Prowess today announced that its VM Express™ 1.1 product was named as a finalist of the “Best of TechEd 2008 IT Professional Awards” in the Virtualization category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro® and SQL Server Magazine®.

The Best of TechEd 2008 Awards recognize companies who offer innovative products in the industry. The judges reviewed over 220 products and services submitted for the contest and chose 29 finalists to be interviewed at the TechEd 2008 IT Professionals Conference in Orlando, Fla. Winners will be announced on June 12 at an evening reception for all of the finalists and at www.WindowsITPro.com/awards on June 13.

“Choosing from such a wide variety of outstanding entries is a challenge every year, and the quality of this year’s entries was particularly high,” said Karen Forster, group editorial and strategy director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. “The products selected as finalists clearly provide innovative solutions and strategic importance to the market, are competitively advantageous, and provide exceptional value to customers.”

Prowess VM Express is designed to reduce the time and cost associated with virtual machine (VM) distribution. VM Express also accelerates VM deployment for end-users. Based on the Prowess SmartDeploy framework, VM Express significantly reduces VM size, yet maintains full system integrity. For more information, visit www.prowesscorp.com/products/vmexpress.