Reporting
Tableau Software Tableau
The platinum winner in the Reporting category is a product that impressed our editors with its unique approach and ease of use. Tableau Software's Tableau is a visual analysis and reporting solution that quickly and effectively reveals data relationships and anomalies that might take hours, or even days, for a traditional database tool such as Microsoft Excel Pivot Tables to identify. Unlike other data-analysis tools, Tableau doesn't present you with a daunting display of data. Rather, the product automatically builds a visual representation of the query results, displaying data in a way that's both meaningful and easy to manipulate and query. Tableau's interface lets you find data anomalies quickly, and you don't have to be an analytical genius to use the product effectively. In June,Tableau released version 2.0 of the product, which includes new usability features that further extend the product's ability to help end users use and understand data. Contact Tableau Software at 206-633-3400 or http://www.tableausoftware.com.
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Panorama Software NovaView Reporting
The gold winner in the Reporting category is Panorama NovaView Reporting, a solution that integrates ad hoc query capabilities, analysis, and report authoring. The product gives end users the ability to create enterprise reports such as invoices, production reports, and financial statements from any Web browser, without technical assistance. By using guided report-authoring wizards, users can create custom reports that draw from multiple data sources across the enterprise. And global query and parameter libraries support reusable enterprise report designs. While in report mode, users can use filtering, parameters, and slicing functionality; format report entities such as headers, footers, or formulas; and add free text, images, or legend to the report.The product also integrates with SQL Server Reporting Services. Contact Panorama Software at 201-804-0144 or http://www.panorama.com.
Security
Lumigent Audit DB
The platinum winner in our Security category is a product that lets companies not just collect audit information, but also understand and use the data they collect. Lumigent's Audit DB lets companies record database activity and also identify and verify the effectiveness of the IT controls that are in place.The product collects audit information in a centralized repository that enables separation of the security function from DBA functions. In contrast to network-based auditing systems, the information in the Audit DB central repository reveals the context of the activity, so you can perform long-term trend analysis by examining the history of your sensitive data assets. In addition, Audit DB monitors the activity of privileged users. Contact Lumigent at 866-586-4436, 978-206-3700, or http://www.lumigent.com
Guardium SQL Guard
The gold winner in the Security category, Guardium's SQL Guard, is a self-contained family of network-based servers that efficiently monitors, reports, and manages database-access activities. Guardium positions its network appliance in opposition to agent-based and other log-mining technologies.The platform can be deployed in passive or firewall mode and gives you the option of managing environments independent of database server choice or specific database expertise. The platform integrates with Guardium's SQL Guard Security Suite (including SQL HealthGuard, SQL PolicyGuard, and SQL AuditGuard) and Guardium Accelerators for Database Compliance. Contact Guardium at 877-487-9400, 781-487-9400, or http://www.guardium.com
SQL Server Express/MSDE
Vale Software Express Agent
Vale Software's Express Agent is the platinum winner in the SQL Server Express/MSDE category. Express Agent fills the gap in SQL Server Express left by the omission of SQL Server Agent. Like SQL Server Agent, which is included in the full-featured editions of SQL Server 2005, Express Agent lets you create and schedule jobs that can automatically perform routine functions such as backup maintenance and database backup.You can set up the product to provide email notifications about job-completion status. Express Agent comes in two parts: a job builder and a Windows Service. The job builder has a graphical UI and runs on Windows 2003, XP, 2000, NT, Me, 98, and 95.The service requires Windows 2003, XP, 2000, or NT. Contact Vale Software at 866-775-8253, (44) (0) 1162-988-622, or http://www.valesoftware.com.
Software Components and Middleware
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise
The platinum winner in the Software Components and Middleware category is ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, a suite of more than 180 best-of-breed grid, reporting,charting,data,UI, and e-commerce components. ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2006 edition includes an ADO.NET Data Extender, Smart-Designers, and SmartFramework technology that lets you use a design surface to set common component properties, as well as a suite of 28 natively compiled components forVisual Studio 2005. Controls and components in the suite provide support for COMbased ActiveX development as well as .NET Framework 1.x and .NET Framework 2.0 development.The suite also provides a set of components for mobile-device development. Contact ComponentOne at 800-858-2739, 412-681-4343, or http://www.componentone.com.
Red Brook Software WiredNav
The gold winner in Software Components and Middleware is Red Brook Software's WiredNav, a unique, self-wiring .NET control that uses ADO.NET data tables for filling, navigating, searching, validating, updating, and reporting. The WiredNav control uses ADO.NET DataAdpaters to connect a .NET database application to ADO.NET tables without requiring the developer to write a single line of code or make any initial property settings for the control. The WiredNav control has no DataAdapter, DataSet, DataSource, BindingSource, or DataTable properties. At runtime,WiredNav automatically connects to all of the data objects on the Windows form that it's added to.When you use WiredNav, you need only one navigator per form instead of one per data table. Contact Red Brook Software at 518-248-3450 or http://www.redbrooksoftware.com.
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Layton Technology Layton Database Manager
The gold winner in the SQL Server Express/MSDE category is Layton Technology's Layton Database Manager, a graphical database-management console for MSDE. Like Enterprise Manager, Layton Database Manager lets you create, view, and manage databases and their objects.The product also lets you schedule jobs, perform database backups, and restore, create, and execute T-SQL scripts. Layton Database Manager can also import, export, and execute DTS packages. The product is priced at $745 for an unlimited site license and $2495 for an unlimited enterprise license. Contact Layton Technology at 813-319-1390 or http://www.laytontechnology.com.
XML
Altova XMLSpy 2006
In the XML category, the platinum award goes to Altova for its XMLSpy. XMLSpy 2006 provides a full-featured XML-development integrated design environment (IDE). The product lets you easily create and edit XML and XSD documents. However, XMLSpy goes way beyond these basics. Although the product's entire feature set is too lengthy to fully discuss in this short summary, some of its high points include XMLSpy's ability to provide visual XML Schema development, graphical WSDL development, schema-aware XQuery development, XML-to-relational database mapping, and the ability to generate Java, C#, and C+++ XML access code. In addition, XMLSpy 2006 is integrated with Visual Studio and the open-source Eclipse development environment.And XMLSpy provides the ability to perform Web services development, testing, and debugging. Contact Altova at 978-816-1600 or http://www.altova.com.
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DataDirect Technologies Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition
The XML-category gold winner is DataDirect Technologies Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition. Stylus Studio provides an integrated XML development environment that includes an array of XML development tools. An XML Editor supports viewing, parsing, and editing XML documents; XSLT tools include an XSLT editor and debugger; XQuery tools include an XQuery editor, debugger, and mapper; and there's an XPath evaluator and generator tool. Plus, Stylus Studio has XML Import and Export tools, including CVS-to-XML and ADO-to-XML conversion tools. The product also provides support for Web Service testing. One of the unique features of the Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition is its EDI support.The product provides EDIFACT-to-XML as well as X12-to-XML conversion and validation tools. Contact DataDirect Technologies at 781-280-448 or http://www.stylusstudio.com.
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