InfoWorld's Bossies Recognize the Best Open Source Offerings
by Ostatic Staff - Aug. 04, 2008
InfoWorld's annual Bossies awards recognize top free and open source software, and the second annual list of winners is out now. Unlike SourceForge's Community Choice Awards, where winners are determined by votes from the community, the Bossies are awarded by InfoWorld's editorial and test center staff. Familiar names like Firefox and GIMP made the list of winners, but so did many lesser-known products. Here are the winners:
Best of open source in application development- db4o, Object Database
- Git, Version Control
- HttpClient, Web Client Library
- Intel Threaded Building Blocks, Parallel Programming
- JBoss Drools, Business Rule Management System
- Open Flex, Rich Internet Applications
- Prototype, JavaScript Framework
- soapUI, Web Services Test Tool
Best of open source in productivity applications
- Audacity, Sound Editing
- Blender, 3D Modeling
- Firefox, Web Browser
- GIMP, Image Editing
- OpenOffice.org, Productivity Suite
- PDFCreator, PDF Creation
Best of open source in enterprise applications
- Alfresco Community, Content Management
- Compiere, Enterprise Resource Planning
- dotProject, Project Management
- Hyperic HQ, Application Monitoring
- Intalio BPMS, Business Process Management
- JasperReports, Reporting
- Liferay Portal, Enterprise Portal
- Magento eCommerce, E-Commerce
- Pentaho Open BI Suite, Business Intelligence
- SugarCRM, Customer Relationship Management
Best of open source in collaboration
- Elgg, Social Networking
- MediaWiki, Wiki
- VNC and Chicken of the VNC, Remote Control
- Scalix, Mail and Calendar
- WordPress, Blog Publishing
Best of open source in networking
- Asterisk, IP Telephony
- AWStats, Log File Analyzer
- InSSIDer, Wireless Network Scanner
- Nagios, Server Monitoring
- NDISwrapper, Wireless Network Interface
- Vyatta, Router, Firewall, & VPN
- Wireshark, Network Protocol Analyzer
- Zenoss Core, Network Monitoring
Best of open source in platforms and middleware
- CentOS, Server Operating System
- JBossESB, Enterprise Service Bus
- MySQL, Database
- phpMyAdmin, MySQL Administration
- Puppy Linux, Small-Footprint OS
- Talend Open Studio, Data Integration
- Ubuntu, Desktop Operating System
- VirtualBox, Desktop Virtualization
- Xen, Server Virtualization
Best of open source in security
- AppArmor, Application Security
- Metasploit Framework, Penetration Toolkit
- Ophcrack, Password Cracker
- SmoothWall Express, Network Firewall
- Snort with BASE, Network Intrusion Detection
- Splunk, Security Log Analysis
- TrueCrypt, Disk Encryption
- Untangle Gateway Platform, Gateway Security
Best of open source in storage
- Amanda, Network Backup
- FreeNAS, Storage Server
- WinMerge, File Management
- SMART Monitoring Tools, Disk Monitoring
- StorageIM, Storage Administration
- Free Online Backup, Online Backup