Wireless WINNER: Ruckus ZoneFlex 7942
The promise of huge performance boosts and new opportunity to deliver value in wireless solutions is illustrated in Ruckus Wireless Inc. with its ZoneFlex 7942 802.11n access point.
Desktop INNER: Dell Vostro 220
The Vostro 220 does what it sets out to do—very well—and for that reason it's our desktop of the year.
Notebook WINNER: Lenovo ThinkPad X300
Less than 1 inch thick and weighing less than 3 pounds, Lenovo delivered the X300 as a serious, business-ready notebook with strong performance and no compromise.
Operating System WINNER: Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Built on the same code base as Vista, Windows Server 2008 is more formidable than its desktop cousin.
Open Source WINNER: Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition, nicknamed "Intrepid Ibex," provides so much functionality and ease of use, at zero cost of acquisition, that it is impossible to ignore.
Web Application WINNER: Firefox 3.0
Within months of the launch of Mozilla's Firefox 3.0 Web browser, the application had registered a 20 percent market share for the first time ever.
Desktop Application WINNER: IBM Lotus Symphony
Symphony consists of word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Based on the Open Document Format standard.
VirtualiSation WINNER: Microsoft Hyper-V
Microsoft makes virtualisation easy by bundling the feature with Server 2008 as the Server Role Hyper-V.
CPU WINNER: Intel Nehalem
Intel's next-generation Nehalem processor lineup is so powerful that it simply destroys previous CPU benchmarks.
Security Appliance WINNER: Sophos WS1000
When setting up the device for the first time, in a less-than-20-minute time frame, the device ran a configuration test, registered itself with Sophos' network and updated to the latest software downloaded from the vendor's software repository.
Storage WINNER: Netgear ReadyNAS Pro
Netgear ReadyNAS Pro is available in three Business Edition configurations—1.5TB, 3TB and 6TB. All the drives are hot-swappable and, with current drive capacities reaching 1.5GB, it can support up to 9TB total.
Smartphone WINNER: iPhone 3G
With its iPhone 2.0 software launch earlier this year, Apple delivered tight integration between its handheld platform and Microsoft Exchange.
Antispam WINNER: MX Logic Email Defense Service
With a simple, yet comprehensive management interface, excellent accuracy and distinctive features, the MX Logic Email Defense Service is impressive.
Product Of The Year WINNER: Intel Modular Server
The Intel Modular Server is the chip giant's response to solution providers for small or midmarket customers who need blade-server-level performance but can't afford blade-server-level complexity.
