TABLE 1: Best of TechEd 2004 Category Award Winners
Category	Product	Vendor	Judges' Comments
Business Productivity Solutions	Oracle Collaboration Suite	Oracle http://www.oracle.com	"Oracle Collaboration Suite provides an enterprisewide and highly customizable portal solution. It facilitates collaboration within enterprise-level businesses and provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Outlook. Best of all, it's very easy to manage."
Data Management	Quest Central for SQL Server	Quest Software http://www.questsoftware.com	"Quest Central for SQL Server enhances enterprise management of SQL Server by providing add-on functionality.The product offers two significant tools: Spotlight, a diagnostic monitoring tool, and a SQL tuning tool that generates different version statements and finds the most efficient statement."
Developer Tools (Components & Middleware)	ComponentOne Studio Enterprise	ComponentOne http://www.componentone.com	"ComponentOne Studio Enterprise offers a full suite of Microsoft .NET controls. The product provides more than 100 controls that the developer can use to build .NET and COM solutions."
Developer Tools (Software)	Altova xmlspy	Altova http://www.altova.com	"Altova xmlspy offers a complete solution for building XML projects. The product offers full debugging and connects to multiple database platforms including SQL, MYSQL, and DB2."
Management & Operations	EdgeSight 3.0	Reflectent Software http://www.reflectent.com	"Reflectent's EdgeSight 3.0 offers comprehensive operations management for the desktop and provides a level of service and support only expected on the server side."
Messaging	Akonix L7 Enterprise	Akonix http://www.akonix.com	"Akonix L7 Enterprise takes control of Instant Messaging before it takes control of you."
Mobile PCs & Devices	Intellisync Mobile Suite	Intellisync Corporation http://www.intellisync.com	"Intellisync Mobile Suite provides a set of tools for managing a broad selection of smart mobile phones/devices."
Security	BindView Vulnerability Management suite	BindView http://www.bindview.com	"BindView Vulnerability Management suite offers a comprehensive security product. It detects intrusion, provides internal and external scans and patch management, and executes overall vulnerability scanning."
Windows Infrastructure Solutions (Software)	Double-Take	NSI Software http://www.nsi.com	"NSI's Double-Take offers an inexpensive solution for geographical replication of database servers and a range of offerings for customers. The product provides the most functionality to the largest number of IT professionals."
Windows Infrastructure Solutions (Hardware)	IronPort C60	IronPort Systems http://www.ironport.com	"IronPort C60 combines spam blocking and antivirus protection. It combines a number of different sources to determine whether mail is real, provides the best support for spam, and minimizes an enterprise's exposure to threats that arrive via email."