2010 Best of Connections Awards: ASP.NET and Visual Studio Developer Products

Penton Media's IT and Developer Group publications—including DevProConnections, SharePointPro Connections, SQL Server Magazine, and Windows IT Pro—presented Best of Connections awards to the following exhibitors at the Fall 2010 Connections conferences in Las Vegas, in recognition of their outstanding products for ASP.NET/.NET/Visual Studio developers.

Visual Studio
Finalists:
Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate
ComponentOne Studio Enterprise
GrapeCity ActiveReports 6

Winner:
Infragistics NetAdvantage Ultimate, www.infragistics.com
NetAdvantage Ultimate, a UI control set for Windows Forms, WPF, Silverlight, and ASP.NET applications, stands out because of its emphasis on providing optimal user experience. A distinguishing feature of the product is its sophisticated data visualization controls, including mapping controls that are crisp, clear, and easy to interpret.
 
ASP.NET/Silverlight
Finalists:
Aptimize Website Accelerator
ScaleOut Software ScaleOut StateServer
ComponentOne Studio for Silverlight
 
Winner:
Aptimize Website Accelerator, www.aptimize.com
Aptimize Website Accelerator is a product meant for every web development team that has fielded user complaints about website slowness. This accelerator lives up to its name, speeding up both ASP.NET and SharePoint websites with no code changes at all.

For the complete list of winners in all categories, see www.windowsitpro.com/awards/bestofconnections.aspx.