TechFacts: Virtual Iron Research Findings
These research findings – or TechFacts – are validated real-world statistics, testimonials, and deployment diagrams sourced directly from verified Virtual Iron users. They are grouped according to the value proposition they relate to.
Customer Satisfaction TechFacts
Virtual Iron Preferred to VMWare
91% of surveyed Virtual Iron users selected their solution over VMWare.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 7C6-E5C-C7C
Ease of Deployment
62% of IT organizations report that "ease of deployment" is one of their primary rationales for p...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 49D-230-BB1
Full Feature Set
59% of IT organizations report that "fullness of feature set" is one of the primary rationales fo...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 499-CE6-A0B
93% Would Purchase Virtual Iron Again
93% of surveyed Virtual Iron customers state that they would purchase Virtual Iron again.
Validated On: 08/20/09, TVID: BBE-C40-08C
75% IT User Satisfaction
75% of IT users were satisfied or better with how their current backup solution supports their Vi...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 4C8-D7C-EC0
Virtual Iron Preferred to ZenSource
35% of surveyed Virtual Iron users selected their solution over XenSource.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: ED4-851-D06
Operational Efficiency & Agility TechFacts
Uncertainty About Cloud Computing
20% of IT organizations feel that they do not know enough about cloud computing to comment on it...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: DA1-628-347
Applications on a Hosted Platform
3% of IT organizations stated they are likely to use a service provider's development system to ...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: DEF-EF7-66C
Rise of Enterprise SaaS
23% of IT organizations stated they are likely to deploy enterprise applications like CRM or ERP ...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: A18-7F5-7A4
Is Cloud Computing Transformational?
12% of surveyed IT organizations feel that cloud computing is a transformational technology.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 44A-B0B-AA8
Moving to Cloud Computing
11% of surveyed IT organizations would consider moving between 51% to 75% of their IT infrastruct...
Validated On: 08/20/09, TVID: 69B-5C8-770
Moving Infrastructure to the Cloud
16% of IT organizations would consider moving between 26% to 50% of their IT infrastructure to a ...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: EB5-3CD-DBA
44% of Production Environment Virtualized
On average customers stated that 44% of their production server environment was already virtualiz...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: DCA-73F-D68
Shying Away from Cloud Services
24% of surveyed IT organizations would consider moving less than 5% of their IT infrastructure to...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 214-B58-D7A
Resistance to Cloud Computing
64% of surveyed IT organizations stated they are not likely to use cloud computing resources over...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 09A-BB3-368
Back Up with Data Mirroring
83% of IT organizations back up their Virtual Iron environment by using data mirroring.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 6AB-42F-51E
Back Up with SAN
80% of IT organizations back up their Virtual Iron environment by using SAN snapshots.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 057-501-094
Usage of Backup Software and Agents
70% of IT organizations back up their Virtual Iron environment by using backup software and agents.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: FCB-907-49F
44% of Servers Virtualized
134 IT organizations have on average 44% of their production server environment virtualized with ...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 78A-05F-933
Openness to the Cloud
20% of surveyed IT organizations would consider moving between 6% to 25% of their IT infrastructu...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 846-214-D1B
ROI & Financial Impact TechFacts
Power and Cooling Costs Reduced with LivePower
118 IT organizations reduced their power and cooling costs by an average of 2% by deploying their...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: DCE-018-98B
Price Is Primary Purchasing Rational
87% of IT organizations reported that one of the primary rationales for purchasing server virtual...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: C9C-F80-F1A
Reduction of Capital Costs
42% of IT organizations report that "consolidation to reduce capital costs" is their primary rati...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 632-525-B86
Power and Cooling Costs Reduced
118 IT organizations reduced their power and cooling costs by an average of 2% by deploying their...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 656-63D-7AD
Power and Cooling Costs Reduced
118 IT organizations reduced their power and cooling costs by an average of 2% by deploying their...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 9FF-BEB-2ED
Virtual Iron Preferred Solution
34% of IT organizations selected their Virtual Iron solution over other virtualization solutions.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 10A-19B-B2A
Spending on Virtual Iron
A medium enterprise consumer products company spent between $26,000 and $75,000 on server and sto...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 829-2B4-18D
Spending on Server and Storage Hardware
A medium enterprise energy & utilities company spent less than $25,000 on server and storage hard...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 661-4BF-C4D
Spending on Server and Storage Hardware
A medium enterprise energy & utilities company spent less than $25,000 on server and storage hard...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: A70-953-2EA
Spending on Server and Storage Hardware
A medium enterprise transportation services company spent less than $25,000 on server and storage...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: F09-C19-BE5
Virtual Iron Preferred Over XenSource
35% of IT organizations selected their Virtual Iron solution over XenSource.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 8C8-775-C1B
Immediate Pay Back with Virtual Iron
A large enterprise construction company realized an immediate pay back on its investment in their...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: C21-358-B24
Three Month Pay Back Period
A medium enterprise health care company was paid back for its investment in their Virtual Iron so...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 3F0-D73-4B2
Three Month Pay Back Period
A medium enterprise consumer products company was paid back for its investment in their Virtual I...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 2F7-788-459
Virtual Iron Preferred over VMWare
91% of IT organizations selected their Virtual Iron solution over VMWare.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 9E7-686-E47
Virtual Iron Pay Back Period
54 out of 98 IT users of Virtual Iron solution report a payback period of 9 months or less.
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 703-94F-B89
Spending on Server and Storage Hardware
83% of IT organizations spent $75,000 or less on server and storage hardware as part of deploying...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: B54-D5C-E52
System Uptime & Data Availability TechFacts
Virtual Iron Integral to Disaster Recovery
44% of users agreed with the following statement: I am using Virtual Iron as an integral part ...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 98F-F5F-615
User Experience TechFacts
Virtual Iron Reduces Number of Physical Servers
133 IT organizations reduced the number of physical servers by an average of 42% by deploying the...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 475-A02-B0F
Physical Servers Reduced 42%
133 IT organizations reduced the number of physical servers by an average of 42% by deploying the...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: E59-765-98A
Quality Technical Support
32% of IT organizations report that "quality of technical support" is one of the primary rational...
Validated On: 08/19/09, TVID: 5F1-255-03E
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