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Penton's Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine Name ''Best of Microsoft Tech-Ed North America 2008'' Finalists

Posted on: Monday, 19 May 2008, 12:00 CDT

Penton Media's Windows IT Pro(R) and SQL Server Magazine(R), have announced the finalists in the "Best of Tech-Ed North America Awards 2008" competition. The judges reviewed more than 280 IT and developer products and services submitted for the Tech-Ed 2008 IT Professionals Conference and the Tech--Ed 2008 Developers Conference, both to be held in Orlando, Fla. Finalists will be interviewed at each of the shows and one winner from each category will be selected. Winners will be featured in the August issues of Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.

The Best of Tech-Ed 2008 Developers finalists are:

-- Database Development Category

-- ComponentOne Studio for WinForms by ComponentOne

-- eXpressApp Framework by Developer Express, Inc.

-- SQL Compare Pro by Red Gate Software

-- Developer Tools Category

-- Intercept Studio by AVIcode

-- JNBridgePro by JNBridge

-- NetAdvantage for .NET by Infragistics

-- Sitefinity CMS by Telerik Corp.

-- SharePoint Development Category

-- K2 blackpearl by K2

-- Office Canvas by Neudesic

-- PointFire by IceFire Studios

-- Software Components & Middleware Category

-- /n software Red Carpet Subscription by /n software

-- ComponentOne Studio Enterprise by ComponentOne

-- DXperience by Developer Express, Inc.

The Best of Tech-Ed 2008 IT Professionals finalists are:

-- Business Intelligence Category

-- OfficeWriter by SoftArtisans

-- Quest MessageStats by Quest Software

-- Vantage 2.0 by WebSpy Ltd

-- Database Administration Category

-- LiteSpeed for SQL Server by Quest Software

-- SQL Diagnostic Manager by Idera

-- SQL Sentry Event Manager by SQL Sentry, Inc.

-- Hardware, Networking and Storage Category

-- EMC Celerra NS20 by EMC Corporation

-- StoreVault(TM) S550 by NetApp

-- Strangeloop WS1000 Web Services Accelerator by Strangeloop Networks

-- Messaging Category

-- Mail Attender for Exchange by Sherpa Software

-- OneServer Virtual Edition by Azaleos

-- Symantec Enterprise Vault 2007 for Microsoft Exchange by Symantec Corporation

-- Productivity & Collaboration Category

-- Colligo Contributor Pro for SharePoint by Colligo Networks, Inc.

-- Easy CRM SharePoint by BPA Solutions

-- Resource Central by Add-On Products

-- Security Category

-- GFI LANguard by GFI Software

-- Quest Archive Manager by Quest Software

-- ScanMail for Exchange by Trend Micro

-- SharePoint Category

-- DocAve Software Platform by AvePoint

-- Quest Site Administrator for SharePoint by Quest Software

-- Universal SharePoint Manager 2007 by iDevFactory

-- Systems Management and Operations Category

-- Athena Add-In for Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 by Odyssey Software

-- ChangeAuditor by NetPro Computing

-- PowerGUI by Quest Software

-- Virtualization Category

-- Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) for Virtualization 1.0 by Configuresoft

-- everRun VM by Marathon Technologies

-- Invista V2.1 by EMC Corporation

-- VM Express 1.1 by Prowess

-- VMware Infrastructure 3 by Vmware

For more information, contact Lyle Bonfigt at (480)664-3637 or lyle.bonfigt@penton.com.

Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, the largest independent Windows IT community in the world, has Windows IT Pro as its flagship print publication. Windows IT Pro also includes SQL Server Magazine and Office SharePoint Pro. The Windows IT Pro network has 2.5 million unique visitors to its Web sites each month and more than one million subscribers who opt-in to one or more email newsletters. Windows IT Pro is the world's leading producer of custom road shows, paid conferences and paid workshops for Windows and SQL Server IT and developer professionals. For more information, visit www.windowsitpro.com.

Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.

Source: Business Wire

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