LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Announces Finalists for Product Excellence Awards ; Winners to be announced next week in San Francisco
FRAMINGHAM, MA – July 28, 2008 – IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events, today announced finalists for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards, to be presented at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo® next week in San Francisco. Judged by a group of respected industry experts managed by LinuxWorld.com, the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards recognize product and service innovations by LinuxWorld® and NGDC exhibitors. Winners will be announced during a ceremony at the event on Tuesday, August 5(th) at 4:00 p.m. at Center Stage located in the North Hall.
LinuxWorld Conference & Expo runs August 4-7, 2008 at the Moscone Center. The LinuxWorld exhibit hall floor opens on Tuesday, August 5, at 10:00 a.m. Exhibit hall passes are free on or before August 3, 2008 – passes cost $50.00 thereafter. Register for free exhibit hall passes at http://www.linuxworldexpo.com.
This year’s LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards are divided into 12 product categories, including a “Best of Show,” that represent major areas of innovation in the Linux and open source community.
Finalists include:
Best Application Development Tool
* Ingres: Ingres CAFÉ (Consolidated Application Foundation for Eclipse)
* TWiki.net: Twiki OnDemand Enterprise
* Unicon Systems, Inc.: Pagasus Mobile Product Development Kit
Best Business Application
* xTuple: xTuple ERP 3.0
* Acquia: Drupal 6
* Concursive: ConcourseSuite 5.3
Best Clustering or Grid Solution
* IBM: iDataPlex
* Hyperic: CloudStatus
* DataSynapse: Fabric Server 2.6
Best Desktop Solution
* SugarCRM: Sugar Community Edition
* Canonical: Ubuntu Desktop Edition 8.04 LTS
Most Innovative Hardware Solution
* Violin Memory: Violin 1010 with 1 Million IOPS Linux Driver
* Unicon Systems, Inc.: Helios Digital Signage System
* Fusion-io: ioDrive
Best Integration Solution
* Openbravo: Openbravo Network
* ImageStream: Integration with PowerCode
* IPBrick International: IPBrick.GT
Best Messaging Solution
* Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Message Archiver 850
* Kerio technologies, Inc.: Kerio MailServer
* Unison Technologies: Unison(TM)
Best Mobility Solution
* Unicon Systems, Inc.: Hermes Mobile Platform
* Openmoko: Openmoko Neo Freerunner
Best Security Solution
* Astaro Internet Security: Astaro Security Gateway 7.2
* Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Web Site Firewall
* Trusted Computer Solutions: Security Blanket Enterprise
Best System Management Tool
* Opengear: SDT for Nagios
* Altinity: Opsview v2.12
* Hyperic: Hyperic HQ
Best Virtualization Solution
* Oracle: Oracle VM 2.1.1
* GoGrid: GoGrid