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