Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a pioneer of service-oriented management solutions, today announced Altiris® Software Virtualization Solution™ was named Best New Product at Microsoft* TechEd 2006. Altiris SVS™ was judged by editors from Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine.
Judges Michael Otey, Karen Forster, Diana May, Amy Eisenberg, Jason Bovberg and Blake Eno reviewed more than 200 products and services submitted for the awards program.
"The winners at TechEd 2006 each represent best-in-class technology products. After closely evaluating all entries, our team of editors chose winners based on the products' strategic importance to the market, competitive advantages, value to the customer and value in the marketplace," said Michael Otey, Windows IT Media technical director.
SVS helps to reduce support costs and streamline software operations by providing faster, simpler and more manageable deployment of desktop applications. SVS further helps to eliminate application conflicts and delivers instant application activation, deactivation and reset capabilities.
Steve Morton, Altiris VP of product management and marketing, said, “Altiris demonstrated the innovation and value of Software Virtualization Solution to win Best New Product at TechEd 2006. Altiris continues to deliver innovative solutions to enhance Windows* management and automate IT operations.”
Otey comments that, "SVS stands out as the best new product because it allows users to eliminate application conflicts by maintaining unique and separate file and registry settings for virtualized applications. This solution stands out because of its practical value and ability to help users overcome common problems quickly and easily through application virtualization."
SVS won Best New Product from a field of approximately 30 finalists.
About Altiris
Altiris, Inc. is a leading provider of service-oriented management software that enables IT organizations to easily manage, secure and service heterogeneous IT assets. Flexible solutions from Altiris help IT align services to drive business objectives, deliver audit-ready security, automate tasks, and reduce the cost and complexity of management. For more information, visit www.altiris.com.
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Altiris is a registered trademark of Altiris, Inc. in the U.S. and in other countries. Software Virtualization Solution is a trademark of Altiris, Inc.
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