This IT Brand Pulse mini-report includes only market leader data from the independent, non-sponsored survey covering six categories of brand leadership–Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support and Innovation–for fourteen Cloud, OpenStack & Networking products. Complete survey data for each product category is available. Please contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information and pricing.

1. Cloud, OpenStack &
Networking
2016 Brand Leader Survey
Mini-Report

2. Brand Leader Survey Mini-Report
This IT Brand Pulse mini-report includes only market leader data from the
independent, non-sponsored survey covering six categories of brand
leadership–Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Service & Support
and Innovation–for fourteen Cloud, OpenStack & Networking products.
Complete survey data for each product category is available. Please
contact us at info@itbrandpulse.com for information and pricing.
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3. Table of Contents
Cloud, OpenStack & Networking Brand Leader Survey Mini-Report, 2016
Brand Leader Survey Methodology Page 4
Brand Leader Voting Definitions Page 5
2016 Cloud, OpenStack & Networking Brand Leader Survey Winners Chart Page 6
Respondent Title/Job Description Page 8
Respondent Data Center Environment Page 9
2016 Enterprise Mobility Management Market Leader Chart Page 11
2016 Low Latency Ethernet Adapter Market Leader Chart Page 12
2016 Low Latency Ethernet Switch Market Leader Chart Page 13
2016 NextGen Enterprise Firewall Market Leader Chart Page 14
2016 NoSQL Database Software Distributions Market Leader Chart Page 15
2016 On-Premise Enterprise Storage as a Service Market Leader Chart Page 16
2016 OpenStack Distributions Market Leader Chart Page 17
2016 OpenStack Service Providers Market Leader Chart Page 18
2016 OpenStack Services Market Leader Chart Page 19
2016 OpenStack Training Market Leader Chart Page 20
2016 Secure Web Gateways Market Leader Chart Page 21
2016 Unified Threat Management Market Leader Chart Page 22
2016 Virtual Firewall Appliance Market Leader Chart Page 23
2016 Unified Threat Management Market Leader Chart Page 24
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4. Cloud, OpenStack & Networking
Brand Leader Survey Methodology
• Brand Leader Reports are designed to measure the pulse of brand leadership in specific product
categories using independent, non-sponsored surveys with at least 200 respondents.
• The Cloud, OpenStack & Networking survey was conducted in September, 2016.
– Respondents were solicited from over 1,000,000 members of 100+ online IT groups, and from the IT Brand
Pulse IT professional database.
– Two hundred and five IT Pros completed this survey.
– Responses were collected using an online survey engine.
• In each part, respondents were provided with a product category description, list of vendor choices
(plus an “Other” answer choice to add a vendor, if applicable), and were asked six questions:
1. Who do you perceive as the <product category> market leader?
2. Who do you perceive as the <product category> price leader?
3. Who do you perceive as the <product category> performance leader?
4. Who do you perceive as the <product category> reliability leader?
5. Who do you perceive as the <product category> service & support leader?
6. Who do you perceive as the <product category> innovation leader?
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5. 5
Brand Leader Definitions

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7. Respondent Profiles

8. Respondent Title/Job Description:
Other
VAR / OEM
Network Administrator/Architect
Executive/Management
Storage Administrator/Architect
Server Administrator/Architect
Data Center Manager
IT Manager/Director
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9. Your environment is best described as:
Other
Public Cloud/Data Center Provider
Product Development
High performance computing data center
Small-medium business data center
Enterprise data center
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10. Market Leaders

11. 2016 Market Leader
Enterprise Mobility Management
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for Enterprise Mobility
Management?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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12. 2016 Market Leader
Low Latency Ethernet Adapters
Broadcom Cavium/
QLogic
Chelsio Cisco Intel Mellanox Myricom Solarflare Other
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for Low Latency
Ethernet Adapters?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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13. 2016 Market Leader
Low Latency Ethernet Switches
Arista Brocade Cisco Dell Extreme HPE Huawei Juniper Mellanox Other
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for Low Latency
Ethernet Switches?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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14. 2016 Market Leader
NextGen Enterprise Firewalls
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for NextGen Enterprise
Firewalls?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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15. 2016 Market Leader
NoSQL Database Software Distributions
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for NoSQL Database
Software Distributions?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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16. 2016 Market Leader
On-Premise Enterprise Storage as a Service
Nimble Storage SoftNAS Zadara Storage Other
Who do you perceive
as the market leader for
On-Premise Enterprise
Storage as a Service?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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17. 2016 Market Leader
OpenStack Distributions
Canonical Mirantis Red Hat SUSE Other
Who do you
perceive as the
market leader for
OpenStack
Distributions?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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18. 2016 Market Leader
OpenStack Service Providers
Who do you perceive as
the market leader for
OpenStack Service
Providers?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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19. 2016 Market Leader
OpenStack Services
Who do you perceive as
the market leader for
OpenStack Services?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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20. 2016 Market Leader
OpenStack Training
Who do you perceive as
the market leader for
OpenStack Training?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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21. 2016 Market Leader
Secure Web Gateways
Who do you perceive as
the market leader for
Secure Web Gateways?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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22. 2016 Market Leader
Unified Threat Management
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for Unified Threat
Management?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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23. 2016 Market Leader
Virtual Firewall Appliances
Who do you perceive
as the market leader
for Virtual Firewall
Appliances?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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24. 2016 Market Leader
Virtual WAN Optimization Appliances
Who do you perceive as
the market leader for
Virtual WAN Optimization
Appliances?
Sept. 2016 Brand Leader Survey
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