The winners were nominated and selected by the users of Developer.com (www.developer.com). Under the category of Web Service Product of the Year the familiar Google
Maps API took the award (no huge surprise and definitely a boon for geospatial
technologies).
NEW YORK-- JupiterWeb, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM),
today announced the winners for the Developer.com Product of the Year Awards for
2007. These 2007 awards mark the fifth year for this competition. The winners
were nominated and selected by the users of Developer.com (www.developer.com), a leading online information resource dedicated to providing technology information
for developers.
“The users of Developer.com nominated a number of diverse products this year.
This resulted in an interesting set of finalists, as well as some surprising winners,"
stated Bradley Jones, Executive Editor of EarthWeb's Software Development Channel.
"In the main category of Technology, it was no surprise that AJAX won again. What
was surprising is that AJAX dominated in the category with 61% of the votes,"
added Jones.
Rosemarie Graham, Managing Editor of Developer.com, stated, “This year’s voting
had some of the most clear-cut winners we've seen since the award started four
years ago. Tools such as Apache Ant, which won Development Utility of the Year,
and Adobe Flash Lite 2, which won Wireless/Mobile Development Tool of the Year,
both won by some of the widest margins we've ever seen."
The winners by category are as follows:
* Technology of the Year – Mozilla’s - AJAX
* Framework of the Year – Ruby on Rails
* Development Tool of the Year – IBM® WebSphere® Studio
* Development Utility of the Year – Apache Ant
* Web Service Product of the Year – Google Maps APIs
* Wireless/Mobile Development Tool or Add-in of the Year – Adobe® Flash® LiteTM
2
* Database Tool or Add-in of the Year – Microsoft® SQL ServerTM 2005
* Java Tool/ Add-in of the Year – IBM WebSphere Application Server
* JSR (Java Specification Request) of the Year – JSR 244: JavaTM Platform Enterprise
Ed.5 (Java EE 5.0)
* .NET Tool/Add-in of the Year – Microsoft AJAX Library, ASP.NET AJAX Control
Extensions and ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit (collectively "Atlas")
* Open Source Tool of the Year – IBM WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
The complete list of winners and finalists is available on Developer.com (www.developer.com).
About Developer.com
Developer.com (www.developer.com) is a journal of insight into cutting edge programming techniques aimed at professional
developers working in corporate environments that features articles and tutorials
focused on issues and applications critical to the community. Developer.com can
be found on JupiterWeb's EarthWeb.com Network.
About Jupitermedia Corporation
Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), (www.jupitermedia.com) headquartered in Darien, CT, is a leading global provider of original information,
images and digital content for information technology, business and creative professionals.
Jupitermedia includes Jupiterimages, one of the leading images companies in the
world with over 7.0 million images online serving creative professionals with
brands like BananaStock, Workbook Stock, Brand X, FoodPix, Botanica, Nonstock,
The Beauty Archive, IFA Bilderteam, Comstock Images, Creatas Images, PictureQuest,
Liquid Library, Thinkstock Images, Thinkstock Footage, Bigshot Media, Goodshoot,
ITStockFree, Stock Image, Pixland, Photos.com, Ablestock.com, PhotoObjects.net,
Clipart.com, FlashFoundry.com, AnimationFactory.com and RoyaltyFreeMusic.com.
The online media division of Jupitermedia is JupiterWeb, which operates four distinct
online networks: internet.com and EarthWeb.com for IT and business professionals;
DevX.com for developers; and Graphics.com for creative professionals. JupiterWeb
properties include more than 150 Web sites and over 150 e-mail newsletters that
are viewed by over 20 million users and generate over 400 million page views monthly.
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