SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's leading i-technology media company, announced that its 2005 Readers' Choice Awards polls opened today, February 1, 2005, and will remain open for six months, until July 31, 2005. More than 50,000 readers are expected to cast their votes to select the bestsoftware products and services of the year for Java, Linux, Web Services, XML, Microsoft .NET, ColdFusion and Macromedia MX.
SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards program is considered to be the most prestigious award program of the software industry and is often referred to as "the Oscars of the software industry." The products participating in the program are nominated by their vendors, customers, users, or SYS-CON readers. This year a record number of companies and products were nominated. Below is a list of all companies and products participating in the 2005 Readers' Choice Awards in each category.
1) 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards - Best Java Book Nominees:
Enterprise Java Programming with IBM WebSphere Second Edition (IBM Press); Building Websites with OpenCms (Packt Publishing); Core Java 2, Volume I-Fundamentals, 7/e by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell (Sun Microsystems Press); Core JavaServer Faces by David Geary and Cay Horstmann (Sun Microsystems Press); Eclipse: Building Commercial-Quality Plug-Ins (Instantiations, Inc.); Effective Enterprise Java by Ted Neward (Addison-Wesley); Enterprise Java Security: Building Secure J2EE Applications, (Addison-Wesley), Enterprise Messaging Using JMS and IBM WebSphere (IBM Press); Enterprise Service Bus Sonic (Software Corp.); HIbernate in Action (Manning Publications Co.); IBM WebSphere and Lotus: Implementing Collaborative Solutions (IBM Press); IBM WebSphere: Deployment and Advanced Configuration (IBM Press); J2EE 1.4 BluePrints: Designing Web Services with the J2EE 1.4 Platform (Sun Microsystems Press); J2EE Web Services by Richard Monson-Haefel (Addison-Wesley); Java Studio Creator Field Guide (Sun Microsystems Press); Java Transaction Processing (Prentice Hall PTR); JavaDesktop RiA-SoA (sandrasf.com); Just Java 2, Sixth Edition by Peter van der Linden (Prentice Hall PTR); MDA Explained: The Model Driven Architecture: Practice and Promise (Compuware Corp.); Pro Jakarta Commons (Apress); The Definitive Guide to SWT and JFace (Apress); The Java Developer's Guide to Eclipse (IBM Press); The JFC Swing Tutorial, Second Edition (Addison-Wesley).
2) 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards - Best Database Tool or Driver Nominees:
AdventNet SwisSQL - Oracle to SQL Server Migration Tool (AdventNet Inc.); AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler (Computer Associates); Altova Enterprise XML Suite (Altova); C-JDBC (ObjectWeb); CocoBase(r) Enterprise O/R (Thought Inc.); Daffodil Replicator (Daffodil Software Ltd.); DataDirect Connect for JDBC (DataDirect Technologies); DataDirect Connect for SQL/XML (DataDirect Technologies); db4o (db4objects); DbVisualizer (Minq Software); EclipseUML Omondo (Omondo); Embarcadero DBArtisan Workbench (Embarcadero Technologies); ER/Studio (Embarcadero Technologies); Exadel ORM Studio (Exadel); FireStorm/DAO (CodeFutures); IBM Rational Rose Data Modeler (IBM); JCodeBox (Michael Campbell Associates); JDataConnect (JnetDirect); JDO Genie (Versant); JSecureConnect (JNetDirect); JSQLConnect (JNetDirect); Kodo JDO (SolarMetric); MagicDraw UML (No Magic); MVCSoft JDO Toolkit, Enterprise Edition (MVCSoft); Oracle JDeveloper (Oracle); RmiJdbc JDBC Driver (ObjectWeb).
