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 2012 Readers' Choice Awards.
- Help Desk - ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
- Administration Tools - DameWare NT Utilities
- Network Inventory - Lansweeper
- Anti Virus Hardware - McAfee Web Gateway
- Backup - Acronis Backup & Recovery Server for Windows
- Firewalls & VPN Hardware - Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition
- Email Archiving Software - Symantec Enterprise Vault
- Data Recovery - Acronis True Image Enterprise Server
- IP PBX Servers - Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Anti Spam Hardware - Barracuda Spam Firewall
- Network Monitoring - Solarwinds Orion Network Performance Monitor
- Remote Control - DameWare NT Utilities
Help Desk - December 2011
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| 1st | ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus | 26% |
| 2nd | Help Desk Pilot | 22% |
| 3rd | ActiveCampaign Help Desk | 14% |
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Administration Tools - November 2011
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| 1st | DameWare NT Utilities | 18% |
| 2nd | Spiceworks | 16% |
| 3rd | Hyena | 13% |
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Network Inventory - October 2011
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| 1st | Lansweeper | 26% |
| 2nd | Network Asset Tracker Pro | 18% |
| 3rd | ClearApps Network Inventory Advisor | 16% |
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Anti Virus Hardware - September 2011
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| 1st | McAfee Web Gateway | 17% |
| 2nd | SonicWALL Email Security | 15% |
| 3rd | Blue Coat ProxyAV Appliances | 11% |
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Backup - August 2011
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| 1st | Acronis Backup & Recovery Server for Windows | 40% |
| 2nd | Veritas NetBackup* | 21% |
| 3rd | StoreGrid Professional Edition | 9% |
*Now from Symantec
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Firewalls & VPN Hardware - July 2011
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| 1st | Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition | 36% |
| 2nd | Juniper Networks NetScreen | 15% |
| 3rd | SonicWALL NSA E5500 | 13% |
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Email Archiving Software - June 2011
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| 1st | Symantec Enterprise Vault | 22% |
| 2nd | MailStore Server | 20% |
| 3rd | GFI MailArchiver for Exchange | 16% |
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Data Recovery - May 2011
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| 1st | Acronis Backup and Recovery 10 | 41% |
| 2nd | Symantec System Recovery Server Edition* | 21% |
| 3rd | R-Studio Network | 6% |
See the full results of the Data Recovery category.
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IP PBX Servers - April 2011
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| 1st | Cisco Unified Communications Manager | 28% |
| 2nd | Asterisk | 26% |
| 3rd | 3CX Phone System for Windows | 23% |
See the full results for the IP PBX Servers category.
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Anti Spam Hardware - March 2011
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| 1st | Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall | 32% |
| 2nd | Abaca Email Protection Gateway | 17% |
| 3rd | SpamTitan ISO | 12% |
See the full results for the Anti Spam Hardware category.
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Network Monitoring - February 2011
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| 1st | SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor | 18% |
| 2nd | Spiceworks | 16% |
| 3rd | GFI Network Server Monitor | 12% |
See the full results for the Network Monitoring category.
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Remote Control - January 2011
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| 1st | DameWare NT Utilities | 25% |
| 2nd | VNC Enterprise Edition | 18% |
| 3rd | Radmin 3 Remote Control Software | 9% |
See the full results for the Remote Control category.
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If you’d like to see past Readers’ Choice winners, please take a look at last years' Readers’ Choice Awards Yearly Roundup 2010.
2012 Readers' Choice Awards
Even more awards will be given out during 2012. 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 2012 - DameWare NT Utilities
- Network Monitoring - February 2012 - ServersCheck Monitoring Software
- Anti Spam Hardware - March 2012 - Barracuda Spam Firewall
- IP PBX Servers - April 2012 - Cisco Unified Communications Manager
- Data Recovery Software - May 2012 - Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
- Email Archiving Software - June 2012 - Metalogix Archive Manager for Exchange
- Firewalls & VPN Hardware - July 2012 - Cisco ASA 5500 Series SSL/IPsec VPN Edition
- Backup - August 2012 - Acronis Backup & Recovery 11
- Anti Virus Hardware - September 2012 - Cisco Web Security Appliances
- Network Inventory - October 2012 - ClearApps Network Inventory Advisor
- Administration Tools - November 2012 - Hyena
- Help Desk - December 2012 - ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus