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IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows, conferences and events for technology markets, today announced the finalists for the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Awards, which recognize the best products and services showcased on the exhibit floor at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. Managed in conjunction with LinuxWorld Magazine, the Product Excellence Awards will be presented in 13 separate categories, in addition to a Best of Show Award. Award winners will be announced in a ceremony on the LinuxWorld exhibit floor on Tuesday, August 3, 2004. LinuxWorld Conference & Expo will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, August 2-5, 2004. The LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award winners will be selected by a panel of judges, who include: Kevin Bedell, editor in chief for LinuxWorld Magazine; Bill Claybrooke, industry analyst at New River Linux; Gary Hein, vice president and service director for Application Platform Strategies at the Burton Group; Sam Hiser, marketing project co-lead for OpenOffice.org; Dee-Ann LeBlanc, Linux author, consultant and trainer; Robin "Roblimo" Miller, editor in chief for OSDN; Paul Nowak, CIO for the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE); Brian Proffitt, managing editor for Linux Today, LinuxPlanet and JustLinux; Stacey Quandt, industry analyst at Quandt Analytics; Bill Roth, senior technical evangelist at E.phiphany; Doc Searls, senior editor for Linux Journal; Leon Shiman, president of Shiman Associates and member of the Board of Directors for X.org; John Terpstra, mentor on the Samba Project; James Turner, senior editor for LinuxWorld Magazine; Maria Winslow, open source business analyst; and John Weathersby, executive director of the Open Source Software Institute. LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award finalists include: Best Data Backup or Storage Solution PolyServe, Inc: PolyServe NAS Cluster Solution Storix, Inc: System Backup Administrator Computer Associates: BrightStor ARCserve Backup Best Database Solution Computer Associates: Ingres Oracle: Oracle Database 10g IBM: IBM DB2 Universal Database Object Web: C-JDBC Voltaire: TerraGrid DBScale Best Open Source Solution Mozilla Foundation: Mozilla FireFox Computer Associates: Ingres Novell: Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Gentoo Linux: Gentoo Linux 2004.2 Best Utility/Grid Computing Solution IBM: IBM Deep Computing Capacity on Demand Topspin Communications: Topspin Utility Computing Solution, featuring VFrameT software suite VMWare: VMWare GSX 3.1 Emic Networks: Emic Application Cluster 2.0 Best Security Solution NetIQ: NetIQ Vulnerability Manager 5.0 Novell: Novell Nsure Astaro: Astaro Security Linux Best Productivity/Business Application Sun Microsystems: StarOffice and Migration Tools Novell: Novell Evolution 2.0 / GroupWise KDE: Quanta Plus Hummingbird Ltd: Exceed onDemand 4.5 Computer Associates: BrightStor Document Manager Best Messaging Solution Mozilla Foundation: Mozilla Thunderbird Barracuda Networks: Barracuda Spam Firewall 600 Novell: GroupWise 6.5 for Linux, Evolution and Gaim Stalker Software: Communigate Pro v4.2 Real-Time Communication Best Application Development Platform or Tool Red Hat: Red Hat Application Server Novell: Mono Parasoft: Insure++ Sun Microsystems: Sun Java Studio Creator Best Systems Management Tools Novell: ZENworks Linux Management Black Duck Software: protexIP/development RLX Technologies: RLX Control Tower 6G Xandros, Inc: Xandros Desktop Management Server Best Embedded Solution IBM: IBM Cloudscape V10.0 Trolltech: Qtopia Phone Edition Best Clustering Solution Red Hat: Red Hat Global File System IBM: IBM Departmental Supercomputing Solutions Penguin Computing: Scyld Beowulf Most Innovative Hardware Solution Rackable Systems: Rackable Systems Scale Out Server Series E28 Limited: E2800+ Sun Microsystems: Sun Ray Thin Client Best Integration Solution Alacos: Linux Migration Agent Professional Novell: exteNd Suite 5.2 Veritas: Storage Foundation 4.0 For more information on LinuxWorld Conference & Expo or to register, visit www.linuxworldexpo.com.