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The Best .NET Products of 2005

May 13, 2005

You picked 'em—here's the list of the best software products as chosen by Visual Studio Magazine readers. These highly desired awards were issued on Monday, May 9, in Las Vegas at the gala VIP reception accompanying FTP's VSLive! conference, the largest, independent international conference for Windows developers. These awards honor excellent software in 22 development categories, in addition to special Editors Choice awards given to products that show special merit or innovation but don't fit comfortably into the standard categories. This year's crop of award winners reflects the diversity and maturity of today's Visual Studio tools.

Editors Choice Awards
ASP.NET 2.0 (Microsoft)
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (Microsoft)

Bug & Feature Tracking
Readers Choice Award
SourceGear Vault (SourceGear)

Readers Choice Merit Awards
DevTrack (TechExcel)
IBM Rational ClearQuest (IBM Rational)

Charting & Multimedia
Readers Choice Award
Chart FX for .NET (Software FX)

Readers Choice Merit Award
WinChart (Infragistics)

Component Suites for .NET—Desktop and Web
Readers Choice Award
NetAdvantage (Infragistics)

Readers Choice Merit Award
ComponentOne Studio for .NET (ComponentOne)

Data Editing, Reporting, & Analysis Tools
Readers Choice Award
Crystal Reports (Business Objects)

Readers Choice Merit Award
ActiveReports for .NET (Data Dynamics)

Data, Network, & Web Connectivity
Readers Choice Award
IP*Works! (/n software)

Readers Choice Merit Award
Xceed Data Manipulation Suite (Xceed Software)

Development Tools
Readers Choice Award
VMware Workstation (VMware)

Readers Choice Merit Awards
CodeRush for Visual Studio .NET (Developer Express)
SlickEdit (SlickEdit)