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Thirty-five entries were evaluated for the SearchExchange.com awards, which were divided into Exchange Server Archiving and Compliance, Exchange Server Backup and Recovery, Exchange Server Security and Exchange Server Reporting and Management.
The products were judged by SearchExchange.com editors in conjunction with teams of users, industry experts, analysts and consultants. Judges evaluated Exchange Server products introduced and shipped between Sept. 30, 2005 and Oct. 1, 2006. Gold, Silver and Bronze Award winners were selected by a panel of judges based on these seven criteria: innovation, performance, ease of integration into existing environments, ease of use and manageability, functionality, value and support.
Some of the Gold Award winners included Mimosa Systems, which took the No. 1 spot in the Archiving and Compliance category and in the Backup and Recovery category with its Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server 2.0. The Gold winner in the Server Security category went to Barracuda Networks for its Barracuda Spam Firewall 900, and Zenprise's Zenprise 2.0 won Product of the Year in the Reporting and Management category.
The complete listing of winners is as follows:
- Exchange Server Archiving and Compliance
Gold: Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server 2.0
Silver: ZipLip Unified Email Archival Suite Version 5.2
Bronze: Quest Archive Manager Version 3.6 - Exchange Server Backup and Recovery
Gold: Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange Server 2.0
Silver: Quest Recovery Manager for Exchange 4.0
Bronze: Lucid8 DigiVault - Exchange Server Security
Gold: Barracuda Spam Firewall 900
Silver: Sunbelt Messaging Ninja Version 2.0
Bronze: GFI MailSecurity for Exchange/SMTP - Exchange Server Reporting and Management
Gold: Zenprise 2.0
Silver: Quest MessageStats 6.0
Bronze: Ipswitch WhatsUp Professional Premium 2006
TechTarget's annual Products of the Year Awards covered a total of 15 product categories and highlighted nearly 45 new products in the Windows market that enterprise IT professionals should consider when examining new hardware and software tools. More than 160 entries vied for Windows Product of the Year honors.

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