Value, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. So for IT buyers, value is the lowest-priced product. Value is low cost of ownership.
Value is ease of use and ease of management.
Or value can be the simple fact that the darn thing works at all, say Computerworld readers surveyed for our second annual IT Leaders' Choice Awards. To get a real-world view of the top products, we asked readers to identify the information technology offerings that return the greatest value to their organizations. The 1,250 respondents named a variety of products. Only 20, however, scored high enough to earn top honors. We also asked the survey participants to tell us why they voted for the products they said gave them exceptional value.