Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & Sharepoint Pro.com announced that Appistry EAF 3.5 was a finalist for the Best of Tech-Ed 2007 Awards in the Architecture category. The overall winner in the Architecture category will be determined at Tech-Ed 2007 in Orlando, FL. The winner will be announced on June 6 at evening reception hosted by Windows IT Pro at the Peabody Hotel at 7:00 p.m. The awards program is conducted by Penton Media's Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and Office & SharePoint Pro.com. The field included more than 260 entries and finalists were selected based on the product's strategic importance to the market, its competitive advantages and the value to the customer, following a technical evaluation. "With Appistry EAF, we've dramatically reduced the complexity of building and deploying highly scalable and reliable applications with .NET," said Kevin Haar, CEO of Appistry. "The recognition that comes with being selected as a Best of TechEd finalist is especially meaningful to us, since we've worked so hard to make it so easy for .NET developers and architects." Appistry will be demonstrating Appistry EAF 3.5 from its booth at Tech-Ed, #1033.