2015 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).
Software-Defined Infrastructure – October, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converged Systems for Database | Oracle/ Exadata | Oracle/ Exadata | Oracle/ Exadata | Oracle/ Exadata | Oracle/ Exadata | Oracle/ Exadata |
| Converged Systems for Virtualization | HP/ Converged System | NetApp/ FlexPod | HP/ Converged System | HP/ Converged System | HP/ Converged System & NetApp/ FlexPod (tie) | HP/ Converged System |
| Multi-Tenant Storage Array | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC |
| On-Premise Enterprise Storage as a Service | Zadara Storage | Zadara Storage | Zadara Storage | Nimble Storage | Nimble Storage | Zadara Storage |
| Scale-out Object Storage Appliance | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC |
| Scale-out Object Storage Software | Red Hat | Red Hat | Red Hat | Red Hat | Red Hat | Red Hat |
| Servers for Software Defined Storage | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell |
| Virtual Application Delivery Controller | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix |
| Virtual Firewall | Cisco | Juniper | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Virtual Router / Network Access | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Virtual WAN Optimization | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
Data Center Infrastructure – September, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WLAN Controller and Access Point | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Network Performance Monitoring | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Enterprise Mobility Management | Citrix | VMware | Citrix | Citrix | Microsoft | Citrix |
| Information & Email Archiving | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft | Microsoft |
| InfiniBand Switches | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox |
| InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox | Mellanox |
| Fibre Channel Network Monitoring | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) | Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric | Schneider Electric |
| Enterprise Backup Software & Appliances | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC |
| Application Firewalls | F5 | Barracuda Networks | F5 | F5 | Citrix | F5 |
| Application Delivery Controllers | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix |
| Storage Performance Validation Software & Appliance | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds |
Flash Storage – June, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Flash Converged System | HP Converged System | HP Converged System | HP Converged System | HP Converged System | HP Converged System | HP Converged System |
| All Flash Fibre Channel Array | EMC | Dell Storage SC Series (Compellent) | HP 3PAR | IBM | EMC | IBM |
| All Flash Hyperconverged System | Nutanix | HP Converged System | Nutanix | HP Converged System | HP Converged System | Nutanix |
| All Flash InfiniBand Array | NetApp | IBM | NetApp | IBM | IBM | NetApp |
| All Flash iSCSI Array | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) | Dell Storage PS Series (EqualLogic) |
| All Flash NAS Array | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp |
| All Flash PCIe Adapter | SanDisk/ Fusion-io | SanDisk/ Fusion-io | SanDisk/ Fusion-io | SanDisk/ Fusion-io | SanDisk/ Fusion-io | SanDisk/ Fusion-io |
| All Flash Unified SAN/NAS Array | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | EMC | NetApp |
| Flash Caching Software | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine | SanDisk/ FlashSoft/ ioTurbine |
| Hybrid HDD/SSD Array | EMC | HP 3PAR | EMC | EMC | EMC | Nimble Storage |
| Memory Channel Storage | SanDisk | SanDisk | SanDisk | SanDisk | SanDisk | SanDisk |
| SAS/SATA SSD Module | Samsung | Seagate | Samsung | Samsung | Seagate | Samsung |
| SSD Controller Chip | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
Storage – April, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deduplication Backup Target Appliances | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC |
| Enterprise File Synchronization & Sharing | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | Citrix | |
| Enterprise HDDs | Seagate | Seagate | Seagate | Seagate | Seagate | Seagate |
| Fibre Channel Disk Arrays | EMC | Dell | EMC | EMC | EMC | EMC |
| Fibre Channel HBAs | QLogic | QLogic | QLogic | QLogic | QLogic | QLogic |
| Fibre Channel Switches | Brocade | Brocade | Brocade | Brocade | Brocade | Brocade |
| iSCI Disk Arrays | Dell/ EqualLogic | Dell/ EqualLogic | Dell/ EqualLogic | Dell/ EqualLogic | Dell/ EqualLogic | Dell/ EqualLogic |
| Mid-Range Tape Drives | Quantum | Quantum | Quantum | Quantum | Quantum | Quantum |
| NAS Disk Arrays | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp |
| Scale-out File Storage Systems | EMC Isilon | EMC Isilon | EMC Isilon | EMC Isilon | EMC Isilon | EMC Isilon |
| Tape Libraries | IBM | Quantum | IBM | IBM | IBM | IBM |
| Unified SAN/NAS Disk Arrays | NetApp | Dell & NetApp (tie) | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp | NetApp |
Ethernet, Networking & SDN – February, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCoE Switches | Cisco | Brocade | Cisco | Brocade | Cisco | Brocade |
| Ethernet Core Switches | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Ethernet Top of Rack Switches | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Enterprise Ethernet NICs | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Ethernet Network Monitoring | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds | SolarWinds |
| Embedded Blade Server Networking | HP | Dell | HP | Cisco | Cisco | HP |
| SDN Platform | Cisco APIC | Cisco APIC | Cisco APIC | Cisco APIC | Cisco APIC | Cisco APIC |
| SDN Enabled Switches | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco | Cisco |
| Layer 4-7 NFV Services Platform | VMware NSX | VMware NSX | VMware NSX | VMware NSX | VMware NSX | VMware NSX |
| SDN Monitoring | Microsoft (DEMON) | Microsoft (DEMON) | Microsoft (DEMON) | Microsoft (DEMON) | Microsoft (DEMON) | Microsoft (DEMON) |
| Bare Metal Switches OS | Cumulus Linux | Cumulus Linux | Big Switch (Switch Light) & Cumulus Linux (tie) | Big Switch (Switch Light) | Big Switch (Switch Light) | Cumulus Linux |
| Open Networking Switches | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell |
Server & Other Related IT Products – January, 2015
Voted by IT Pros
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Converged Networks Adapters | Emulex | Emulex | Emulex | Emulex | Emulex | Emulex |
| Enterprise Blade Servers | HP | Dell | HP | HP | HP | HP |
| Enterprise Rackmount Servers | HP | Dell | HP | HP | Dell | HP |
| Enterprise Server LOM | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel | Intel |
| Enterprise Server Operating System | Microsoft Windows Server | Red Hat Linux | Red Hat Linux | Red Hat Linux | Microsoft Windows Server | Red Hat Linux |
| Enterprise Server Processors | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| Hyperconverged Systems | Nutanix | Nutanix | Nutanix | Nutanix | Nutanix | Nutanix |
| NextGen Enterprise Firewalls | Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks | Palo Alto Networks | Cisco | Cisco | Palo Alto Networks |
| Industry Standard Servers | Dell | Dell | HP | HP | Dell | HP |
| Microservers | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell | Dell |
| Server Virtualization | VMware | VMware | VMware | VMware | VMware | VMware |
| WAN Optimization | Riverbed | Riverbed | Riverbed | Riverbed | Riverbed | Riverbed |