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Best data center products of 2006
SearchDataCenter.com staff
2006 was an exciting, and challenging, year to be involved in the data center. As such, it was a difficult year for the editors of SearchDataCenter.com, and a panel of judges made up of users and analysts, to choose this year's Products of the Year winners. When you look at a wide range of products and try to narrow down the winners, a few themes emerge: businesses are focusing on energy efficiency in the data center; the latest bells and whistles won't win an award if it doesn't solve real-world problems.
The editorial staff at SearchDataCenter.com requested submissions from vendors and users and we came up with four categories: servers, data center backup power, data center cooling and systems management tools. We selected three winners in each category. The winning products come from all corners of the data center industry: from well-established companies to companies you may have never heard of.
For the record, our awards are based on the following criteria:
Ease of integration into existing environments
Functionality
Innovation
Manageability
Performance
Value
Congratulations to all the winners.
 How we selected the winners
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