Each yearWindows IT Pro announces theirEditors' BestandCommunity Choiceawards recognizing the hottest  products in the world of Microsoft. The Editors Best award highlight products that theWindows IT Proeditors and contributors believe are worthy of recognition. The Community Choice awards lets the Windows IT Pro readers from around the world decide which products are the best.

For 2012 Cisco was honored with 5 awards -covering Gold, Silver, and Bronze. Our Catalyst switch took home Gold in the networking category with Cisco's Technical Support organization winning Silver. We wrapped up this medal trifecta with a Bronze for our UCS server family.

The Windows IT Pro awards complement our June 2012 Best of Tech Ed award for UCS Manager and when combined together they show the breadth and depth of our capabilities for our Microsoft server and workload solutions.

Read more on the awards and recipients here. To learn more on Cisco and our offerings for Microsoft Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint, and SQL Server please visit www.cisco.com/go/microsoft.