Last year VirtualizationAdmin.com conducted a number of Readers' Choice Award contests to find out which products most administrators recommended. A variety of different products were listed on the site and visitors had a chance to cast their vote for their favorite products.
Throughout the year there were hundreds of responses for the various third party solutions for virtualization environments that people preferred. The following results are taken from over 300 respondents. Listed below are the top choices for each category and also the schedule for the 2011 Readers' Choice Awards.
- P2V & V2V Conversions - VMware vCenter Converter
- Security - VMware VMSafe
- Hypervisors - VMware ESX
- Application Servers - 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services
- Backup & Recovery - Acronis True Image Server for Windows
- Monitoring Management & Performance - ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Management Suite
P2V & V2V Conversions - November 2010
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| 1st | VMware vCenter Converter | 59% |
| 2nd | Acronis Backup & Recovery Server for Windows | 16% |
| 3rd | PlateSpin Migrate | 7% |
See the full results of the P2V & V2V Conversions category.
Get more information on other P2V & V2V Conversions solutions.
Security - September 2010
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| 1st | VMware VMSafe | 56% |
| 2nd | Check Point VPN-VE | 10% |
| 3rd | Catbird V-Security | 5% |
| 3rd | Reflex Systems vTrust | 5% |
| 3rd | StoneGate Security Solution for Virtual Environments | 5% |
See the full results of the Security category.
Get more information on other Security solutions.
Hypervisors - July 2010
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| 1st | VMware ESX | 62% |
| 2nd | Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V | 24% |
| 3rd | Citrix XenServer | 11% |
See the full results of the Hypervisors category.
Get more information on other Hypervisors solutions.
Application Servers - May 2010
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| 1st | 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services | 26% |
| 2nd | Oracle Application Server | 24% |
| 3rd | Quest vWorkspace (Enterprise Edition) | 10% |
See the full results of the Application Servers category.
Get more information on other Application Servers solutions.
Backup & Recovery - March 2010
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| 1st | Acronis True Image Server for Windows | 36% |
| 2nd | CA ARCserve Backup | 9% |
| 2nd | PHD Virtual esXpress | 9% |
| 3rd | ShadowProtect Servers | 8% |
See the full results of the Backup & Recovery category.
Get more information on other Backup & Recovery solutions.
Monitoring Management & Performance - January 2010
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| 1st | ManageIQ Enterprise Virtualization Management Suite | 28% |
| 2nd | NetIQ AppManager Suite | 26% |
| 3rd | eG VM Monitor | 20% |
See the full results of the Monitoring Management & Performance category.
Get more information on other Monitoring Management & Performance solutions.
If you’d like to see past Readers’ Choice winners, please take a look at last years' Readers’ Choice Awards Yearly Roundup 2009.
2011 Readers' Choice Awards
Even more awards will be given out during 2011. Visitors to VirtualizationAdmin.com will once again have the opportunity to vote for their preferred products by submitting their votes for the Readers' Choice Award poll in the site's left-hand bar. Below is a list of the Readers' Choice categories and the month that visitors can submit their votes.
- Monitoring Management & Performance - January 2011 - VMware vCenter Configuration Manager
- Backup & Recovery - March 2011 - Acronis Backup & Recovery Server for Windows
- Application Servers - May 2011 - 2X ApplicationServer for Windows Terminal Services
- Hypervisors - July 2011 - VMware ESX
- Security - September 2011 - VMware vShield App
- P2V & V2V Conversions - November 2011 - VMware vCenter Converter