In a recent survey that had enterprises rank software vendors, virtualization companies Citrix and VMware came away with high marks while Oracle struggled in every category.

The report, conducted by Flexera Software LLC with input from IDC, had enterprises rank the top 11 software vendors — Adobe, CA, Citrix, EMC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, Salesforce.com, Symantec and VMware — in categories ranging from price and ease of use to licensing costs and rules. The survey had eight statements that the respondents could either “Strongly Agree,” “Agree,” “Disagree,” or “Strongly Disagree.”

Citrix finished as the top software vendor in three different categories, VMware and HP each finished first in two categories and EMC was the top choice for one.

SOURCE: techtarget.com