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To: Sam Scrutchins who wrote (8605)	1/20/1998 11:34:00 AM
From: Bipin Prasad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10836

all, SOURCE: InfoWorld IDG's InfoWorld Spotlights the Best of the Test Center 55 Products, 3 Solutions Featured in Special Report SAN MATEO, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Today's issue of InfoWorld features the first annual ''Best of the Test Center,'' a special report highlighting the hottest products and solutions reviewed by the InfoWorld Test Center during 1997. InfoWorld Test Center analysts and editors sorted through thousands of products and solutions in 1997, searching for the ones of most relevance to InfoWorld readers. Of the nearly 1,000 that were included in Product Reviews, Comparisons, or Test Center Analyses, the 55 best products (those that rated ''very good'' or better) and the top three solutions (those that scored 7.8 or higher) are featured in ''The Best of the Test Center.'' To further distinguish the truly outstanding offerings, 8 products were selected as Analyst's Choice: Database and Server Software Category: Web Application Server 3.0 for Windows NT, Advanced Version (Oracle Corp [Nasdaq:ORCL - news].) Internet/Intranet Tools: NetObjects Fusion 2.0 (NetObjects Inc.) Network Hardware: Pix Firewall 4.0 (Cisco Systems, Inc.) Workgroup and End-User Software: Peachtree Complete Accounting Plus Time and Billing (Peachtree Software Inc.) Network Software: Netsys Service-Level Management Suite 4.0.1 (Cisco Systems Inc [Nasdaq:CSCO - news].) Server Hardware: CD Net Ultimate Server-Tower 14 2.01 (Meridian Data Inc [Nasdaq:MDCD - news].) Applications Development Tools: JBuilder 1.0, Professional Edition (Borland International Inc [Nasdaq:BORL - news].) Applications Development Tools: Visual Cafe for Java 2.0, Database Development Edition (Symantec Corp [Nasdaq:SYMC - news].) ''The Test Center is an integral part of InfoWorld's mission to be 'The Voice of Enterprise Computing,' and truly sets us apart from our competitors,'' said Sandy Reed, InfoWorld editor in chief. ''Over the past couple of years, it has evolved into an enterprise testing facility with roots planted solidly in the real world of IT. No other IT publication can offer its subscribers detailed enterprise product information and advice like InfoWorld can.'' The key to the Test Center's authority lies in the analysts who are responsible for overseeing InfoWorld's industry-leading testing strategy. In addition to highlighting products and solutions, the ''Best of the Test Center'' provides profiles of the Test Center analysts, giving readers a chance to get to know some of the real people behind the scenes. The printed section is supplemented on InfoWorld's Web site, InfoWorld Electric, by a comprehensive index that includes every product and solution covered by the InfoWorld Test Center last year. The index is searchable by category and contains hot links to the original articles. Complete text of the ''Best of the Test Center'' and the index can be found at infoworld.com. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, IDG's InfoWorld Media Group publishes InfoWorld, ''The Voice of Enterprise Computing.'' The newsweekly provides the country's leading Information Technology (IT) executives with the most up-to-date analysis and evaluation of the technology shaping the workforce and the workplace -- now and in the future. InfoWorld's $10 million cross-platform, networked test bed -- the InfoWorld Test Center -- conducts the industry's most trusted testing of enterprise products. In addition, InfoWorld's news organization has earned a reputation for the timeliness and accuracy of its coverage of the people, technologies, products and companies that make a difference in the IT industry. InfoWorld Electric (http://www.infoworld.com) offers real-time product news, InfoWorld Test Center product comparisons, archived InfoWorld issues, and interactive forums where subscribers can share ideas with InfoWorld editors and with each other. InfoWorld Media Group is a wholly-owned independent business unit of IDG, the world's leading IT media, research and exposition company. IDG publishes more than 285 computer magazines and newspapers and 500 book titles and offers online users the largest network of technology specific sites around the world through IDG.net (http://www.idg.net), which comprises more than 200 targeted Web sites in 52 countries. IDG is also a leading producer of 110 computer-related expositions worldwide, and provides IT market analysis through 49 offices in 41 countries worldwide. Company information is available at idg.com. BPP(Bipin's partner)