Akmin's SiteGalore (Akmin); BEA WebLogic Server 8.1TM (BEA Systems); Bowstreet Workforce Management Suite (Bowstreet); Compuware OptimalJ Compuware); Eclipse (Eclipse Foundation); EclipseUML (Omondo); EditiX - XML Editor & XSLT Debugger (JAPISoft); Exchanger XML Editor (Cladonia); IBM WebSphere Application Server (IBM); IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains); JCodeBox Michael (Campbell Associates); jEdit (jEdit.org); JReport (Jinfonet); MagicDraw UML (No Magic); Poseidon for UML (Gentleware); Regent 4 Financial Aid Management Software (Computing Options); ReportMill (ReportMill); Unify NXJ 10.5 (Unify); Visual Paradigm for UML (Visual Paradigm); XM Server (ActivSoftware); YourKit Java Profiler (YourKit).
5) 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards - Best Java Application Server Nominees:
BEA WebLogic Server 8.1 (BEA Systems); Borland Enterprise Server (Borland); Embarcadero Describe Enterprise (Embarcadero Technologies); IBM WebSphere Application Server (IBM); JBoss Application Server (JBoss Inc.); JOnAS (ObjectWeb); Macromedia JRun (Macromedia); Oracle Application Server 10g (Oracle); Sun Java System Application Server (Sun Microsystems); Sybase EAServer (Sybase).
Application Performance Management (APM) Suite for the J2EE platform (Quest Software); AppPerfect DeploySuite (AppPerfect); AppSight J2EE (Identify Software); Borland Deployment Op-Center (Borland); Compuware Vantage (Compuware); IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Transaction Performance (IBM); JDBInsight (Jinspired); NetIQ AppManager Suite (NetIQ); VERITAS Indepth for J2EE-Adapative Instrumentation (VERITAS).
21) 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards - Best J2EE Application Development Framework Nominees:
AllFusion Gen (Computer Associates); BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1TM (BEA Systems); Borland Enterprise Studio for Java (Borland); Compuware OptimalJ 3.2 (Compuware); Exadel JSF Studio (Exadel); Exadel Struts Studio (Exadel); IBM WebSphere Studio (IBM); IntelliJ IDEA (JetBrains); JCodeBox (Michael Campbell Associates); Kinzan Studio for Java (Kinzan); Oracle ADF - Oracle JDeveloper (Oracle); Sandra.jar for Sun's JDNC w/ RiA-SoA (sandraSF.com); Sun Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems); WebObjects (Apple).
22) 2005 JDJ Readers' Choice Awards - Best Java Class Library Nominees:
Backbase Presentation Server (Backbase); Databeacon Smart Client Professional (Databeacon); JAXFront - MDA for your GUI (xcentric); Nexaweb 3.3 (Nexaweb); Sandra.jar for Sun's JDNC w/ RiA-SoA (SandraSF.com); Ultra Light Client for J2EE (Canoo); XTT - Smart Web Clients for Java (InsiTech).
1) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Book Nominees:
Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base (IBM Press); Linux Programming by Example: The Fundamentals (Prentice Hall); Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! (Addison-Wesley); Book- Title: Moving to the Linux Business Desktop (Addison-Wesley); Book- Title: "Point & Click Linux" (Prentice Hall PTR); A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux (Prentice Hall PTR); C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 (Prentice Hall PTR); Java Application Development on Linux (Prentice Hall PTR); Linux Application Development, 2nd Edition (Addison-Wesley); Linux For Dummies, 5th Edition by Dee-Ann LeBlanc (Wiley); Linux Mobile Guide (TuxMobil); Linux Toys by Christopher Negus (Wiley); Mastering phpMyAdmin for Effective MySQL Management (Packt Publishing); Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law (Prentice Hall PTR); PHP 5 Power Programming (Prentice Hall PTR); Red Hat Fedora Linux 2 Bible by Chris Negus Wiley); Samba-3 by Example: Practical Exercises to Successful Deployment (Prentice Hall PTR); Succeeding with Open Source (Addison-Wesley); The Linux Home Networking eBooks (Linux Home Networking); The Official Samba-3 How To and Reference Guide (Prentice Hall PTR).
2) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Database Nominees:
C-JDBC (ObjectWeb); Daffodil DB (Daffodil Software); Ingres (Computer Associates); MySQL (MySQL AB); OpenInsight for Linux (Revelation Software); Oracle Database 10g (Oracle); Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise - ASE (Sybase); tuxmobil.org (tuxmobil.org).
3) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Developer Tool Nominees:
ActiveState Komodo 3.0 (ActiveState); AllFusion Harvest Change Manager (Computer Associates); AQtime Linux Edition (AutomatedQA); Borland Enterprise Studio for C++ (Borland); CodeBeamer (Intland Software); ILOG JViews (ILOG); Insure++ (Parasoft); JCodeBox (Michael Campbell Associates); M7 NitroX (M7 Corporation); MagicDraw (No Magic); NetBeans Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems); Novell Mono 1.0 (Novell); Oracle JDeveloper (Oracle); Poseidon for UML (Gentleware AG); REALbasic Professional Edition (REAL Software); Visual Paradigm for UML (Visual Paradigm); Zend Studio (Zend Technologies).
4) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Distribution Nominees:
Debian GNU/Linux (justprivate, Inc.); Mandrakelinux 10.1 (MandrakeSoft); Novell SUSE LINUX 9.1 (Novell); Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Red Hat); Slackware 10.0 (Slackware Linux).
5) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Email Client Nominees:
6) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Email Server Nominees:
AVG Linux Email Server Edition (Grisoft, Inc.); CommuniGate Pro with Groupware v4.1 (Stalker Software); Novell SUSE LINUX Openexchange Server 4 (Novell).
7) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Enterprise Management Tool Nominees:
Daffodil Replicator (Daffodil Software); HP Integrated Lights-Outs (Hewlett-Packard); HP Systems Insight Manager (Hewlett-Packard); Levanta Release 3 (Levanta, Inc.); NetIQ AppManager Suite (NetIQ); NetOp Remote Control (CrossTec Corporation); Novell ZENworks Linux Management (Novell); Server Management for Linux (BMC Software); SmartStart Scripting Toolkit Linux Edition (Hewlett-Packard); Unicenter Network and Systems Management (Computer Associates).
8) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Groupware Server Nominees:
CommuniGate Pro with Groupware v4.1 (Stalker Software); IntraSmart (Mindbridge Software); Novell Groupwise 6.5 for Linux (Novell); SiteScape Forum (SiteScape).
9) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Productivity Tool Nominees:
10) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Programming Environment Nominees:
Borland Enterprise Studio for C++ (Borland); HP Visual Threads (Hewlett-Packard); IBM WebSphere Studio Workbench (IBM); JCodeBox (Michael Campbell Associates); NetBeans Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems); REALbasic Professional Edition (REAL Software); TotalView (Etnus).
11) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Server Nominees:
Altix 3700 Bx2 (SGI); IBM eServer (IBM); Novell SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 8 (Novell); ProLiant DL380 G4 (Hewlett-Packard); Red Hat Enterprise Linux As (Red Hat); The Sun Fire (AMD and Sun Microsystems).
12) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Storage Software Solution Nominees:
Arkeia Network Backup v5.2 (Arkeia Corporation); BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Linux (Computer Associates); Coraid EtherDrive Storage Blades (Coraid); HP OpenView Storage Data Protector (Hewlett-Packard); HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share - HP SFS (Hewlett-Packard); IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (IBM); Netvault 7.x (BakBone Software); Storage Foundation (VERITAS).
13) 2005 LinuxWorld Readers' Choice Awards - Best Linux Training Nominees:
Certification Online Training (Whizlabs Software); Linux Admin I (H7091S) and Linux Admin II H7092S (Hewlett-Packard); Novell Certified Linux Engineer (Novell); Online Linux Networking Training Guides (Linux Home Networking).
Astaro Security Linux Version 5 (Astaro Corporation); EnGarde Secure Linux (Guardian Digital); F-Secure Anti-Virus Linux Client and Server Security (F-Secure); Novell Nsure (Novell); ServerProtect for Linux (Trend Micro); SmartNSecure (SoftPro Technologies); Sun Identity Management (Sun Microsystems).