Datamation Announces Product of the Year Winners

Another one of our new categories, Malware Removal, saw a spirited two-horse dash that was finally won by Lavasoft's Ad-Aware SE Professional Edition spyware removal software. Ad-Aware pulled away from second-place finisher Safer Networking's Spybot Search and Destroy. Other finalists were Webroot's Spy Sweeper Enterprise, PC Tools' Spyware Doctor and Computer Associates' eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware.

SAS made another trip to the winner's circle, this time in Datamation's venerable Network & Systems Management Software category. The SAS IT Service Level Management software outpolled eIQnetworks Inc.'s SystemAnalyzer in a tight race. Coradiant Inc.'s TrueSight Real Transaction Monitor finished third, followed by Autoprof's Policy Maker and Network Instruments LLC's Observer.

Newbury Networks' Wi-Fi Watchdog 3.0 was an easy winner in the Wireless Software category, topping runner-up Wireless Security Corp.'s WSC Guard 3.4. In a photo-finish for third place, Colligo Networks Inc.'s Colligo Workgroup Edition 3.3 edged Sendia Corp.'s Sendia Wireless SFA and InterLink Network Inc.'s LucidLink.