VMUG 2014 Member Survey

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* 7. How many employees does your organization have?

Less than 100

100 - 499

500-999

1,000 - 4,999

5,000 - 24,999

25,000+

Unknown

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* 8. How many years have you been a user of VMware products?

0-2

3-5

6-10

11+

Don’t Know/NA

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* 9. What current VMware products does your company use?

vCloud Suite (vCloud Suite)

vSphere (Compute)

vSphere with Operations Management (Compute)

NSX (Networking & Security)

Virtual SAN (Storage & Availability)

vCenter Site Recovery Manager (Storage & Availability)

vSphere Data Protection Advanced (Storage & Availability)

vSphere Storage Appliance (Storage & Availability)

vCloud Hybrid Service (Infrastructure as a Service)

vCenter Operations Management Suite (Cloud Operations Management)

vCenter Log Insight (Cloud Operations Management)

vCenter Server (Cloud Operations Management)

vCenter Server Heartbeat (Cloud Operations Management)

vCloud Director (Cloud Operations Management)

vCloud Automation Center (Cloud Automation)

vCenter Orchestrator (Cloud Automation)

IT Business Management Suite (IT Business Management)

IT Benchmarking (IT Business Management)

Pivotal CF (Applications and Data Platform)

vFabric Suite (Applications and Data Platform)

Horizon Suite (Desktop Virtualization and Mobile Computing)

Horizon View (Desktop Virtualization and Mobile Computing)

Horizon Mirage (Desktop Virtualization and Mobile Computing)

Horizon Workspace (Desktop Virtualization and Mobile Computing)

Fusion (Personal Desktop)

Fusion Professional (Personal Desktop)

Workstation(Personal Desktop)

Player Plus (Personal Desktop)

Other (please specify)

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* 10. What is your company’s annual IT spend?

Under $100,000

$100,000 - $499,900

$500,000 - $999,999

$1 - $4.9 Million

$5 - $9.9 Million

$10 - $24.9 Million

$25 - $49.9 Million

$50 - $99.9 Million

$100 Million or more

Don’t Know/NA

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* 11. What is your company’s annual spend on VMware solutions (including business partners)?

$10,000 - $25,000

$25,001 - $ 50,000

$50,001 - $100,000

$100,001 - $500,000

$500,001 - $1,000,000

Greater than $1,000,000

Don’t Know/NA

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* 12. What is your company’s spending plans over the next 12-24 months?

Increase spending

Decrease spending

Stay the same

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* 13. Please indicate the percentage of your overall IT budget that you allocate for new IT investments as opposed to allocation for operations and infrastructure costs. Your best estimate is fine.

0-20%

21-40%

41-60%

61-80%

81-100%

I am not aware

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* 14. In which of the following areas do you expect to make significant investments over the next 12-24 months? Please check all boxes that apply and please include first time purchases and supplemental/replacement purchases.

Software Defined Data Center

Management & Automation

Workspace Mobility

Device & Mobility

Hybrid Cloud

Networking Virtualization

Storage

Other (please specify)

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* 15. What is your role in purchasing?

Decision-Maker

Decision Influencer

No Influence

Don’t Know/NA

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* 16. What are your top three key priorities for virtualization?

I need to start virtualizing my workloads and applications.

I need help on my journey to the cloud – supporting workloads that need to be both on–and–off premise.

I want to learn more about network virtualization and how do it.

I want to learn more about managing workloads and apps in my on–and–off premise environments.

I want to understand how to give my users access to business critical applications from their device of choice.

I want to start enabling a completely Software–Defined Data center, from compute and storage to networking and management.

Other (please specify)

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* 17. How virtualized are you in your IT journey?

0-25% workload virtualization in a private cloud

25-50% workload virtualization in a private cloud

50%+ workload virtualization in a private cloud

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* 18. What is the percentage breakdown between private and public in your cloud environment? please enter your percentages in the comment box

I have _____% workloads virtualized in a private cloud.

I have _____% of my workloads running in a public cloud environment.

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* 19. How likely are you to recommend VMware’s products and services to a colleague?

1 Extremely Unlikely

10 Extremely Likely

1 Extremely Unlikely

10 Extremely Likely

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* 20. Would you be interested in participating in VMware’s Customer Reference Program? If you indicate yes, please provide your contact information at end of survey

Yes

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* 21. Please indicate which industry certifications you have earned.

