SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards program, widely considered to be the most prestigious award program in the software industry, is a community-driven process in which the products participating in the program are nominated by the industry's vendors, customers, and users, as well as by the readers of SYS-CON Media's industry-leading i-technology publications.

The awards recognize the best tools, solutions, and education offerings in 13 categories. Winners were selected through 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 City.

Following is a list of the 2007 Linux and Enterprise Open Source Readers' Choice Awards winners:

Best Linux Book
Winner
Ubuntu Unleashed
by 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