Looking for the best of - well, pretty much everything - when it comes to the computerization of your business? Once again SmallBusinessComputing.com has released their 2008 Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology awards, and their picks are must-check-out for anyone looking to be on the cutting edge of small business computing.Awards are presented in four categories, which are further broken down into subcategories. These include:

Hardware
-Desktop PC, Notebook PC, Color Printer, Black & White Printer, Multifunction Device, Mobile Device, Desktop Storage, Network Storage, Server

Security
- Network Backup, Network Security, PC Backup, PC Security

Software/Services
-Accounting /Finance, Productivity, Customer/Sales Management, VolP, Collaboration

E-Commerce
-Affiliate, Best Innovation, Online Marketing, Site Search, Storefront, Web Hosting, Ebay Tool

The award for site search is new this year:

This year we added a Site Search category to reflect the trend of specialized search systems and products catering to e-commerce sites. Though relative newcomers such as SLI Systems, EasyAsk and Baynote’s Community Guided e-Commerce all made impressive inroads this year, Google’s offerings took both first and second place. Google Custom Search Business Edition won, with Google Mini following.

It’s tough to beat Google in the search game, especially when it is rolling out specialized versions that appealed to small e-tailers. Last summer, Custom Search Business Edition was announced. The hosted service is designed to offer a simple and inexpensive way for small businesses to add Google search to their Web sites. Custom Search Business Edition starts at $100 a year for searching up to 5,000 pages and at $500 for 50,000 pages.

In second place is the more-expensive Google Mini appliance. Early last year, of Google Mini upgrades included added features designed to improve search efficiency for a small business’s public Web site or e-commerce operation. For example, Google Mini searches are now be integrated with Google Analytics so you can track traffic and navigation patterns.

The rest of the winners can be found on the SmallBusinessComputing.com Website.