LAS VEGAS, NV – November 1, 2010 – Axceler, the leader in administration and migration software for Microsoft SharePoint, today announced that its Davinci Migrator for SharePoint 2010 was named as a Finalist in the Best of Connections 2010 awards program in the Best SharePoint Product category by Penton Media's DevConnections.
The Best of Connections awards recognize companies who offer innovative products for the industry. The finalists were chosen from more than 80 nominated products in six (6) categories. Finalists will be interviewed at the DevConnections 2010 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 2-3 to determine the winners in each category. The winners will be announced live from the DevConnections 2010 exhibitor's floor at 2 pm on Thursday, November 4.
"Whether they solve a very specific problem or address a range of needs for developers and IT professionals working with Microsoft products, the finalists represent some of the best solutions in the business, offering value, innovation, and strategic importance to the market," said Amy Eisenberg, executive editor of Windows IT Pro and DevProConnections. "Choosing winners from this group will be a challenge. But we look forward to digging into the details of each finalist's product at the show."
Davinci Migrator reduces the risks, lowers the overall cost and shortens the time it takes to complete a SharePoint 2010 migration. By helping administrators with the discovery and planning of their migrations, Davinci Migrator delivers a unique feature set to the SharePoint market by reducing the number of failed SharePoint migration attempts and dramatically shortening project schedules.
Among the innovative features of Davinci Migrator are:
- Detailed pre-migration analysis and rules engine, allowing users to follow best-practices, identify issues during planning, rank them by severity, and recommend actions before moving forward;
- Support for both granular and entire-site migrations from SharePoint 2003 and 2007 to the new SharePoint 2010 platform;
- An optimized architecture for large content databases and complex enterprise configurations that have many SharePoint administrators per farm; and,
- Support for migrating in waves, based on user-defined timetables, priorities and severity of issues found, which reduces team and resource impact.
"Axceler is honored that Davinci Migrator has been named a Finalist in the Best of Connections 2010 awards," said Mike Alden, President and CEO of Axceler. "Together Davinci Migrator and ControlPoint offer a powerful combination that reduces the risks of moving to SharePoint 2010 and streamlines the management of it once organizations have completed their migrations."
About Axceler
Axceler solutions enable enterprises to simplify, optimize, and secure their collaborative platforms and have delivered award-winning administration software worldwide since 1994. For Microsoft SharePoint, Axceler offers ControlPoint and Davinci Migrator. ControlPoint is the best way to get control over a SharePoint environment giving SharePoint professionals the ability to manage permissions, copy sites, analyze activity and much more. Davinci Migrator is a best of breed migration solution for organizations upgrading SharePoint 2003 and 2007 to SharePoint 2010. For more information visit http://www.axceler.com
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