Finalists announced for JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards

Awards season is not yet over. This week JavaWorld proudly announces the finalists for its 2001 JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards. Established in 1997, the awards recognize innovative companies, organizations, and individuals for their commitment to developing new Java tools and technologies that drive the platform forward. More than 100 products and technologies were nominated by vendors, readers, as well as JavaWorld editors and writers.

Through a rigorous selection process, JavaWorld’s panel of expert judges — made up of JavaWorld authors and forum moderators — participated in several rounds of voting to determine which of the products or technologies most deserve finalist status. In choosing the finalists, the judges carefully weighed each product or technology on the basis of its features and functions, as well as its impact in advancing Java as a language and/or platform.

Please note that finalists are listed in no particular order. One winner will be named in each category and all finalists will be honored during the JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards ceremony at the JavaOne Conference and Expo in San Francisco, June 4-8.

Finalists can download the JavaWorld Editors’ Choice Awards Finalist logo here: http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/ecawards01/jw-ecawards-logo.html.

And the finalists are:

• Best Java Virtual Machine
• • Blackdown 1.3 Linux, Blackdown.org
  • Java HotSpot Server VM 2.0, Solaris, Sun Microsystems
  • Java HotSpot Server VM 2.0, Windows, Sun Microsystems
• Best Java IDE
• • JBuilder 4 Enterprise, Borland Software
  • Forte for Java 2.0, Sun Microsystems
  • VisualAge for Java 3.5, Enterprise Edition, IBM
• Best Java Performance Monitoring/Testing Tool
• • Optimizeit 4.0, VMGear
  • JUnit 3.5, JUnit.org
  • Jtest 3.3, ParaSoft
• Best Java Class Library
• • JGL 3.1, ObjectSpace
  • The Collections Framework, Sun Microsystems
  • JClass Enterprise Suite 4.5.1, Sitraka Software
• Best Java Application Server
• • WebSphere Application Server 3.5, Advanced Edition, IBM
  • BEA WebLogic Server 6.0, BEA Systems
  • iPlanet Application Server 6.0, Enterprise Edition, iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions
• Best Java Device Application
• • WebSphere Transcoding Publisher 3.5, IBM
  • Whiteboard SDK 1.0, Bluetooth Edition, Zucotto Wireless
  • Java 2 Platform Micro Edition, Wireless Toolkit 1.0.1, Sun Microsystems
• Best Java-XML Technology
• • Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.1, Sun Microsystems
  • Xalan-Java 1.2.2, The Apache XML Project
  • XML Parser for Java 3.1.1, IBM alphaWorks
• Best Java Book
• • Java Servlet Programming, Second Edition, Jason Hunter, William Crawford (O’Reilly & Associates, 2001)
  • Java Performance Tuning, Jack Shirazi (O’Reilly & Associates, 2000)
  • Thinking in Java, Second Edition, Bruce Eckel (Prentice Hall, 2000)
• Most Useful New or Revised Java API/Technology
• • Java Message Service API 1.0.2, Sun Microsystems
  • Log4j 1.0.4, The Jakarta Project
  • Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP), Sun Microsystems/JCP
• Most Innovative Java Product
• • Tomcat 3.2, The Jakarta Project
  • Java Web Start 1.0, Sun Microsystems
  • VisualAge for Java 3.5, Enterprise Edition, IBM

Source: www.infoworld.com