Configuresoft, the world's leading enterprise server configuration management company, today announced that its Enterprise Configuration Manager (ECM) for Virtualization was named as a finalist of the “Best of Tech·Ed 2008 IT Professional Awards” in the Virtualization AWARD CATEGORY by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro^® and SQL Server Magazine^®.

The Best of Tech·Ed 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 Tech·Ed 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.”

ECM for Virtualization enables organizations to lower operating costs, improve IT agility and availability while meeting security and compliance regulations.

Virtualization can help organizations progress to flexible and lower-cost enterprise computing. In order to fully realize these benefits, IT operations need greater visibility into the virtual environment than solutions designed for physical infrastructures can provide. Configuresoft’s ECM for Virtualization addresses the increased complexities virtualization presents by centralizing and automating the monitoring, managing and auditing of physical (host) and virtual (guest) assets across an organization’s infrastructure. Further it delivers unparalleled visibility, security and control, enabling IT organizations to meet the demands of virtualized environments.