Software Industry Oscar

SYS-CON media (www.sys-con.com) recently announced the annual "Choice of readers Award ". this award is named "Software Industry Oscar. this year is the 10th session, with more than 17 thousand of SYS-CON readers in the vote, respectively selected in the SOA, web services, Java and XML technology and other areas of the best products, tools and the best nomination.

1) Best Java Application Server

Winner: BEA WebLogic Server (BEA Systems)

Nominate:
1) JBoss Application Server (JBoss)
2) Sun Java application server (Sun Microsystems)
3) IBM WebSphere Application Server (IBM)

2) The best Java application

Winner: Eclipse (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) intellij idea (jetbrains)
2) BEA WebLogic Server (BEA Systems)
3) IBM WebSphere Application Server (IBM)

3) The best enterprise-level database

Winner: Oracle Database 10g (Oracle)

Nominate:
1) IBM DB2 Universal Database (IBM)
2) HSQLDB (HSQLDB Development Team)
3) Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase)

4) Best Java ide

Winner: intellij idea (jetbrains)

Nominate:
1) eclipse (eclipse Foundation)
2) netbeans Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)
3) IBM Rational Application Developer (IBM)

5) Best Java installation

Winner: installanywhere (Macrovision)

Nominate:
1) InstallShield (Macrovision)
2) install4j (J-technologies)
3) Advanced installer for Java (caphyon)

6) The best Java application monitoring tool

Winner: IBM Tivoli (IBM)

Nominate:
1) APM suite for Java 2 platform (Quest)
2) Borland deployment op-center (Borland)
3) Veritas Java 2 adaptive instrumentation (VERITAS/Symantec)

7) The best Java Bi tool

Winner: SAP Business Intelligence Development Kit (SAP)

Nominate:
1) Crystal Enterprise (Business Objects)
2) Oracle Business Intelligence beans (Oracle)
3) jreport (jinfonet software)

Best Mobile Database

Winner: IBM DB2 everyplace (IBM)

Nominate:
1) pointbase micro (datamirror)
2) SQL Anywhere Studio (Sybase)
3) Berkeley dB Java edition (sleepycat software)

9) The best Java report tool

Winner: Style Report (inetsoft)

Nominate:
1) Crystal Reports (Business Objects)
2) jreport (jinfonet software)
3) jasperassistant (jasperassistant software)

10) Best rich client platform

Winner: Eclipse rich client platform (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) Ultra Light client for Java 2 (canoo)
2) nexaweb platform (nexaweb technologies)
3) Laszlo Presentation Server (Laszlo systems)

11) Best Java components

Winner: Oracle ADF business components (Oracle)

Nominate:
1) ims dl/I model utility (IBM)
2) Chart FX for Java (software FX)
3) jclass (quest software)

12) the best Java Database Access Tool

Winner: IBM Rational Application Developer (IBM)

Nominate:
1) Oracle Application Server toplink 10g (Oracle)
2) dbvisualizer (minq Sofware)
3) Kodo JDO (solarmetric/BEA Systems)

13) the best Java Message sending Tool

Winner: IBM WebSphere MQ (IBM)

Nominate:
1) Sun Java System Message Queue (Sun Microsystems)
2) tibco enterprise Message Service (tibco)
3) Joram (scalagent distributed technologies)

14) the best Java profiling/Testing Tool

Winner: jprofiler (J-technologies)

Nominate:
1) IBM Rational application developer for WebSphere (IBM)
2) optimizeit enterprise suit (Borland)
3) Oracle jdeveloper (Oracle)

15) Best Java Training

Winner: Java blueprints (Sun Microsystems)

Nominate:
1) developerworks Java tutorials (IBM)
2) dev2dev (BEA Systems)
3) Essential Java (developmentor)

16) Best Java Virtual Machine

Winner: Java SE (Sun Microsystems)

Nominate:
1) BEA WebLogic jrockit (BEA Systems)
2) IBM Java SDK (IBM)
3) kaffe (kaffe.org)

17) Best Java team development tools

Winner: Eclipse IDE (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) IBM WebSphere Studio with rational clearcase (IBM)
2) Oracle jdeveloper (Oracle)
3) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

1. Best Java innovation tool

Winner: Eclipse IDE (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) Java Studio creator (Sun Microsystems)
2) intellij idea (jetbrains)
3) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

19) Best Java SOA Kit

Winner: BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

Nominate:
1) Java Web Services developer pack (Sun Microsystems)
2) IBM emerging technologies Toolkit (IBM)
3) Oracle jdeveloper (Oracle)

20) Best Java wireless applications

Winner: IBM WebSphere MQ everyplace (IBM)

Nominate:
1) RIM Blackberry wireless handheld (Research In Motion)
2) Ericsson Wireless Office (Ericsson)
3) ValueFirst velocity plus (ValueFirst)

21) Best Java class library

Winner: SWT (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) asynchronous Io Java package (IBM)
2) quest jclass (Quest)
3) uniied Io for Java (Andrey Kuznetsov)

22) the best database tool or driver

Winner: magicdraw UML (no magic)

Nominate:
1) Oracle jdeveloper (Oracle)
2) IBM Rational Rose data modeler (IBM)
3) allfusion Erwin data modeler (CA)

23) Best Java persistence layer architecture

Winner: Oracle Application Server toplink 10g (Oracle)

Nominate:
1) webobjects (Apple)
2) ibatis SQL map (Open Source: ibatis)
3) Kodo JDO (solarmetric)

24) Best Java debugging tool

Winner: Eclipse (eclipse Foundation)

Nominate:
1) netbeans (Sun Microsystems)
2) enerjy Code Analyzer (enerjy software)
3) IBM Rational (IBM)

25) Best Java application development framework

Winner: Sun Java Studio Enterprise (Sun Microsystems)

Nominate:
1) IBM Rational (IBM)
2) intellij idea (jetbrains)
3) BEA WebLogic Workshop (BEA Systems)

26) Best Java books

Winner: hibernate in Action (manning publications)

Nominate:
1) J2EE blueprints (Sun Microsystems)
2) core Java 2 (Sun Microsystems)
3) Java developer's Guide to eclipse (IBM)