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SQL Server Community Gives Toad the Gold

December 2nd, 2011 by Josh Howard

Big thanks to our SQL Server community for naming Toad your favorite database development tool and gold medal winner of the 2011 Community Choice Awards by SQL Server Magazine.

Jason Bovberg, senior editor at Windows IT Pro said, “Our Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Magazine and DevProConnections awards programs are unique in that the product-nomination process is open to readers. We don’t just present a predefined list of products and services, thereby limiting scope. Instead, the community both nominates and votes for the best products of the year, ensuring a nice breadth of inclusion in the surveys. The winners of these awards are truly the community favorites. Our winners have earned a unique honor to stand out among their peers as winners of our Community Choice Awards.” The article can be read at http://www.sqlmag.com/content1/topic/2011-sql-server-magazine-editors-community-choice-awards-140830/catpath/awards/showprivate/1/page/4

In addition to taking the gold, the editors at Windows IT Pro magazine also awarded Toad with a silver medal in the 2011 Editors’ Best Awards. Jason Boverg also said, “Our Editors’ Best Awards let us leverage our contributing editors’ expertise to provide well-earned recognition to products that exceed industry standards.”

And if that wasn’t enough, Toad was also named Runner Up for Best SQL Server tool at the Fall Connections 2011 show.

We are thrilled by the overwhelming support for Toad in the SQL Server community coming off the latest release of Toad for SQL Server 5.6. If you haven’t downloaded it yet, then I highly suggest you download the latest version for free for 30 days.

THANK YOU SQL SERVER COMMUNITY!