<b>Best of Show and Best New Technology:</b><a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518268,00.html#slideshow"> Veeam Backup and Replication 5.0 Enterprise Edition</a>
<b>What the judges said:</b> The Best of VMworld 2010 Awards judges selected the Best of Show winner from among all of the individual category winners.
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<b>Public/hybrid cloud computing:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518266,00.html#slideshow">Terremark Enterprise Cloud</a>
<b>What the judges said</b>: Terremark Enterprise Cloud is a trusted public cloud computing platform. Its credibility, especially around security and compliance, is an important factor when choosing a public cloud provider.
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<b>Private Cloud Computing:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518263,00.html#slideshow">newScale 9</a>
<b>What the judges said:</b> An innovative "app store for the enterprise," newScale 9 has a user-friendly interface that lets you order, receive and deploy applications in your private cloud infrastructure.
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<b>Desktop Virtualization:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518209,00.html#slideshow">Kaviza VDI-in-a-box 3.0</a>
<b>What the judges said</b>: Kaviza VDI-in-a-box 3.0 takes the complexity out of desktop virtualization projects. It is easy to install and configures settings based on an analysis of your environment.
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<b>Hardware for Virtualization:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com: /generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518204,00.html#slideshow">Cisco Nexus 7000 Overlay Transport Virtualization</a>
<b>What the judges said:</b> Cisco Nexus 7000 Overlay Transport Virtualization lets you extend data networks across data centers, which has tremendous benefits for multi-site disaster recovery.
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<b>Virtualization management:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518202,00.html#slideshow">VKernel Capacity Management Suite</a>
<b>What the judges said:</b> VKernel Capacity Management Suite is easy to install and use, which is crucial for a management platform. It is business-critical software that integrates with all of VKernel's free management tools.
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<b>Security and virtualization:</b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518201,00.html#slideshow">VMware vShield</a>
<b>What the judges said: </b>VMware vShield marks a major improvement in VMware's security efforts. It includes many essential features for virtualization security, and the ability to isolate traffic for different port groups is a highlight.
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<b>Business continuity and data protection: </b> <a href="http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/generic/0,295582,sid94_gci1518199,00.html#slideshow">Symantec NetBackup 7</a>
<b>What the judges said:</b> Symantec NetBackup 7 is a trusted product that lets you restore to multiple hypervisors and storage platforms, both on premise and in the cloud. It's easy to use, always works and has strong hypervisor integration.
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