Winners of 2005
| Archiving Software Product
of the year. WINNER : Easy Software - Easy Enterprise RUNNER UP : EMC/Legato - DiskXtender  Andrew Graham - CEO |
| Archiving Format of the year. WINNER : Quantum - DLT Ice RUNNER UP : HP - LT03 Ultrium  Richard Ruddlesden - Sales Director |
| Backup Software Product of the year. WINNER : Veritas - Backup Exec version 10 RUNNER UP : BakBone - NetVault 7.3  Helen Wood - Channel Director |
| Backup Hardware Product of the year. WINNER : StorageTek - SL500 RUNNER UP : Network Appliance - Nearstore R200  Martin Warren - Marketing Manager |
| Disk Product of the year WINNER : Overland - REO 4000 RUNNER UP : Nexsan - SATA Blade  Chris James - Marketing Director |
| ILM Provider of the year. WINNER : StorageTek RUNNER UP : EMC  Lawrence James - ILM Solutions Business Manager |
| NAS Product of the year. WINNER : Net Apps - R200 Nearline Storage RUNNER UP : Adaptec - Snap Appliance  Ashley Robinson - Marketing Director |
| SAN Product of the year. WINNER : Qlogic - SANBox 5200 Scalable Switch RUNNER UP : Datacore - SAN Melody  Bob Aitchison - Regional Manager |
| Connectivity Product of the year WINNER : AMCC - 3ware Multi-lane connectors RUNNER UP : Intransa - IP 5500  Tom Flageollet - Vice President Worldwide Sales |
| Service Company of the year. WINNER : Kodak Service & Support RUNNER UP : JCom  Bill Atkinson - UK General Manager |
| Tape Product of the year. WINNER : Sony - Storstation CSM 20 RUNNER UP : StorageTek - Streamline SL500  Andrew Barrow - Product Marketing Manager |
| Encryption Product of the year. WINNER : Neoscale - CryptoStor RUNNER UP : Decru - Datafort E440  Cliff Hutchings - European Sales Manager |
| Storage Reseller of the year. WINNER : NCE Europe RUNNER UP : Posetiv  John Greenwood - Product Sales Director, Steve Blakemore – Storage Consultant |
| Storage Distributor of the year. WINNER : CMS Peripherals RUNNER UP : Hammer  Frank Salmon - MD |
| Publishers Award for excellence WINNER : Computer Associates – BrightStor ARCserve Release 11 RUNNER UP : Veritas - Backup Exec 10.X  Jason Phippen - Director of Product Marketing |
| Editor's choice WINNER : EMC - Symmetrix DMX RUNNER UP : Plasmon - UDO  Nigel Ghent - Marketing Director |
| Storage Solution of the year. WINNER : Syncsort - NHS Cornwall RUNNER UP : Breece Hill/Xendata/CCI - Papworth Heart Transplant Ctr.  Paul Terrell - UK General Manager |
| Storage Product of the year. WINNER : Nexsan - SATA Blade RUNNER UP : Quantum - PX720  Philip Black - CEO |
| Storage Company of the year. WINNER : Storagetek RUNNER UP : Sony, Veritas  Martin Warren - Marketing Manager |
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