Carla Schroder
06-06-2007, 04:40 PM
Last week, the ballot box on the Second Annual ServerWatch Product Excellence Awards was sealed shut and the votes were counted. This week, we bring you the results.
While some were predictable — IBM has traditionally been a leader in the mainframe space, for example — others surprised us, and are perhaps indicative of changing market conditions making new market leaders.
One trend was clear though: Innovation that meets enterprises' needs is paramount. Many of our winners beat out more-established players for this very reason. Technology is not a stagnant arena, and your votes reinforce that vendors that rely purely on customer loyalty will not fare well in the long term against those that look at what enterprises are purchasing and deploying and innovate accordingly.
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3681546
While some were predictable — IBM has traditionally been a leader in the mainframe space, for example — others surprised us, and are perhaps indicative of changing market conditions making new market leaders.
One trend was clear though: Innovation that meets enterprises' needs is paramount. Many of our winners beat out more-established players for this very reason. Technology is not a stagnant arena, and your votes reinforce that vendors that rely purely on customer loyalty will not fare well in the long term against those that look at what enterprises are purchasing and deploying and innovate accordingly.
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3681546