VMware Certified Associate - Cloud (VCA-Cloud)

VMware Certified Professional - Cloud (VCP-Cloud)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Design (VCAP-CID)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional – Cloud Infrastructure Administration (VCAP-CIA)

VMware Certified Design Expert – Cloud (VCDX-Cloud)

VMware Certified Professional 4 - Data Center Virtualization (VCP4-DCV)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 - Data Center Administration (VCAP4DCA)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 4 - Data Center Design (VCAP4-DCD)

VMware Certified Design Expert 4 - Data Center Virtualization (VCDX4-DCV)

VMware Certified Associate - Data Center Virtualization (VCA-DCV)

VMware Certified Professional 5 – Data Center Virtualization (VCP5-DCV)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Administration (VCAP5-DCA)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Design (VCAP5-DCD)

VMware Certified Design Expert 5 - Data Center Virtualization (VCDX5-DCV)

VMware Certified Associate - Workforce Mobility (VCA-WM)

VMware Certified Professional 4 - Desktop (VCP4-DT)

VMware Certified Professional 5 - Desktop (VCP5-DT)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Desktop Administration (VCAP-DTA)

VMware Certified Advanced Professional - Desktop Design (VCAP-DTD)

VMware Certified Design Expert-Desktop (VCDX-DT)

VMware Sales Professional (VSP)

VMware Technical Solutions Professional (VTSP)

None

Other (please specify)

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* 22. How aware are you of the following VMUG benefits?

	Don't Know	Very Unaware	Somewhat Unaware	Somewhat Aware	Very Aware
Free Membership	Free Membership Don't Know	Free Membership Very Unaware	Free Membership Somewhat Unaware	Free Membership Somewhat Aware	Free Membership Very Aware
Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences	Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences Don't Know	Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences Very Unaware	Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences Somewhat Unaware	Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences Somewhat Aware	Complimentary full-day regional User Conferences Very Aware
Local Groups	Local Groups Don't Know	Local Groups Very Unaware	Local Groups Somewhat Unaware	Local Groups Somewhat Aware	Local Groups Very Aware
Special Interest Groups	Special Interest Groups Don't Know	Special Interest Groups Very Unaware	Special Interest Groups Somewhat Unaware	Special Interest Groups Somewhat Aware	Special Interest Groups Very Aware
VMUG Advantage	VMUG Advantage Don't Know	VMUG Advantage Very Unaware	VMUG Advantage Somewhat Unaware	VMUG Advantage Somewhat Aware	VMUG Advantage Very Aware
Webinars	Webinars Don't Know	Webinars Very Unaware	Webinars Somewhat Unaware	Webinars Somewhat Aware	Webinars Very Aware
VMUG Voice	VMUG Voice Don't Know	VMUG Voice Very Unaware	VMUG Voice Somewhat Unaware	VMUG Voice Somewhat Aware	VMUG Voice Very Aware

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* 23. Would you recommend VMUG Membership to a colleague?

1 Unlikely

10 Very likely

1 Unlikely

10 Very likely

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* 24. What would you like to see VMUG provide in 2014 and beyond?

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* 25. What about VMUG is most important to you?

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* 26. Do you think more positively about business partners who support and participate in VMUG?

Yes

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* 27. Did you attend a VMUG User Conference in 2013?

Yes

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* 28. If you didn’t attend, why not?

Other members of our organization attended

Travel restrictions

I attend other user conferences

Workload/schedule

Reduced relevance

Not one in my area

Was not aware of the conference

N/A

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* 29. Please provide any additional comments regarding your VMUG membership experience.

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* 30. Please enter your name and email address if interested in being entered to win an iPad Air for your participation in this survey.

Name

E-mail

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* 1. Are you a customer or partner?

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* 2. How many years have you been a user group member?

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* 3. Where are you located?

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* 4. Which VMUG Local Group are you a member of?

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* 5. Which of the following best describes the industry or type of organization in which you work?

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* 6. Which best describes your job role/title?

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* 7. How many employees does your organization have?

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* 8. How many years have you been a user of VMware products?

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* 9. What current VMware products does your company use?

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* 10. What is your company’s annual IT spend?

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* 11. What is your company’s annual spend on VMware solutions (including business partners)?

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* 12. What is your company’s spending plans over the next 12-24 months?

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* 13. Please indicate the percentage of your overall IT budget that you allocate for new IT investments as opposed to allocation for operations and infrastructure costs. Your best estimate is fine.

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* 14. In which of the following areas do you expect to make significant investments over the next 12-24 months? Please check all boxes that apply and please include first time purchases and supplemental/replacement purchases.

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* 15. What is your role in purchasing?

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* 16. What are your top three key priorities for virtualization?

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* 17. How virtualized are you in your IT journey?

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* 18. What is the percentage breakdown between private and public in your cloud environment? please enter your percentages in the comment box

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* 19. How likely are you to recommend VMware’s products and services to a colleague?

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* 20. Would you be interested in participating in VMware’s Customer Reference Program? If you indicate yes, please provide your contact information at end of survey

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* 21. Please indicate which industry certifications you have earned.

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* 22. How aware are you of the following VMUG benefits?

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* 23. Would you recommend VMUG Membership to a colleague?

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* 24. What would you like to see VMUG provide in 2014 and beyond?

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* 25. What about VMUG is most important to you?

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* 26. Do you think more positively about business partners who support and participate in VMUG?

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* 27. Did you attend a VMUG User Conference in 2013?

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* 28. If you didn’t attend, why not?

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* 29. Please provide any additional comments regarding your VMUG membership experience.

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* 30. Please enter your name and email address if interested in being entered to win an iPad Air for your participation in this survey.