IDG’s InfoWorld Names the Winners of the Best of Open Source Software for 2007

IDG’s InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT Solutions Management, today announced the winners of the Bossie Awards, an innovative recognition program focused on the best of open source software. Full results are available at http://www.infoworld.com/archives/t.jsp?N=s&V=91650

The InfoWorld Test Center’s central mission has always been to identify the most promising and cost-effective solutions available to IT organizations. Increasingly, those solutions come from the open source camp. The time has come to formally acknowledge this fact, and to give credit to the developers and community that made it happen. InfoWorld selected those businesses that exemplified innovation, functionality, ease of use, implementation, and a proven track record in serving the needs of today’s businesses.

“Open Source Software has moved into the mainstream,” said Steve Fox, Editor in Chief at InfoWorld. “InfoWorld’s inaugural Bossie Award winners represent mature, flexible, and reliable solutions that increasingly define the segment.”

This Year’s InfoWorld Bossie Award Recipients (listed alphabetically) include:

Best of open source applications Alfresco Community Release, Content management Jabber, IM server Liferay Portal, Enterprise portal Openbravo, Enterprise resource planning Scalix Community Edition, Mail and collaboration Sugar Community Edition, Customer relationship management

Best of open source platforms and middleware Apache, Web server CentOS, Server operating system JBoss Seam, Application server Mule, Enterprise service bus MySQL, Database Ubuntu Desktop Edition, Client operating system Xen, Server virtualization

Best of open source in software development Cruise Control, Continuous integration JBoss Drools, Business rule management system NetBeans, Enterprise IDE OpenLaszlo, Rich Internet application framework Tibco General Interface, Ajax toolkit

Best of open source in networking Asterisk, VoIP telephony Azureus Vuze, Streaming media Kismet, Wireless network sniffer Open Directory, Directory server Wireshark, Network protocol analyzer

Best of open source in storage AoE, SAN transport protocol FreeNAS, NAS server Iometer, Block I/O benchmarking Iozone, File I/O benchmarking ZFS, File system

Best of open source in security ClamAV, Anti-virus IPCop, Firewall Nessus, Network vulnerability scanner OpenVPN, SSL VPN SELinux, Application firewall Snort, Network intrusion prevention Spamassassin, Anti-spam

About InfoWorld Media Group

InfoWorld Media Group helps IT solutions management choose the right technology, within the context of a cohesive strategy, for maximum business impact at their organizations. Rather than merely covering the enterprise technology market, 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, social media, research, and a continued investment in an independent Test Center, InfoWorld analysts and editors provide both hands-on analysis and evaluation, as well as expert commentary on issues surrounding emerging technologies and products. Visit InfoWorld at http://www.infoworld.com.

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