Penton's Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine Name "Best of MMS 2007" Winners; NetIQ Wins Grand Prize

March 30, 2007; 08:31 AM
Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro^® and SQL Server Magazine^®, announced the winners of the “Best of Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) Awards 2007.” NetIQ’s AppManager 7 won the “Overall Best of MMS 2007” award, while KACE’s KBOX 1000 Series Systems Management Appliance won the “Most Innovative Product” award. Special Operations Software’s Specops Deploy and Emulex’s VMPilot both received “Runner-Up” awards. Finally, Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager 2007 received this year’s “Special Achievement” Award.

The judges reviewed over 40 management-related IT products and services submitted for the contest and chose 10 finalists to be interviewed at MMS in San Diego, Calif. The interviews were conducted earlier this week. Winners were announced on March 28 at the Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine booth during the exposition.

"This is only the second year of this awards program and we have already seen a substantial increase in the number and level of entries, “said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategic director. “While we had many worthy products, the winners clearly demonstrated their products’ strategic importance to the market, their competitive advantages and the value they provide to customers."

Winners of the “Best of Microsoft Management Summit Awards 2007” will be featured in the “Best of” August issue of Windows IT Pro. For more information, contact Amy Reitz, marketing communications manager, Windows IT Media at 1-(970) 203-2954 or [email protected]

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