Microsoft STB Products Recognized as Industry Winners in 2010
Looking back at 2010, the Server and Tools Business yielded numerous product announcements throughout the year. As a result, several publications have identified Server and Tools products as industry winners in annual product awards. Check out the great accomplishments STB products earned in a handful of industry awards this year:
- Identity Lifecycle Manager took home the gold in the annual Information Security magazine Readers' Choice Awards for the Identity and Access Management category.
- Windows Azure Platform took second place in the Best of VMworld Awards for the cloud computing category.
- Visual Studio 2010 is the winner of this year's Dr. Dobb's Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Development Environment category.
- In the Redmond Magazine Readers' Choice Awards, STB products took home about 13 overall wins, with a handful more named as Preferred Products.
- Windows Server 2008 R2 took home Gold in the Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Awards, and Bronze in the Community Choice Awards for the Best Microsoft Product category.
- SC Magazine named the finalists of the annual SC Awards, with Microsoft named in two categories. Forefront Client Security is a finalist in the "Best Anti-Malware Management (client-based, typically software only)" category, and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 is a finalist in the "Best Identity Management Application" category. Winners will be announced at an awards gala in February 2011.