2017 Brand Leader Survey Results

In each of these independent, non-sponsored surveys, global 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).

Flash Storage & NVMe – June, 2017

Voted by IT Pros
Mini Report
Press Release

All Flash FC Array
Dell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCPure Storage
All Flash iSCSI ArrayDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Dell EMC
Dell EMC
All Flash NAS ArrayNetAppDell EMCNetAppNetAppNetAppNetApp
All Flash NVMeoF StorageMicronMicronMicronMicronMicronMicron
All Flash Unified SAN/NAS ArrayDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Flash Cache SoftwareDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCWestern Digital
Hybrid HDD/SSD ArrayDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
NAND Flash ChipsSamsungSamsungSamsung
SamsungSamsung
Samsung
NVDIMMMicron/Crucial
Micron/Crucial
Micron/Crucial
Micron/Crucial
Micron/Crucial
Micron/Crucial
NVMeoF Network AdaptersMellanox
Broadcom
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
Mellanox
PCIe NVMe Card - SSDWestern Digital
IntelWestern Digital
Western Digital
IntelWestern Digital
SSDSamsung
Samsung
Samsung
Samsung
Samsung
Samsung
Contributions to End User Adoption, NVMe Technology (2013-2017)Dell EMC
Driving the Next Wave of Flash Storage Technology GrowthNVIDIA GPUs


AI and Cloud – April, 2017

Voted by IT Pros
Mini Report
Press Release

Endpoint ProtectionSymantecMicrosoftSymantec
Symantec
Symantec
Cylance
Machine Learning-as-a-ServiceIBM Watson Analytics
AmazonML
IBM Watson Analytics
AmazonML
AmazonML
Google Prediction API
Next-Gen AI-Based Endpoint ProtectionCylanceSophos
CylanceSophos
Sophos
Cylance
Private & Public Cloud Backup & ArchiveAWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
Private & Public Cloud Dedicated Enterprise ServersAWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
Private & Public Cloud Enterprise Class StorageAWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
AWS
Private & Public Cloud SSD StorageDell EMC
Dell EMC
Dell EMC
Dell EMC
Dell EMC
Dell EMC
Translation-as-a-ServiceGoogle Translate
Google Translate
Google Translate
Google Translate
Google Translate
Google Translate
Translation SoftwareBabylon
Babylon
Babylon
Babylon
Babylon
Babylon


Networking & Scale-Out Storage – March, 2017

Voted by IT Pros
Mini Report
Press Release

Bare Metal Switch OSArista - EOSArista - EOSArista - EOSArista - EOSArista - EOSArista - EOS
Embedded Blade Server NetworkingHPEDell EMCHPECiscoCiscoHPE
Enterprise Ethernet NICsIntelIntelIntelIntelIntelIntel
Enterprise File Sync & ShareCitrixGoogleCitrixCitrixMicrosoftCitrix
Ethernet Core SwitchCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
Ethernet ToR SwitchCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
Open Networking (Bare Metal) SwitchDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Scale-Out File StorageNetApp ONTAPNetApp ONTAPNetApp ONTAPNetApp ONTAPNetApp ONTAPNetApp ONTAP
Scale-Out Object Storage ApplianceDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Scale-Out Object Storage SoftwareRed HatRed HatIBM/CleversafeRed HatIBM/CleversafeRed Hat
Servers for Software-Defined Storage Cisco UCSDellCisco UCSCisco UCSCisco UCSCisco UCS
WAN OptimizationCiscoRiverbedCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco

 


Server and Database – February, 2017

Voted by IT Pros
Mini Report
Press Release

ARM-based Server ProcessorsQualcomm CentriqQualcomm CentriqQualcomm CentriqQualcomm CentriqQualcomm CentriqQualcomm Centriq
Dense Low Power MicroserversHPE MoonshotSupermicroHPE MoonshotHPE MoonshotHPE MoonshotHPE Moonshot
Enterprise Blade ServersHPEDell EMCHPEHPEDell EMCHPE
Enterprise Cluster Operating SystemMicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoftMicrosoft
Enterprise Rackmount ServersDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Enterprise Server LOM & MLOMIntelIntelIntelIntelIntelIntel
Enterprise Server Operating SystemMicrosoft WindowsRed Hat LinuxMicrosoft WindowsRed Hat LinuxMicrosoft WindowsRed Hat Linux
Enterprise Server ProcessorsIntel XeonIntel XeonIntel XeonIntel XeonIntel XeonIntel Xeon
In-Memory DatabaseOracleMongoDBOracleOracleOracleOracle
Integrated SystemCiscoDell EMCCiscoCiscoDell EMCCisco
NoSQL DatabaseMongoDBAWSMongoDBMongoDBAWSAWS
Server GPUsNVIDIANVIDIANVIDIANVIDIANVIDIANVIDIA
SQL DatabaseOracleOracleOracleOracleOracleOracle
White Box ServersDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC

 


Networked Storage – January, 2017

Voted by IT Pros
Mini Report
Press Release

Converged Network AdaptersBroadcom / EmulexCiscoBroadcom / EmulexCiscoCiscoBroadcom / Emulex
Deduplication Backup Target AppliancesDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Enterprise HDDsSeagateWDSeagateSeagateSeagateSeagate
FCoE SwitchesCiscoBrocadeCiscoCiscoCiscoCisco
Fibre Channel Disk ArraysDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Fibre Channel HBAsBroadcom / EmulexBroadcom / EmulexBroadcom / EmulexBroadcom / EmulexBroadcom / EmulexBroadcom / Emulex
Fibre Channel SwitchesBrocadeBrocadeCiscoBrocadeBrocadeBrocade
iSCSI Disk ArraysDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMCDell EMC
Mid-Range Tape DrivesQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantum
NAS Disk ArraysNetAppNetAppNetAppNetAppNetAppNetApp
Tape LibrariesQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantumQuantum
Unified SAN/NAS Disk ArraysNetAppNetAppNetAppNetAppNetAppNetApp