VMware recurring usability study Survey

VMware is looking for vSphere and vCloud users to participate in research about upcoming versions of our products. All participants must sign an NDA.

For the current study, we're looking for virtual infrastructure architects and senior administrators who deal with their virtual infrastructure on a daily basis. They do tasks such as manage and monitor virtual infrastructure, plan capacity, create VMs, migrate VMs, or deal with virtual infrastructure help tickets.

For this research, we will reach out to you every 6-8 weeks and discuss various topics about vSphere, vCloud, and related products. Each session is approximately 1.5 hours, and will be conducted either remotely via WebEx or in person at our headquarters in Palo Alto, California. Participants are not required to participate in every session in the 6-month period over which this research is conducted, but are required to commit to participating in at least 2 sessions.

If you have any questions, please email Nadyne Richmond at nrichmond@vmware.com

1. What is your role at your company?

What is your role at your company? Architect

Senior Administrator

Junior Administrator

Engineer or Non-Administrator

Other (please specify)

2. Please describe your role. What do you do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis?

Please describe your role. What do you do on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis?

3. What tasks do you perform with vCenter/vSphere? (Choose all that apply)

What tasks do you perform with vCenter/vSphere? (Choose all that apply) None, I don't use vCenter/vSphere

Configure hosts

Set up and manage clusters

Configure storage

Configure networks

Set up and manage user permissions

Monitor health of virtual infrastructure

Create VMs

Troubleshoot VM issues

Power on/off VMs

Use VMs

Other (please specify)

4. How are you using your virtual infrastructure?

How are you using your virtual infrastructure? virtualization of business-critical applications/servers

virtualization of development and test systems

IT-as-a-Service (ITaaS)

remote and branch office IT management

desktop virtualization

deployment of software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications on virtual systems

private cloud within your company

Other (please specify)

5. Approximately how many hosts and VMs do you have?

Approximately how many hosts and VMs do you have? # of hosts
# of VMs

6. How many employees does your company have at all locations?

How many employees does your company have at all locations? 499 or less

500 - 999

1000 - 4999

5000 or more

unsure

7. Are you willing to participate in at least 2 research sessions in the next 6 months?

Are you willing to participate in at least 2 research sessions in the next 6 months? yes

no

unsure (give details)

8. Please provide your contact information

Please provide your contact information Name:
Company:
City/Town:
State:
Country:
Email address:

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