V3 announces winners of Technology Awards 2012

V3 has announced the winners of its prestigious Technology Awards 2012, as voted by its readership of IT professionals.

The winners were revealed at an awards ceremony in London on 30 November. As well as a sumptuous meal and champagne reception, guests were treated to a talk from Iain Standen, chief executive of the Bletchley Park Trust, giving a fascinating insight into the heritage of the World War II code-breaking site, and the current projects it has underway.

The awards were hotly contested this year, with almost 300 entries from more than 100 companies.

Among the winners were Samsung, which swept the board with four awards, including the Product of the Year gong for the Galaxy S3, and Google which notched up three awards, getting the nod from V3 readers as Cloud Computing Provider 2012, Best Software as a Service Provider and Best Enterprise Hosting Company.

Oracle was also a popular choice for with V3 readers, being chosen as Best Business Intelligence Vendor and winning Best Business Storage for its StorageTek SL150 modular tape library.

Also getting a brace of awards was Yammer, which scooped the gongs for Best Business Social Media Product and Best Acquisition for its deal with Microsoft.

Kaspersky Lab was rewarded for a great year’s work by receiving the coveted Technology Hero of the Year award, which went to its chief executive Eugene Kaspersky for the discovery of the Flame malware, and the award for Best Mobile Management Software for its Kaspersky ONE University Security product.

Security was one of the most hotly-contested areas of the V3 awards this year, with over 50 nominations received across the two main security categories. McAfee fought off stiff competition to be crowned Best Business Security Provider, while Trend Micro’s SecureCloud was chosen as Best Cloud Security Product.

EMC was selected as Best Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Company for the second year running by our readers, and on the business software side, SAS picked up the gong for Best Business Application for its Visual Analytics product.

Bletchley Park received the award for Technology Charity of the Year, a richly deserved reward for the work the organisation is doing to keep historical British code-breaking efforts alive. Technology Project of the Year went to the Raspberry Pi Foundation, for its bare-bones computer that has seen huge demand since its release at the start of 2012.

Congratulations to our winners, and to all the firms and individuals who made it on to the 2012 shortlist.

The list of winners is published below.

Category: Business Software

Best business application
SAS Visual Analytics

Best business intelligence vendor
Oracle

Best business social media product
Yammer Enterprise Social Network

Enterprise software firm 2012
Microsoft

Category: Infrastructure and Security

Best business security provider
McAfee

Best disaster recovery/business continuity company
EMC

Best network equipment firm
Cisco

Best enterprise hosting company
Google

Category: Business Mobility

Best business smartphone
Samsung Galaxy Note

Best business tablet
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Best business mobile provider
Vodafone

Best mobile management software
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky ONE Universal Security

Category: Office Equipment

Best business laptop
Lenovo ThinkPad X220

Best business desktop
Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One

Best business printer
HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One

Best business storage
Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library

Category: Cloud Computing

Best virtualisation product
VMware vSphere

Best software as a service provider
Google

Best cloud security product
Trend Micro SecureCloud

Cloud computing provider 2012
Google

Category: Movers and Shakers

Best acquisition
Microsoft/Yammer

Technology event of the year
CeBIT

Technology charity of the year
Bletchley Park Trust

Technology hero of the year
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO Kaspersky Lab - Discovery of Flame malware

Technology project of the year
Raspberry Pi Foundation - Raspberry Pi

Technology innovator of the year
Samsung

Product of the year
Samsung Galaxy SIII

Turn to page two for the full shortlist for the V3 Technology Awards 2012.

The list of winners, along with the full shortlist, is published below.

Category: Business Software

Best business application
Google Apps for Business
NetSuite SuiteCommerce
SAS Visual Analytics
CA Technologies CA ecoGovernance
Polycom RealPresence Mobile

Winner: SAS Visual Analytics

Best business intelligence vendor
Google
SAS
SAP
Tableau
Oracle

Winner: Oracle

Best business social media product
Yammer Enterprise Social Network
IBM Connections 4
SAP Social Media Analytics application by NetBase
NewsGator Social Sites 3.0
Salesforce Chatter

Winner: Yammer Enterprise Social Network

Enterprise software firm 2012
Yammer
Google
SAS
CA Technologies
SAP
Microsoft

Winner: Microsoft

Category: Infrastructure and Security

Best business security provider
BT
McAfee
Integralis
Bit9
FireEye
Kaspersky Lab

Winner: McAfee

Best disaster recovery/business continuity company
CA Technologies
Vision Solutions
Spectra Logic
EMC
SunGard

