ad continued, ExpressBars Suite would have won this year. With SysTools gone, it's a moot point of course, and ExpressBars Suite won easily with 41% of your votes. ElPack (EldoS) finished a respectable second with 12%.
Best Modeling/CASE Tool
A question of scale. ModelMaker and Rational Rose have finished first and second (respectively) in this category for three years now, but ModelMaker Tools' offering continues to pull away from the Rational Software product. In 2001 they finished with 27% and 22%, last year it was 40% and 21%, and this year the numbers are 54% and 19%, respectively. And despite the stiff competition, Developer Express' CDK garnered a respectable 12% to take third place. If these trends continue, Developer Express will be right in there with Rational.
Best Reporting Tool
Slippery slope. This category also features a long-time winner, ReportBuilder (Digital Metaphors), in first place. However, its numbers have slipped a bit again this year. In 2001 in had 57% of the votes, 54% in 2002, and this year the percentage has dropped to 37%. Moving the other direction, FastReport (FR-Software & A.Tzyganenko) is runner-up again, and continues to gain ground. In 2001 it had 12% of the votes, it had 20% in 2002, and it has climbed to 29% this year. Rave BEX (Borland Edition EXtended) finished third, its best showing ever, undoubtedly on the strength of having a version bundled with Delphi.
Best Scheduling/Calendar
Critical path confirmed. This category enters its second year with the same winner and runner-up. TMS TPlanner/TDBPlanner (TMS Software) took first place with 63% (building on last year's 51%), while Jazmine Calendar/PIM Widgets (Jazmine Components) took second place again with 17% (virtually the same as last year's 18%).
Best Security Tool
Better safe. This is the first of three new categories. Security has become so important, I'm surprised we haven't called out this category before. In previous years, these tools ended up in various categories such as Best Utility, so it's good to see them finally competing head-to-head. First place goes to UIL Security System (Unlimited Intelligence Limited) with 28% of the votes. The runner-up is IP*Works! SSL (/n software) with 22%.
Best Team/Project Tool
E pluribus unum. Another new category this year, Best Team/Project isn't as crowded as the previous group, but the competition was fierce, with three of the four contenders making solid finishes. With 37% of the votes, Team Coherence (Quality Software Components) has first place to itself. Not far behind however, is PVCS Professional (Merant) with 33%. Rounding out the top three, AQdevTeam (AutomatedQA) placed a very respectable third with 27%.
Best Testing/QA Tool
Test results. AutomatedQA goes from a respectable third in the previous category to a dominating first place in this one, with its TestComplete product taking 60% of the votes. DevPartner Studio (Compuware) and Rational Robot (IBM Rational) share second-place honors as each received 18% of your votes.
Best Training
Sir yes sir! Last year's surprise winner, Jensen Data Systems, takes the Best Training prize again, this year with 30% of you voting for their Delphi Developer Days workshops. There's a new face as runner-up, however, with Kazoo Software's 24% besting last year's runner-up InfoCan's 15%.
Best Utility
YAT (yet another tie). ASPack (from ASPack Software) is a repeat winner with 23% of the vote (down from last year's 30%). But with the absence of TurboPower, ASPack must share the win with VM Workstation (VMware), which managed to pass last year's third-place finisher, Beyond Compare (Scooter Software), which improved its percentage to 16% from last year's 12%.
Best VCL Component
Best Grid. Your pick for Best VCL Component is ExpressQuantumGrid (Developer Express) for the third year running. It got more votes than ever this year, and a higher percentage as well - 43% as compared to last year's 39%. TAdvStringGrid (TMS Software) repeats as runner-up with 16%. Since most of the third-party grids fall into this category, ExpressQuantumGrid can rightly claim to be Best Grid.
Best VCL Component Set
Game, set, match. Developer Express wins in this category as well, and for the second year in a row. You gave ExpressQuantumPack 28% of your vote (as opposed to last year's 22%). TMS Software is also a repeat as runner-up with its TMS Component Pack and 20%. Raize Components (from Raize Software) finishes a strong third - from a field of 23! - with 14%.
Best Web Development Tool
Something old, something new. Last year's winner, IntraWeb from AToZed Software, strengthened its position in this category with a whopping 62% of the tally (last year it had 41%). This year's runner-up, ExpressWeb Framework (Developer Express) replaces last year's runner-up, Internet Professional (TurboPower) with 25% of the vote, vaulting past last year's third-place finisher, ASP Express (Marotz Delphi Group), which fell to fifth place.
Best Web Host
Host with the most for Delphi folks. Our last new category recognizes the Web host you liked best. Defined Systems was the clear winner with 31% of your votes. There was a tie for runner-up between Reddi-Web and 1&1 Hosting, each with 17% of the votes.
Product of the Year
Winds of change. ReportBuilder has been the recent perennial champion in this special category, but its reign has ended (it actually fell to fifth place!).
Your new choice for Product of the Year is Help & Manual from EC Software. The number two spot changed hands as well, with ExpressQuantumGrid (Developer Express) replacing Advantage Database Server. Just for fun, here are the products that placed first and second as POY over the years:
- 1996 InfoPower, (unknown)
- 1997 InfoPower, Orpheus
- 1998 InfoPower, Apollo
- 1999 ReportBuilder, Orpheus
- 2000 ReportBuilder, Apollo
- 2001 ReportBuilder, Advantage Database Server
- 2002 ReportBuilder, Advantage Database Server
- 2003 Help & Manual, ExpressQuantumGrid
Company of the Year
A look back. It might also be interesting to look at the relatively brief history of this award. Company of the Year goes to the organization with the most first- and second-place finishes for the year. I decided to create the award in 2000 to recognize the remarkable achievement of TurboPower Software that year; they placed first in six categories - a third of the categories at that time.
Company of the Year became a tradition, and TurboPower won again in 2001 and 2002, but with a slimmer margin of victory each year. In 2002, TurboPower had three first-place, and two second-place finishes, with Developer Express hot on their heels with a win in two categories and three as runner-up. Again, the trend favored Developer Express, and they seemed likely to win this year. Again, we'll never know because of TurboPower's departure.
In any case, Developer Express is the clear winner of Company of the Year for 2003, with four first-place rankings, and two runner-up finishes. And, unlike previous years, there's no one even close.
Hat's Off!
As always, I thank the tireless Delphi third-party vendors who create the products that are the subject of these awards. Without these entrepreneurs who are willing to risk their time and effort each year, there would be no Delphi community. And, of course, I thank all of you in the Delphi community for voting. We received the most votes ever this year, which is pretty amazing since there are fewer of you using Delphi than when we started the awards in 1996. You're a more devoted group now, however, and that makes all t
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