BOCA RATON, Fla.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- ScriptLogic® Corporation (www.scriptlogic.com), a leading provider of systems lifecycle management solutions for Microsoft® Windows®-based networks, today announced that the readers of Redmond magazine have selected various ScriptLogic products as Winners or Preferred Products in seven categories as part of the 2009 Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards. Year after year, Redmond readers have consistently showered ScriptLogic products with praise; as an example ScriptLogic’s Desktop Authority owns the Network Automation and Batch Processing Tool category, having now won for seven consecutive years.

ScriptLogic’s Desktop Authority provides granular configuration and control for the ongoing management of user’s PCs, including power management to reduce energy costs and report on hardware and software inventory and options for patch management, spyware removal and USB port lockdown. Redmond readers recognize Desktop Authority as the ISV Winner in the following categories:

• Best Network Automation and Batch Processing Tool: Desktop Authority
• Best License Management Product: Desktop Authority

In addition to enhancing its leading Active Directory management solution, Active Administrator, ScriptLogic continues to develop new solutions to support various Microsoft database servers including Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SQL Servers. ScriptLogic server management products outranked their competitors with wins in the following categories:

• Best Group Policy Manager: Active Administrator, ISV Winner
• Best SQL Tool: Security Explorer for SQL Server, Winner

“Redmond readers are ScriptLogic’s core users. By recognizing our products, they are validating our product development team’s work to enhance the current ScriptLogic products to better suit our customers’ evolving needs,” said Nick Cavalancia, vice president of Windows management, ScriptLogic. “Receiving a Redmond Reader’s Choice Award motivates our team to deliver an even better product.”

ScriptLogic’s Desktop Authority product line features various solutions which work together for comprehensive desktop lifecycle management. For centralized management of remote users, Desktop Authority Remote Management Gateway extends its reach to users across both the local area network and the Internet. In addition, ScriptLogic’s MSI Studio helps IT administrators create and distribute application packages across the network. These solutions were recognized as preferred products by Redmond readers in the following categories:

• Best Scripting Tool: Desktop Authority
• Best Remote Troubleshooting Solution: Desktop Authority Management Gateway
• Best Application Conflict Testing Tool: MSI Studio

“This year, we greatly increased the breadth and depth of our categories and product candidates to reflect new technologies and the growing number of choices in the technology industry,” says Lee Pender, executive editor of Redmond, who coordinated the 2009 awards process. “Once again, our readers spoke loudly and clearly in making their choices. We had a total number of responses that was much greater than last year’s, which is an indication of the passion readers have for these products and the importance that these technologies holds in their jobs every day.”

A full list of award winners will appear in the November issue of Redmond and online at: http://redmondmag.com/Articles/2009/11/01/The-2009-Redmond-Readers-Choice-Awards-Its-a-Grand-Slam.aspx.

About Redmond magazine

Redmond magazine provides cutting-edge product, business and how-to information to network professionals, IT managers and IT directors working on the Microsoft Windows platform. The monthly publication reaches 100,000 qualified subscribers. For more information, visit http://redmondmag.com

About ScriptLogic

ScriptLogic Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quest Software (Nasdaq: QSFT), is a recognized leader in Microsoft Windows systems and security management. Empowering more than 27,000 customers worldwide with the ability to manage the desktop lifecycle, streamline Active Directory management, secure and protect Windows servers, and ease the burden for help desk administrators, ScriptLogic’s award winning solution families can benefit small to enterprise-size organizations in any industry.

For more information on how you can capitalize on your existing IT investments for Desktop Management, Active Directory Management, Windows Server Management and Help Desk Management, please contact us. ScriptLogic is headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, with offices around the world. You can also reach ScriptLogic at (561) 886-2400 or on the Web at http://www.scriptlogic.com.

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