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VMware, the company that invented the product category of server virtualization software, is still the top choice of solution providers participating in the Annual Report Card survey.
VMware almost had a clean sweep of the survey, with its solution providers rating it higher in every attribute except one, Presales Support, where rival Microsoft beat VMware soundly.
VMware outscored rivals Microsoft and Novell in Product Innovation and Partnership and garnered a high enough score in the Support category to notch the overall win.
(Editor's Note: Citrix, one of the top vendors of server virtualization software, declined to take part in this year's survey.)
One solution provider who requested anonymity but works with server virtualization software from VMware, Citrix and Microsoft said VMware's solid position at the top of the ARC survey comes from its constant innovation.
