InternetWeek Names Top Ten Finalists for Annual Best of the Best Award

PRNewswire
MANHASSET, N.Y.
Dec 12, 2000

CMP Media's InternetWeek today announced its slate of Top Ten Finalists for the year-end Best of the Best Award. These products, four software and six hardware, were chosen from those that received either a Best of Breed Award or InternetWeek Approved Award during the period of December 1999 through November 2000.

"These products were selected with careful consideration by the InternetWeek reviews staff," said Curtis Franklin, Managing Editor Technology, InternetWeek. "The finalists and the ultimate winners are chosen after considering the products themselves, with an eye towards their long-range impact and customer value."

  The top ten finalists for InternetWeek's Best of the Best Award are:

  SOFTWARE -
  * Entuity Eye of the Storm v.2.1.2
  * IBM DB2 Universal Database 6.1 Enterprise Edition
  * Metrowerks Code Warrior
  * Microsoft Windows 2000

  HARDWARE -
  * Alteon 180E Webswitch
  * Compaq MA8000 Storage Area Network
  * Digital Microwave Corp. Altium Digital Microwave Radio
  * Intel Netstructure 7180 E-Commerce Director
  * Shoreline Communications Shoregear VoiceSwitch
  * Watchguard Technology Inc. Watchguard Livesecurity System

InternetWeek will announce the winners in each category of the Best of the Best Awards in its December 18, 2000 issue. In addition, InternetWeek's Most Innovative Award will be named at the same time, selected from the period of December 1999 through November 2000.

InternetWeek

CMP Media's InternetWeek http://internetweek.com/ is the news and analysis source for 275,000 IT and corporate managers applying Internet technologies and strategies to transform their businesses. With a history of innovation and thought leadership, InternetWeek is the only newspaper with an Internet/IT editorial focus-meeting the informational needs for Transformation Agents charged with building e-businesses and driving business to survive in today's competitive marketplace. According to the most recent Simmons and IntelliQuest readership studies, InternetWeek delivers the most powerful audience-it is the best-read and maintains the highest reader loyalty of all newspapers in its category.

CMP Media Inc.

CMP Media Inc. http://www.cmpnet.com/ is a leading high-tech media company providing essential information and marketing services to the entire technology spectrum-the builders, sellers and users of technology worldwide. Capitalizing on its editorial strength, CMP is uniquely positioned to offer marketers comprehensive, integrated media solutions tailored to meet their individual needs. Its diverse products and services include newspapers, magazines, Internet products, research, direct marketing services, education and training, tradeshows and conferences, custom publishing, testing and consulting.

  Contact:  CMP Media Inc.
            Gail R. Griffen
            516-562-5634
            ggriffen@cmp.com

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