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Virtual Iron Research Chart

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

price

88%

ease of deployment

62%

ease of maintenance

36%

full feature set

59%

quality of technical support

33%

ability to buy through your preferred reseller

12%

recommendation from peers

12%

awareness of brand

Note: this is a multiple-choice question – response percentages may not add up to 100.

Source:

TechValidate Survey of Virtual Iron Users

TVID: 656-31C-C35

DATE: 03/14/10

Chart Details

First Published:	11/25/09
Last Updated:	11/25/09

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	Company Ranking	Industry	Response
System Administrator	Large Enterprise	Health Care	price, quality of technical support, recommendation from peers
System Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Transportation Services	price, ease of deployment, ease of maintenance, full feature set, quality of technical support
Chief Information Officer	Small Business	Professional Services	price, full feature set, quality of technical support
IT Manager	Medium Enterprise	Banking	price, ease of maintenance, full feature set
IT Manager		Educational Institution	price, ease of deployment, quality of technical support
CEO	Small Business	Computer Services	price, ease of deployment, quality of technical support
IT Architect	Large Enterprise	Energy & Utilities	full feature set
Server Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Health Care	price, ease of deployment, full feature set
Chief Information Officer	Small Business	Computer Services	ease of deployment, ease of maintenance, quality of technical support
IT Manager	Medium Enterprise	Computer Hardware	price, ease of deployment, ease of maintenance