Last year WindowsNetworking.com conducted a number of Readers' Choice Award contests to find out which products most network administrators recommended. A variety of different products were listed on the site and visitors had a chance to cast their vote for their favorite products.
Throughout the year there were thousands of responses for the various Enterprise Networking products people preferred. The following results are taken from over 3,000 respondents. Listed below are the top choices for each category and also the schedule for the 2009 Readers' Choice Awards.
- Help Desk - Help Desk Pilot
- Administration Tools - Active Directory Janitor
- Network Inventory - CFH Software LAN Survey
- Data Recovery - Acronis True Image Server
- Backup - Acronis True Image Server
- Firewalls & VPN Hardware - Cisco ASA 5500 Series
- Email Archiving Software - Symantec Enterprise Vault
- Anti Virus Hardware - Blue Coat ProxyAV
- IP PBX Servers - Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Anti Spam Hardware - Barracuda Spam Firewall
- Network Monitoring - ipMonitor
- Remote Control - DameWare NT Utilities
Help Desk - December 2008
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Help Desk Pilot | |
| 2nd | LiveTime Help Desk | |
| 3rd | ExDesk | |
See the full results of the Help Desk category.
Get more information on other Help Desk solutions.
Administration Tools - November 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Active Directory Janitor | |
| 2nd | DameWare NT Utilities | |
| 3rd | Hyena | |
See the full results of the Administration tools category.
Get more information on other Administration tools solutions.
Network Inventory - October 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | CFH Software LAN Survey | |
| 2nd | Softinventive Total Network Inventory | |
| 3rd | Digital Labs Remote System Information | |
See the full results of the Network Inventory category.
Get more information on other Network Inventory solutions.
Data Recovery - September 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Acronis True Image Echo Server | |
| 2nd | Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server Edition | |
| 3rd | SonaSafe for File Systems |
See the full results of the Data Recovery category.
Get more information on other Data Recovery solutions.
Backup - August 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Acronis True Image Server | |
| 2nd | Symantec Backup Exec | |
| 3rd | SonaSafe for File Systems |
See the full results for the Backup category.
Get more information on other Backup services solutions.
Firewalls & VPN Hardware - July 2008
|
|
|
| Results |
||
| 1st | Cisco ASA 5500 Series | |
| 2nd | SonicWALL Pro 5060 | |
| 3rd | Juniper Networks NetScreen |
See the full results for the Firewalls & VPN Hardware category.
Get more information on other Firewalls & VPN Hardware solutions.
Email Archiving Software - June 2008
|
|
Enterprise Vault |
|
Results |
||
| 1st | Symantec Enterprise Vault | |
| 2nd | GFI MailArchiver | |
| 3rd | exchange@PAM | |
See the full results for the Email Archiving Software category.
Get more information on other Email Archiving Software solutions.
Anti Virus Hardware - May 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Blue Coat ProxyAV | |
| 2nd | SonicWall CSM | |
| 3rd | IronPort S650 |
See the full results for the Anti Virus Hardware category.
Get more information on other Anti Virus Hardware solutions.
IP PBX Servers - April 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Cisco Unified Communications Manager | |
| 2nd | Asterisk | |
| 3rd | 3CX Phone System |
See the full results for the IP PBX Servers category.
Get more information on other IP PBX Servers solutions.
Anti Spam Hardware - March 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | Barracuda Spam Firewall | |
| 2nd | Symantec Mail Security 8100 Series | |
| 3rd | SonicWALL Email Security |
See the full results for the Anti Spam Hardware category.
Get more information on other Anti Spam Hardware solutions.
Network Monitoring - February 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | ipMonitor | |
| 2nd | ActiveXperts Network Monitor | |
| 3rd | GFI Network Server Monitor | |
See the full results for the Network Monitoring category.
Get more information on other Network Monitoring solutions.
Remote Control - January 2008
|
|
|
| Results | ||
| 1st | DameWare NT Utilities | |
| 2nd | Radmin 3.0 Remote Control | |
| 3rd | AdminMagic | |
See the full results for the Remote Control category.
Get more information on other Remote Control solutions.
2009 Readers' Choice Awards
Even more awards will be given out during 2008. Visitors to WindowsNetworking.com will once again have the opportunity to vote for their preferred Enterprise Networking products by submitting their votes for the Readers' Choice Award poll in the site's left-hand bar. Below is a list of the Readers' Choice categories and the month that visitors can submit their votes.
- Remote Control - January 2009 - VNC Enterprise Edition
- Network Monitoring - February 2009 - ServersCheck Monitoring Software
- Anti Spam Hardware - March 2009 - SpamTitan ISO
- IP PBX Servers - April 2009 - 3CX Phone System for Windows
- Data Recovery Software - May 2009 - Acronis True Image Enterprise Server
- Email Archiving Software - June 2009 - Symantec Enterprise Vault
- Firewalls & VPN Hardware - July 2009 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition
- Backup - August 2009 - Acronis True Image Echo Server
- Anti Virus Hardware - September 2009 - Cisco IronPort S660
- Network Inventory - October 2009 - Total Network Inventory
- Administration Tools - November 2009 - Active Directory Janitor
- Help Desk - December 2009 - Help Desk Pilot