In the Data Protection and Security category, the gold went to for its tight and elegant integration with VMware Consolidated Backup, or VCB. Finalists include Cupertino, Calif.-based Blue Lane Technologies Inc. for VirtualShield and Boulder, Colo.-based LeftHand Networks Inc. for its Virtual SAN Appliance.

In the Migration Tools category, the gold went to Toronto-based PlateSpin Ltd. for PlateSpin PowerConvert 6.6 , and a finalist was Waltham, Mass-based Leostream Corp. for Leostream P>V 4.0 .