The CRN Test Center-Long Island Software
and Technology Network Connection

Computer Reseller News
May 7, 2001

Extending its role in supporting the channel, the CRN Test Center judged the Fifth Annual Long Island Software Awards (LISAs). The LISAs, hosted by the Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet)-a not-for-profit organization that brings together solution providers, software vendors and other special interest groups-are awarded in recognition of technical and business excellence among software companies and students in the Long Island, N.Y, area.

The student entries and some of the categories outside the Test Center's charter (gaming software, for example) were handled by LISTnet's other judging committees. The Test Center focused on categories including customer interaction management software, Iine-of-business software, municipal portal software, network asset management software, office productivity software and data management solutions.

A useful Web site category was also judged by the Test Center, but the results are not presented here as it was more of a regional category and judged using somewhat different criteria.

In all, the Test Center examined 58 entries, which were filtered down to about thirty and carefully scrutinized with well-defined criteria that included demonstrations of the products or hands-on evaluations (see methodology, page 115). The result was a body of 15 winners and runners up in the categories covered here.

The CRN Test Center also selected an overall winner to receive the new LISTnet/CRN Editors' Choice Award. At the awards ceremony on May 3, CRN Editor in Chief Kelley Damore presented the overall award to CosmoCom for its business and technical excellence.

"Every year it gets even more thrilling to see not only how we've grown as an organization but how our member companies have grown to become a force in the information technology industry," says LISTnet Chairman Peter Goldsmith.

LISTnet includes more than 900 member companies and close to 100 sponsors.

Sponsors for the 2001 awards are KPMG LLP; Chase Manhattan Bank; Computer Associates; eShare Technologies; GS XXI; Invision.com; Long Island Technology Center; Meltzer, Lippe et al; Renaissance Technologies; Sheridan Software; State University of New York at Stony Brook; and Symbol Technologies.