The Products of the Year were picked by readers of CIN and Datamation at the end of 2001. Here is the list of 11 product categories included in the voting along with hot links to reports on each category.
Network and Systems Software – Red Hat Linux 7.2
Security – Cisco Systems PIX 501
Server Hardware – IBM z900
Client Systems, Desktop Product – Dell Precision Workstation 530
Client Systems, Mobile – Palm m505
Client Systems, Laptop – Dell Inspiron 8100
Business Intelligence Software – Microsoft Corp. Data Analyzer
E-Commerce – WebTrends Live 3.0 from NetIQ Corp.
Enterprise Applications – PeopleSoft 8 Supplier Relationship Management
Network Infrastructure – Brocade Silkworm 3800 Enterprise Fabric Switch
Application Development – a 3-way tie between Macromedia Inc.’s JRun 3 and UltraDev 4 Studio; IBM Corp.’s Websphere Studio 4.0; and Sun Microsystems’ Java 2 SDK Enterprise Edition V1.3_01