2011 Brand Leader Survey Results

In each of these surveys, IT Pros voted for Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support, and Innovation leaders from a randomized field of provided vendors (and the opportunity to write in an answer choice).

Server and Other Brand Leaders – November, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

Storage Virtualization HP/3ParDellEMCEMCEMCVMware
Server VirtualizationVMwareVMwareVMwareVMwareVMwareVMware
CNAsEmulexQLogicEmulexEmulexEmulexQLogic
Blade ServersHPDellHPHPHPHP
iSCSI StorageDellDellEMC – NetApp
(tie)
HPHPHP
FCoE SwitchesCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco

 


Brand Leaders – June, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

Entry-Level ServersHP HPIBMCiscoIBM – HP
(tie)
HP
SSDsHPEMCEMCPliantHPIntel
Unified Security Appliance JuniperCisco/
IronPort
IBMWatchGuardCisco/
IronPort
IBM
Content ManagementSASIBMMicrosoftMicrosoftIBMMicrosoft

 


Storage Brand Leaders – May, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

Mid-Range ServersIBMDellIBMIBMIBMDell
HPC AdaptersIntelIntelMellanoxIntelIntelIntel
FCoE StorageHP/3ParIBMHDSDell/ Compellent/
EqualLogic
IBMHP/3Par
Desktop ComputersDellHPAppleHPDellApple
DatabaseOracleMicrosoftOracleOracleOracleOracle
Web Conferencing CiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco

 


Enterprise Brand Leader – April, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

Enterprise ServersHPDellHPHPHPHP
Enterprise HDDsWestern DigitalWestern DigitalWestern DigitalWestern DigitalWestern DigitalWestern Digital
Mid-Range Tape DrivesQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumHPQuantum
ADCsCiscoCitrixCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
Email Security GatewayCiscoGoogleCiscoCiscoCiscoGoogle
Virtual Tape Library EMCFalconStorEMCEMCEMCEMC

 


Brand Leaders – March, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

Backup SoftwareSymantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Symantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Symantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Symantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Symantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Symantec/
NetBackup & Backup Exec
Unified StorageEMCDell/ CompellentEMCEMCEMCNetApp
Tape LibraryQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantum – IBM
(tie)
Quantum
Fibre Channel HBAsQLogicQLogicQLogicQLogicQLogicQLogic
Fibre Channel SwitchesBrocadeBrocadeCiscoBrocade – Cisco
(tie)
BrocadeCisco
Laptop ComputersDell – HP
(tie)
DellAppleAppleAppleDell

 


Other Brand Leaders – February, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

WAN OptimizationCiscoCisco – Riverbed
(tie)
CiscoCiscoCiscoRiverbed
Server ProcessorsIntelAMDIntelIntelIntelIntel
Fibre Channel StorageEMCHPEMCEMCEMCEMC
Corporate EmailMicrosoft ExchangeGoogle GmailMicrosoft ExchangeMicrosoft ExchangeMicrosoft ExchangeMicrosoft Exchange
Tablet ComputersAppleAppleAppleAppleAppleApple

 


Other Brand Leaders – January, 2011

Voted by IT Pros

LOMBroadcomBroadcomBroadcomBroadcomIntelBroadcom
Network VirtualizationVMwareVMwareCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
Operating SystemMicrosoft WindowsRed Hat LinuxVMware ESXVMware ESXVMware ESXVMware ESX
Ethernet NICBroadcomBroadcomIntelIntelIntelBroadcom
Ethernet SwitchesCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
NASNetAppNetAppNetAppEMCNetAppNetApp
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