TechTarget’s SearchServerVirtualization.com Announces Best of VMworld 2008 Award Winners

Winners selected in eight categories from nearly 200 entries offering new products and technology innovations

VMWorld 2008

The editors of TechTarget Inc.’s (NASDAQ: TTGT) SearchServerVirtualization.com™ today announced the winners of the Best of VMworld 2008 Awards, selected from nearly 200 product entrants at the VMworld 2008 conference being held this week at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas and sponsored by VMware, Inc. An independent team of judges consisting of experts and editors from SearchServerVirtualization.com and its sister site, SearchVMware.com™, reviewed and evaluated the products according to innovation, value, performance, reliability and ease of use.

The awards span eight categories: data protection software; security and virtualization; application and infrastructure management; hardware for virtualization; desktop virtualization; and storage software for virtualization; new technology, and best of show.

Only products currently available for purchase were considered for all categories. Products being demonstrated but not available for purchase were considered only for the New Technology category.

The Best of Show award was presented to Reflex Security Inc. for Reflex Virtual Security Center.

The Winners

Category: Data Protection Software

Gold: PHD Technologies Inc. for esXpress v3.1

Finalist: CommVault Systems Inc. for CommVault Simpana 7.0 Software Suite

Finalist: Symantec Corp. for NetBackup 6.5.2

Category: Security and Virtualization

Gold: Reflex Security Inc. for Reflex Virtual Security Center

Finalist: Altor Networks for Virtual Network Security Analyzer

Finalist: Catbird Networks Inc. for Catbird V-Security 2.0

Category: Application and Infrastructure Management

Gold: eG Innovations Inc. for eG VM Monitor

Finalist: FastScale Technology Inc. for FastScale Virtual Manager

Finalist: BlueStripe Software for FactFinder

Category: Hardware for Virtualization

Gold: Compellent Technologies for Storage Center 4.0

Finalist: Bay Microsystems Inc. for ABEx 2020

Finalist: LeftHand Networks Inc. for Virtualization SAN

Category: Storage Software for Virtualization

Gold: VMware Inc. for Storage VMotion

Finalist: Sanbolic Inc. for Melio FS

Finalist: Xiotech Corp.for Virtual View

Category: Desktop Virtualization

Gold: InstallFree Inc. for InstallFree Bridge

Finalist: Quest Software Inc. for Experience Optimization Pack for VDI

Finalist: RingCube Technologies Inc. for vDesk

Category: New Technology

Winner: Cisco Systems Inc. for Cisco Nexus 1000V/Cisco VN-Link/NX-0S 4.1

Finalist: Vizioncore Inc. for vOptimizer

Category: Best of Show

Winner: Reflex Security Inc. for Reflex Virtual Security Center

About SearchServerVirtualization.com

SearchServerVirtualization.com is a leading server virtualization resource for system architects and IT managers. The site’s editors, resident experts and news writers help IT organizations determine whether virtualization is appropriate for them, and helps those who have adopted the technology to use it to its greatest effect. SearchServerVirtualization.com provides access to the latest news, articles, tips, expert advice, learning guides, white papers, and webcasts covering all areas of server virtualization, including virtualization platforms, server hardware, managing virtual environments, virtualization architectures and strategies, and application issues. Its sister site, SearchVMware.com provides VMware platform users with independent advice on implementing VMware-related virtualization technologies for server consolidation, disaster recovery, lab and test, desktop centralization or other production usage.

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