SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's leading i-technology media and events company, has announced the winners of its Linux and Enterprise Open Source Readers' Choice Awards.

The awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and education offerings in 13 categories. Winners were selected through reader-submitted nominations, followed by online voting at SYS-CON Media’s world-leading Linux and Enterprise Open Source online magazine sites (www.opensource.sys-con.com and www.linux.sys-con.com).

The awards were announced at the Enterprise Open Source Conference & Expo 2007, produced by SYS-CON Events June 25-27 in New York.

"We applaud all of today's winners and finalists on their achievement in winning our Readers' Choice Award," said Roger Strukhoff, Editorial Director and Group Publisher of SYS-CON Media. "Our readers live and breathe the uniquely compelling vision and potential of the Linux OS in particular and open source software in general, both as an integral contributor to enterprise IT today and its collaborative potential for continued innovation on a global basis.”

Following is a list of the 2007 Linux and Enterprise Open Source Reader’s Choice Awards winners:

Best Linux Book
Winner – Ubuntu Unleashed, Andrew Hudson and Paul Hudson, SAMS Press

Best Linux Database
Winner – Adaptive Server Enterprise 15, Sybase

Best Linux Distribution
Winner – Ubuntu, Ubuntu.org

Best Linux Groupware Server
Winner – Open X-Change Server, Open X-Change

Best Linux Productivity Tool
Winner – Novell Evolution, Novell

Best Linux Storage Software Solution
Winner – Veritas Storage Foundation Basic and Management Server, Symantec

Best Linux Systems Management Tool
Winner – Zenoss Core, Zenoss

Best Open Source Developer Tool
Winner – Eclipse, The Eclipse Foundation

Best Open Source E-Mail Server
Winner – Sendmail, Sendmail, Inc.

Best Open Source Product
Winner – Jive Software Wildfire EIM Server, Jive Software

Best Open Source Programming Environment
Winner – Eclipse, The Eclipse Foundation

Best Security Solution
Winner – ServerProtect for Linux, Trend Micro

Best Virtualization Solution
Winner – VMWare, VMWare

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About SYS-CON Events, Inc.
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Contact:
Carmen Gonzalez
SYS-CON Media
advertising@sys-con.com

201 802-3021

Roger Strukhoff
SYS-CON Events
events@sys-con.com