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Jupitermedia Announces Winners of SmallBusinessComputing.com Excellence in Technology Awards

SB Informer
Thursday, January 25, 2007; 05:13 AM

JupiterWeb, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation, today announced that the users of SmallBusinessComputing.com (www.smallbusinesscomputing.com), a leading online information resource designed specifically for Internet and IT professionals dedicated to providing technology solutions for small businesses, have chosen the winners for the SmallBusinessComputing.com 2007 Excellence in Technology Awards.

"Once again, small businesses told us that they lean towards proven hardware vendors such as HP and Dell, which both won in multiple categories," said Dan Muse, executive editor of internet.com's Small Business Channel. "However, we noticed some emerging trends such as the acceptance of small business products from large storage vendors and a greater adoption of Web-based applications and services," added Muse.

The awards by category are as follows:

E-COMMERCE

Store Front Winner: Volusion; Runner-up: Yahoo! Merchant Solutions
Web Hosting Provider Winner: Yahoo! Web Hosting; Runner-up: Go Daddy, Runner-up: Verio
Customer Service Winner: Volusion Live Chat Premium Edition; Runner-up: Live Person Pro
SEO/SEM/Web Analytics Provider Winner: WebTrends; Runner-up: Omniture
Online Marketing and Advertising Winner: Google AdWords; Runner-up: Constant Contact
Affiliate Program Winner: Google AdSense; Runner-up: Amazon Associates

SOFTWARE AND SERVICES

Productivity Winner: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2; Runner-up: FileMaker Pro 8.5
Accounting and Finance Winner: QuickBooks Premier 2007 (Intuit); Runner-up: Peachtree by Sage Premium Accounting 2007
Graphics and Multimedia Winner: Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0; Runner-up Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo XI
Sales and Customer Management Winner: Salesforce.com; Runner-up: ACT! by Sage 2007
Collaboration Winner: Citrix Go to Webinar; Runner-up: Central Desktop
VoIP Winner: Skype for Business; Runner-up: SmartVoice Plus (Accessline Communications)

HARDWARE

Desktop Winner: Dell OptiPlex 745; Runner-up: iMac (MA590LL)
Notebook Winner: Dell Latitude D820; Runner-up: MacBook (2.0GHz)
Color Printer Winner: HP Color LaserJet 2605dn; Runner-up: Xerox Phaser 6120
Black and White Printer Winner: HP LaserJet 5200; Runner-up Samsung ML-2571N
Multifunction Device Winner: HP Officejet 4315 All-in-One; Runner-up: Xerox WorkCentre 4118 Multifunction Printer
Mobile Device Winner: BlackBerry Pearl 8100; Runner-up: Palm Treo 700wx
Storage Winner: NetApp StoreVault S500; Runner-up: EMC CLARiiON AX150i
Server Winner: HP Proliant ML570 G4; Runner-up: IBM System x3105

SECURITY

PC Security Winner: Norton Internet Security 2007 (Symantec); Runner-up: McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007
Network Security Winner: McAfee Total Protection for Small Business; Runner-up: Trend Micro Client Server Security 3 for SMB
PC Data Backup And Recovery Winner: Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Desktop Edition 6.5; Runner-up: Maxtor OneTouch III, Turbo Edition (Seagate Corp.)
Network Data Backup And Recovery Winner: EVault Small Business Edition; Runner-up: Seagate Mirra Sync and Share Personal Server 320 GB

The complete list of winners and finalists is available on SmallBusinessComputing.com (www.smallbusinesscomputing.com).

About SmallBusinessComputing.com

SmallBusinessComputing.com (www.smallbusinesscomputing.com) is a daily information resource designed specifically for Internet and IT professionals dedicated to providing technology solutions for small business owners. The site features a product testing and review section, a buyer's guide, business tools, daily news for e-marketers and Webmasters, and a free e-mail newsletter. SmallBusinessComputing.com can be found on internet.com's Small Business Channel.