Are VMware products and solutions changing the way you work? Tell us your story for a chance to win one of seven (7) Apple MacBook Air laptop computers bundled with VMware Fusion, the most seamless way to run Windows on your Mac. Read the Contest Rules.
Select a category below and submit your story by June 27, 2008 to enter.
Select a Success Story Category
Tell us what is most impressive or unique about your virtualized Windows deployment (size of deployment, speed of deployment, workload density, criticality of virtualized applications etc). We are particularly interested in creative and original solutions, so don't be afraid to tell us your wildest Windows virtualization story!
VMware and IBM recently set a new record when they fit 16,000 Exchange mailboxes on a single virtualized server. Have you performed incredible feats by virtualizing your Microsoft Exchange environment? Or, have you virtualized a fairly large Exchange environment? Share your success story and tell us what you think is most impressive and unique about your deployment of Microsoft Exchange on VMware.
Tell us about running your SAP applications on VMware Infrastructure. We want to hear about your experience and the benefits of virtualization to your SAP landscape.
How has VMware helped you take command of the desktops in your organization? Share your success story about managing virtual desktops with solutions such as VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Tell us know how VMware has helped you improve the resiliency and fault tolerance of your IT infrastructure.
Are you using VMware products to automate IT Service Delivery and other critical processes? Let us know how VMware is helping you improve IT agility, increase ROI and minimize the hassle of regulatory compliance.
Virtualization is helping to cut energy usages in datacenters around the world. Share your success about reducing energy consumption and costs in your datacenter. You can use our Green Calculator or detailed ROI/TCO Calculator to quantify your results.
Success Story Guidelines and Criteria
Tell us how VMware products and solutions have solved specific IT issues (business continuity and disaster recovery, desktop management, IT Service Delivery etc). In your responses, be sure to include information about:
- Business problem(s) you solved (pain points, uniqueness of problem).
- VMware products/solutions you used to solve the problem(s).
- Size and scope of your VMware implementation.
- Benefits of using VMware to solve a problem (ROI, TCO, other quantifiable business results).
Responses will be judged based on your ability to demonstrate:
- An understanding about the general benefits of using virtualization.
- The specific advantages of using VMware solutions to solve your particular business challenge(s).
- Quantifiable results and/or other metrics you have gathered.
- Creativity! You are encouraged to include videos, diagrams and other media uploads in your response.