Comments on: VMware’s Greene Backs Up Xconomy Readers—Says Customers Aren’t Balking at Premium Price for Company’s Virtualization Products

By: Stephen Bakerman

Stephen Bakerman — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:00:35 +0000

I head up an IT Department at a Law Firm and we chose Virtual Iron over VMWare. Despite the fact that VMWare told me to my face that we were too small (85 users/15 Servers) for them to help put together a business case for our Shareholders, I evaluated their product.

I found that Virtual Iron offered ALL of the features that were necessary and in addition to helping with the development of a business case specific to our business, VI had one of their engineers call to speak in great length about hardware requirements, features and the product roadmap. In my opinion, even if I had the budget for VMWare, I still would have gone with Virtual Iron as their level of support and professionalism is superior.

By: Greg Martin - Kaiser

Greg Martin - Kaiser — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 07:08:10 +0000

Our team evaluated Virtual Iron, Xensource, and VMware for the past year. We decided to go with VMware for the following major reasons:
1) Proven technology
2) Bells and Whistles
3) As a manager, it is highly important that there is a large peer community that we can turn to for support and capable resources. Something Xensource and Virtual Iron will take years to build.

By: Haysu Christo

Haysu Christo — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:59:44 +0000

“So, gentle readers, what do you think? Do VMware’s pricier products pay for themselves by helping you cram your applications onto fewer machines? Or do products from the likes of Virtual Iron and XenSource get you 80 percent of the benefit for 50 percent of the cost?”

Looking at the revenue of VMware vs. its competitors will give you the answer.