Tuesday, September 12, 2006

The GRIDtoday 2006 Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards

GRIDtoday has announced the winners of GRIDtoday's inaugural Readers'
and Editors' Choice Awards at The IDG GridWorld conference in Washington, DC.

GRIDtoday has designated two categories of awards: (1) Readers' Choice,
where winners have been determined by a random poll of GRIDtoday
readers,
(2) Editors' Choice, where winners have been determined by
votes of an advisory group of recognized luminaries, contributors and
editors influential in Grid and Service-Oriented IT.

Grid is being used in fields such as academic research, automotive and
aerospace, bio-IT, humanities research, security and defense, financial
services, government, manufacturing, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals,
telecommunications and others.


The GRIDtoday 2006 Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards

Most useful and innovative Grid SOLUTION OR BUILDING BLOCK available today
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: IBM
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Platform Computing


Most innovative Grid MIDDLEWARE solution
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Platform Computing
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Univa Corporation


Most innovative STORAGE solution for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: IBM
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: eXludus


Most innovative NETWORKING solution for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Voltaire
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Cisco Systems


Most innovative Grid MANAGEMENT OR PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT SOFTWARE
for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Altair Engineering
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: United Devices


Best price / performance Grid SOLUTION OR BUILDING BLOCK available
today
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Sun Microsystems
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: IBM


Best price / performance MIDDLEWARE solution for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Platform Computing
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: (Tie)
United Devices
Digipede Technologies


Best price / performance STORAGE solution for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: IBM
Editors' Choice Award Recipients: Terrascale Technologies


Best price / performance NETWORKING solution for a Grid implementation
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Cisco Systems
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Voltaire


Commercial organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in EARTH SCIENCES / ENERGY
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Royal Dutch / Shell Group
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: BP Global

Commercial organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in LIFE SCIENCES (includes Pharma)
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Novartis AG
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Johnson & Johnson


Commercial organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in MANUFACTURING
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: The Boeing Company
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Airbus


Commercial organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in ENTERTAINMENT
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Pixar Animation Studios
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: DreamWorks SKG


Most Innovative Grid Implementation in FINANCIAL SERVICES
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Wachovia Corporation
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: JPMorgan Chase


Commercial organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation for BUSINESS PROCESS EFFICIENCY
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: Google
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: eBay


Research organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in support of EARTH SCIENCES / ENERGY applications
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: TeraGrid
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: D-Grid Initiative


Research organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in LIFE SCIENCES (includes Pharma)
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: RENCI TeraGrid BioPortal
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: Biomedical Informatics Research
Network (BIRN)


Research organization demonstrating the most innovative Grid implementation in GOVERNMENT research
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: CERN
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: (Tie)
TeraGrid
UK e-Science Programme


Research Grid initiative that you feel has earned the reputation of overall 'Top Research Grid'
Readers' Choice Award Recipient: CERN
Editors' Choice Award Recipient: TeraGrid

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