMP Media's monthly publication for network managers, has announced the winners of its 14th annual Product of the Year awards. One of the longest running product recognition programs of its kind, Network Magazine's Product of the Year awards are presented annually to those products that, according to Editor-in-Chief Steve Steinke, "are most significant to the Network Magazine reader population. Our editors reach a consensus on the importance of the pros and cons of the contending products to the reader community." The Product of the Year awards cover products and services across both the enterprise and the new public network. The criteria used to judge Products of the Year candidates include the broad appeal of the product to the publication's reader base; competitive enhancements that the product offers; price/performance advantages; technical ingenuity; new features and applications; and serviceability to the market. The Products of the Year selection process takes over three months to complete. Editorial judges are selected according to their particular areas of expertise. The Network Magazine staff then weighs the lead editor's nomination with comparative data to confirm the winners in each category. As in previous years, the 2001 Product of the Year categories reflect the rapid changes taking place in networking technology. The categories this year are focused on product areas essential to today's networking professionals, including security, servers, network hardware, wireless equipment, enterprise management software, troubleshooting tools and outsourced services. To qualify for Product of the Year consideration, each entry had to ship during calendar year 2000. "The Product of the Year awards provide network managers with key product information and technology trends they need to grow their business and organizations. Our editors research the intersection of the enterprise and the new public network to determine products and categories that matter most to readers," Steinke said. All Product of the Year award winners will be featured in the May issue of Network Magazine, which is circulated to 200,000 network professionals. Special awards recognizing this year's winners will be presented Wednesday, May 9th during Networld + Interop Spring 2001, at a reception at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. The 2001 Network Magazine Product of the Year Winners are: Category Company Name Product
Server OS Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server Edition
Storage Management Computer Associates™ ARCserve® 2000 Advanced
Edition
Directory Novell®, Inc. NDS® eDirectory™ 8.5
High Availability NSI® Software NSI Double-Take® for
System Windows 2000/NT 4.0.1
Management Platform Computer Associates™ Unicenter TNG ®
Systems & Desktop Lucent Technologies' VitalSuite SP
Management VitalSoft Unit
Firewall Symantec/Axent VelociRaptor Firewall
Authentication & Entrust Technologies Entrust/PKI
Access Control Inc.
VPN Check Point Software Check Point VPN-1
Technologies
Intrusion Detection Entercept Security Entercept 2.0
System Technologies
Network Anti-Virus Aladdin Knowledge eSafe Enterprise 2.2
Systems
Network Server Compaq Computer ProLiant DL360
Corporation
Server Storage EMC Corporation Symmetrix 8730 Enterprise
Storage System
E-Mail & Messaging Lotus Sametime 2.0
Enterprise VoIP Shoreline Shoreline IP Voice
Communications Communications Release 2.2
Carrier VoIP dynamicsoft Inc. Session Management Suite 1.0
Internet Core Device CIENA Corporation MultiWave CoreDirector
Fiber Access Device Quantum Bridge QB100T 10T (Intelligent
Communications Optical Terminal)
Local Loop Accelerated Networks Accelerator AN-32 Integrated
Access Device Access Device
Troubleshooting Fluke Networks, Inc. OptiView Integrated Network
Tool Analyzer
Network Analyzer Network Associates, Inc. Sniffer Wireless
Managed Security Genuity VPN and Internet Security
Service Services
Private IP Service SAVVIS Communications Intelligent IP (SM)
Services/Private IP-VPN
Services
Caching Service Akamai Technologies, EdgeSuite Services
Inc.
Innovative ICP Yipes Communications
ASP Corio
Carrier Service AT&T Data and Internet AT&T IP-Enabled ATM Service
Services
Enterprise Backbone Cisco Systems Catalyst 6500 Series
Device
Wireless WAN Device Metricom Richochet ® Wireless Modem
Wireless LAN Device Symbol Technologies, Spectrum24 HR AP 41X1
Inc.
Traffic Manager Nortel Networks Content ACEdirector 4
Networking Business
Emerging Technology SIP
Network Magazine is focused on the enterprise and the critical overlap where the enterprise meets the new public network. Providing readers the information they want and need to succeed at their jobs, Network Magazine, the only monthly networking publication, delivers in-depth technical information in a strategic context to more than 200,000 networking professionals worldwide. Comprised of both the enterprise and service provider sectors, all Network Magazine readers are valuable buyers of networking products and services. CMP Media Inc. ( http://www.cmp.com ), a subsidiary of United News & Media plc (NASDAQ: UNEWY), is the leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum -- the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. With its portfolio of newspapers, magazines, custom publishing, Internet products, research, consulting and conferences, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Online editions of the company's print publications, along with products and services created exclusively for the Internet, can be found on CMPnet at http://www.CMPnet.com . CONTACT: Steve Steinke, Editor-in-Chief, 415-947-6361, or ssteinke@cmp.com. or Christina Buckland Heil, Marketing Manager, 415-947-6348, or cheil@cmp.com, both of CMP Media, Network Magazine. SOURCE: CMP Media Contact: Steve Steinke, Editor-in-Chief, 415-947-6361, or Website: http://www.cmpnet.com/ Website: http://www.cmp.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/181993.html or fax, |