Striving to bring recognition to manufacturers of high-technology equipment, the iXBT.com editorial team decided to institute three awards:

Reviewed by iXBT.com

The Reviewed by iXBT.com award recognizes the products, which have gone through the iXBT.com lab tests. This award is presented to a manufacturer, whose products were tested in our lab, got reviewed, and their reviews are published on the iXBT.com web site, in the iXBT.com magazine, or on the Digit-Life.com web site.

Original Design

Modern IT market is flooded with clones. Life-cycle of a product became shorter, so most manufacturers do not spend their time and resources on their own designs. Instead, they often follow the so called "reference design", changing only the name of the product and the package appearance. That's why in order to encourage efforts of the manufacturers who create innovative products different from reference designs, the editorial team of iXBT.com institutes the Original Design award.

This award can be honored to a product with an original design, which is essentially different from the reference design. The product must be tested in the iXBT.com lab and then have a review (concerning the test results) published on the iXBT.com web site, in the iXBT.com magazine, or on the Digit-Life.com web site.

Excellent Package

It's always pleasant to buy a product and find out that the package includes additional equipment, software, games, souvenirs, etc. It's nice to think that the product you bought is well worth its price, and it's twice as nice to buy a well-bundled product at a moderate price. In practice, some manufacturers tend to save on every item, even if the inclusion of this item into the product package raises the price by less than 10%. Thus, the editorial team of iXBT.com institutes the Excellent Package award to bring recognition to those manufacturers, who offer nice boxes with excellent package content (the product plus useful accessories) instead of featureless boxes with minimal package content (CD with drivers).

This award can be presented to a product with an original box and unique package content. The product must be tested in the iXBT.com lab, and the results of these tests must be published in a review on the iXBT.com web site, the iXBT.com magazine, or the Digit-Life.com web site.

The Excellent Package award can be selected only once a month and must refer to the awarded product reviews.

2006 Awards

• [ November 2006 Awards ]
• [ October 2006 Awards ]
• [ September 2006 Awards ]
• [ August 2006 Awards ]
• [ July 2006 Awards ]
• [ April 2006 Awards ]
• [ January 2006 Awards ]
• [ Avril 2006 Awards ]

2005 Awards

• [ December 2005 Awards ]
• [ November 2005 Awards ]
• [ August 2005 Awards ]
• [ July 2005 Awards ]
• [ June 2005 Awards ]
• [ May 2005 Awards ]
• [ April 2005 Awards ]
• [ March 2005 Awards ]
• [ Febrary 2005 Awards ]

2004 Awards

• [ November 2004 Awards ]
• [ September 2004 Awards ]
• [ August 2004 Awards ]
• [ July 2004 Awards ]
• [ June 2004 Awards ]
• [ May 2004 Awards ]
• [ April 2004 Awards ]
• [ March 2004 Awards ]
• [ February 2004 Awards ]
• [ December 2003 Awards ]

2003 Awards

• [ December 2003 Awards ]

Additional information

The same award cannot be given to a product more than once.

A product can get several different awards.

Printed award certificates can be provided by written request via e-mail: pr@ixbt.com