What were your top 3 considerations when purchasing server virtualization software?

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Title		Company Ranking	Industry	Response
	System Administrator	Small Business	Health Care	price, full feature set, ability to buy through your preferred reseller, recommendation from peers
	IT Manager	Fortune 500	Computer Services	price, full feature set, quality of technical support
	IT Professional	Medium Enterprise	Health Care	price, ease of deployment, quality of technical support
	IT Director	State & Local	Government	price, ease of deployment, full feature set
	IT Director	Small Business	Educational Institution	price, ease of deployment, ease of maintenance
	System Administrator		Educational Institution	price, ease of deployment, full feature set
	IT Systems Analyst		Non-profit	price, ease of deployment, ease of maintenance
	Senior IT Manager	Medium Enterprise	Health Care	price, ease of deployment, full feature set
	IT Director		Educational Institution	price, full feature set, ability to buy through your preferred reseller
	IT Director	Small Business	Retail	price, ease of deployment, full feature set