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Industry Recognition for VMware

The reliability of VMware products and VMware’s overall leadership is being recognized by press and analysts alike.

Among the hundreds of awards given to VMware products over the past years, one stands out regarding reliability. Redmond Magazine awarded VMware ESX #1 in the “most reliable” category of its 2008 Editors’ Choice Awards for all IT products.

• Redmond Magazine: Most Reliable Category of 2008 Editors' Choice Awards
  “The least stable part of ESX is usually the administrator. The code is virtually bomb-proof.”

Also, a Taneja Group report also espoused the reliability of VMware ESX/ESXi:

• Taneja Group: Architectural Requirements for a Datacenter-Ready Virtualization Platform
  “Of all the OS and hardware based virtualization platforms that are currently competing for end user attention and investment, the VMware hypervisor architecture comes the closest to meeting the standards for data center readiness. VMware ESX Server 3i aspires to deliver the reliability, security and performance of native hardware, which makes it a compelling choice for enterprise use.”

Noteworthy 2009 industry awards given to VMware vSphere include:

• The Wall Street Journal – 2009 Technology Innovation Award
  Honored technological breakthroughs in such areas as medicine, software, the Internet, wireless and consumer electronics. VMware vSphere 4 was recognized in the “Software” category in 2009.
• ChannelWeb – Best Products of 2009
  This award recognized new products that have a significant effect on how enterprises, small and medium size businesses, and solution providers address IT infrastructure and management. VMware vSphere 4 was named best product in the “Virtualization” category.
• InfoWorld – 2009 Technology of the Year Award
  This award recognized the 10 technologies that made the greatest impact during 2009. The winners were selected from a wide range of products tested and reviewed in the InfoWorld Test Center throughout the year. VMware vSphere 4 was recognized as the year’s “Best Server Virtualization Product.”
• NetWorld – Product of the Year 2009
  NetWorld awarded VMware vSphere 4 the title of best product in the “Virtualization” category. Winners are chosen by NetWorld readers as the most valuable, innovative, and reliable products.
• PC Pro – Business Software of the Year 2009
  VMware vSphere 4 won the PC Pro “Business Software of the Year” award as the piece of software that judges believe made the biggest difference to business computing in 2009. The PC Pro Editorial Awards are voted on by a combination of the magazine's editorial team and its roster of respected “Real World Computing” editors.
• SearchServerVirtualization.com – Product of the Year 2009
  Presented to top vendors based on product innovation, performance, ease of integration and value, among other parameters. VMware vSphere 4 was named “Virtualization Platform of the Year.”

Independent press and bloggers are also reporting on VMware’s leadership and advantages:

• eWeek (6.7.09): VMware vSphere 4 Raises the Virtualization Bar
  “These new capabilities place vSphere 4 well ahead of Microsoft's Hyper-V platform and open-source projects based on the Xen hypervisor, and earn the new VMware platform an eWEEK Labs Analyst's Choice award.”
• InfoWorld (5.21.09) VMware vSphere 4: The once and future virtualization king
  "… I can say that my brief experience with vSphere has been positive, and the features offered are taking things to the next level. They also would seem to highlight just how far behind VMware's competitors really are."
• SearchServerVirtualization (5.21.09) Virtualization Users Remain True-Blue VMware Adherents
  "VMware still reigns supreme for veteran virtualization users, who say Hyper-V is far from being a strong option in heterogeneous data centers and question XenServer's long-term viability.”
• CIO.com (3.26.09) VMware Bucks Microsoft's Cheaper is Better Mantra
  “Physical hosts running VMware software can pack in 1.5 VMs for every 1 VM on a Microsoft Hyper-V server, according to the [Taneja Group] report. Comparing costs based on the number of VMs a host can support, Taneja Group concluded VMware is actually cheaper by between five percent and 29 percent than Hyper-V.”
• SearchServerVirtualization (2.26.09) VMware outshines Hyper-V, et al. in hypervisor comparison
  “VMware VI 3.5 Update 3 satisfied all Burton Group's criteria 100% and outshone the competition…”