How we selected the winners
In October 2004, SearchWinIT.com invited companies in the Windows market to nominate their products for the 2003 Product of the Year awards. To be eligible for consideration, a product had to have been introduced or significantly upgraded between Sept. 30, 2003 and Oct. 1, 2004. For previously available products, the upgrade must have incorporated major new features that were designed to meet new or evolving needs in the marketplace.
We looked at products in five categories: Active Directory, desktop administration, messaging, network and systems administration, and security. Each category had its own set of judges, who rated the products in six categories: innovation, performance, ease of integration, ease of use and manageability, functionality, and value.
We tallied the judges' ratings separately, and then averaged them with those of the other judges to come up with a single score.
VIEW PRODUCT OF THE YEAR 2004 WINNERS
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