Winner: EMC

Best network equipment firm
Fluke Networks
Dell
Infoblox
Silver Peak
Cisco

Winner: Cisco

Best enterprise hosting company
BT
Peer 1 Hosting
Google
Box

Winner: Google

Category: Business Mobility

Best business smartphone
Asus PadFone
RIM BlackBerry Bold 9900
Nokia Lumia 800
Samsung Galaxy Note
Sony Xperia T

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Note

Best business tablet
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity
RIM BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1
Sony Xperia Tablet S
Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet

Winner: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1

Best business mobile provider
BT
Orange
Vodafone
O2

Winner: Vodafone

Best mobile management software
Kaseya IT Systems Management Solution: MDM Module
RIM BlackBerry Mobile Fusion
Centrify Direct Control for Mobile
SAP Afaria 7.0
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky ONE Universal Security

Winner: Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky ONE Universal Security

Category: Office Equipment

Best business laptop
Asus ZenBook UX31
Dell Latitude E6230
Sony VAIO T Series
HP SpectreXT Pro
Toshiba Portégé Z930
Lenovo ThinkPad X220

Winner: Lenovo ThinkPad X220

Best business desktop
Asus ET2012IUKS
Dell OptiPlex 9010 AiO
HP Z1 All-In-One Workstation
Lenovo Edge 91z

Winner: Dell OptiPlex 9010 All-in-One

Best business printer
Riso UK Comcolor 7050
Canon i-SENSYS MF5980dw
Brother MFC-J5910DW
HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One

Winner: HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus e-All-in-One

Best business storage
Dell Compellent
Texas Memory Systems RamSan-820
Synology UK DS1512+
Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library
Amplidata AmpliStor XT

Winner: Oracle StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library

Category: Cloud Computing

Best virtualisation product
Virtual Instruments VirtualWisdom 3.0
Citrix XenDesktop 5.6
Interoute Virtual Data Centre
Cisco Nexus 1000V
Dell Wyse T10 Thin Client
VMware vSphere

Winner: VMware vSphere

Best software as a service provider
Google
CA Technologies
Huddle
SAP
Microsoft

Winner: Google

Best cloud security product
Firehost Secure Cloud Hosting
Panda Security Panda Cloud Office Protection Advanced
CA Technologies CA IdentityMinder
Trend Micro SecureCloud
Webroot SecureAnywhere Business – Endpoint Protection 

Winner: Trend Micro SecureCloud

Cloud computing provider 2012
BT
Google
VMware
Interoute
Oracle
SAP

Winner: Google

Category: Movers and Shakers

Best acquisition
Microsoft/Yammer
Ipswitch/iOpus
Dell/Force 10
SAP/ SuccessFactors
Cisco/NDS

Winner: Microsoft/Yammer

Technology event of the year
Infosecurity Europe
Nokia Lumia Live
CeBIT
CES
Mobile World Congress

Winner: CeBIT

Technology charity of the year
White Hat Ball
Bletchley Park Trust
Computer Aid
Byte Night

Winner: Bletchley Park Trust

Technology hero of the year
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO Kaspersky Lab - Discovery of Flame malware
Marco Ahtisaari, Head of Design, Nokia - Polycarb design of the Nokia Lumia 800/900
Olaf Swantee, CEO, Everything Everywhere - Bringing 4G to Great Britain
Simon Stanford, VP Telecommunications and Networks, Samsung UK and Ireland - Overseeing huge success of the Samsung Galaxy product line

Winner: Eugene Kaspersky, CEO Kaspersky Lab - Discovery of Flame malware

Technology project of the year
Virgin Media - Ultrafast 100Mbit/s broadband
YouView - Digital and catch-up TV service
Everything Everywhere - Network Integration
IBM - Wimbledon digital presence and website
Raspberry Pi Foundation - Raspberry Pi

Winner: Raspberry Pi Foundation - Raspberry Pi

Technology innovator of the year
Yammer
ASUS
Huddle
Kaspersky Lab
Samsung
EMC

Winner: Samsung

Product of the year
Virgin Media ultrafast 100Mbit/s broadband
Android Jelly Bean
Asus Transformer Prime
Nokia Lumia 900
EMC VFCache
Samsung Galaxy SIII
Microsoft System Centre 2012

Winner: Samsung Galaxy SIII