Active Directory Management Tool 1st—Microsoft Group Policy Management Console
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—SystemTools Software Hyena
http://www.systemtools.com 3rd—DesktopStandard PolicyMaker
http://www.desktopstandard.com
Performance Tuning Tool 1st—Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd (tie)—HP OpenView Performance Manager/Monitor/Agent
http://www.openview.hp.com Quest Software Quest Spotlight (on Active Directory, Exchange, Windows)
http://www.quest.com
Patch Management Tool 1st—Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (Release Candidate)
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 3rd—DesktopStandard PolicyMaker Software Update
http://www.desktopstandard.com
Disk Imaging Software 1st—Symantec Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com 2nd—Symantec Ghost Solution Suite
http://www.symantec.com 3rd—Microsoft Automated Deployment Services
http://www.microsoft.com
Help Desk Software 1st—Help Desk Technology International HelpSTAR
http://www.helpstar.com 2nd—Intuit Track-It!
http://www.intuit.com 3rd—ScriptLogic Desktop Authority
http://www.scriptlogic.com
Monitoring and Alerting Software 1st—Sunbelt Software ServerVision
http://www.sunbelt-software.com 2nd—Microsoft Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
http://www.microsoft.com 3rd—GFI Software GFI Network Server Monitor
http://www.gfi.com 3rd—HP OpenView Operations for Windows
http://www.hp.com
Registry Management Tool 1st—DesktopStandard PolicyMaker Registry Extension
http://www.desktopstandard.com 2nd—ScriptLogic ScriptLogic Enterprise
http://www.scriptlogic.com 3rd—Lieberman Software User Manager Pro
http://www.liebsoft.com
Remote Client Management Tool 1st—LANDesk Software LANDesk
http://www.landesk.com 2nd—Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 3rd—Citrix Systems MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0
http://www.citrix.com
Virtualization Software 1st—Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—VMware VMware Workstation
http://www.vmware.com 3rd—VMware VMware ESX Server
http://www.vmware.com
/Files/Applications and Operations Management Tool 1st—Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—HP OpenView Operations for Windows
http://www.hp.com 3rd—Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices
http://www.microsoft.com
Asset Management Software 1st—Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—LANdesk Asset Manager
http://www.landesk.com 3rd—Intuit Track-It!
http://www.intuit.com
Capacity Planning and Trend Analysis Software 1st—HP OpenView Performance Insight
http://www.hp.com 2nd—Quest MessageStats
http://www.quest.com 3rd—Altiris Server Management Suite
http://www.altiris.com
Change and Configuration Management Tool 1st—Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—-DesktopStandard PolicyMaker
http://www.desktopstandard.com 3rd—HP OpenView Change and Configuration Management
http://www.hp.com
OS Migration Tool 1st—Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—Quest Domain Migration Wizard
http://www.quest.com 3rd—HP OpenView Change and Configuration Management
http://www.hp.com
Software Deployment Tool 1st—Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003
http://www.microsoft.com 2nd—Altiris Client Management Suite
http://www.altiris.com 3rd—ScriptLogic Desktop Authority
http://www.scriptlogic.com
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