Nov. 9, 2009 (PR Newswire) -- AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Tech Awards Circle (www.techawardscircle.com), a uniquely unbiased, independent awards program, today announced the winners of its inaugural competition. The winners represent a broad range of achievements, from hardware to software to services in consumer/SOHO, SMB, midrange, and enterprise markets. Tech Awards Circle winners, selected by an independent circle of journalists, should be considered the 'best of the best' in the computer and consumer technology industries today.

Gold, silver and bronze awards were given out in each category. Gold product award winners in each category will automatically be entered into an annual Product of the Year competition for additional recognition. Winners are listed below, in order from Gold, Silver, to Bronze.

Consumer/SOHO/SMB Hardware:

--  Hewlett Packard HP dc7900 Business Desktop PC
--  Tripp Lite ECO Series UPS Systems

--  Pano Logic Pano System 2.7

Consumer/SOHO Software or Service:

--  Decho Corp. MozyHome
--  iolo technologies, LLC System Mechanic 9

--  Bitstream BOLT Browser

SMB Software or Service:

--  Ifbyphone Ifbyphone Platform
--  Pano Logic Pano System 2.7

--  Concentric Concentric Managed Backup

Midrange Hardware:

--  Xiotech Emprise 7000 Edge
--  Storwize STN-6000i

--  ExaGrid Systems, Inc. ExaGrid Disk-based Backup System

Midrange Software or Service:

--  Seanodes Exanodes VM Edition
--  C2C Systems ArchiveOne

--  Marathon Technologies everRun 2G

Enterprise Hardware:

--  Schooner Information Technology Data Access Appliances
--  Net Optics, Inc.