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    HPE Synergy

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHPE Synergy is Hewlett Packard Enterprise's software designed to support a composable infrastructure, which treats IT resources as a service that can be "composed" and deployed out to applications in near real-time, eliminating the need to configure hardware.N/A

    VMware Fusion

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AVmware Fusion is a virtual user session software built to run Windows applications on Macintosh to run any Windows applications.N/A
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    HPE SynergyVMware Fusion
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    HPE SynergyVMware Fusion
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    HPE SynergyVMware Fusion
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    Parallels RAS
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Parallels RAS
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    VMware Workstation Player
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HPE SynergyVMware Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    HPE SynergyVMware Fusion
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Best suited for virtualization and multi-environment implementations. Bare metal deployments have a few more limitations.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    Due to its perpetual licensing model, VMware Fusion is a great option for users whose needs do not change as much over time. It is also great for occasional-use scenarios such as testing and preparing code to run on newer platforms. Fusion is not really recommended for running graphics-intense applications as graphics acceleration in Fusion is fairly limited in both performance and API support. It has, however, come a very long way and offers near-native performance for many tasks.
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    Pros
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Handles high performance workloads efficiently
    • Has automated failover for downtime reduction
    • Easier to replace spare parts
    • Cable management is easier compared to previous generation
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Allows users to run Windows only applications on their Mac without switching devices.
    • Fusion is excellent for Windows image creation, and works exceptionally well on the Mac environment.
    • Assists a Mac user to virtualize Windows apps.
    • Excellent for installing Linux distros for penetration testing.
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    Cons
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Firmware repository size limitations could be larger (was increased recently but still is only room for a few SPPs)
    • Profile template updates flag all machines that haven't had their profile updated from the template, causing the dashboard to go red with warnings and can cause unnecessary concern
    • OneView, while powerful isn't as user friendly as it could be
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • With OSX - 10.14.1 and the latest version of Fusion - 11.0.2 the user interface has taken a step back IMHO.
    • I would like to see price decrease.
    • Better remote host connection capabilities - remote server connections are available but connections are spotty.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The hardware has fulfilled all of the promises that it made when we first acquired it. The only thing that would preclude this would be if the organization decided to holistically switch hardware vendors for reasons other than performance and feature sets.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    For Apple workstations VMware Fusion is the virtualization software to use. No other application (free or paid) can do what Fusion can. The features and constant updates make Fusion an application that cant be beat.
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    Usability
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    The GUI of Synergy is very user friendly and simple. Compared to previous generation products it has many great built in features. HPE Synergy shines in the management features of the OneView software making it a very good update from last gen. The ease of cabling and hardware replacement only add more to this.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    I made an 8 because it's good in almost every aspect. As I said if you are on macos and you need both windows and linux I think is the best options out there. Otherwise if you need only windows there is a competitor that could be better for performance and integration.
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    Support Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    No answers on this topic
    VMware by Broadcom
    I have never contacted VMware, but there is a lot of support online on message boards, forums, StackOverflow, YouTube tutorial videos, and the like. VMware has been around nine years longer than its leading competitor, VirtualBox, although both seem to have a good presence of online user communities who can help solve issues that come up.
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    Implementation Rating
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
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    VMware by Broadcom
    This is a workstation application and no install insights are needed.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    While all similar offerings can achieve basically the same thing, HPE Synergy stands out against Cisco and Dell offerings with respect to manageability, ease of use and flexibility - HPE Synergy offers configurations groups of chassis to create logical enclosures that can be managed as a single entity and also blades in any slot can be plumbed and allocated as necessary to multiple uplinks. This is one level more flexible than the others which limits configurations of blades in a single chassis to similar uplink settings. Also, the HPE Synergy chassis itself supports 12 blades vs 10 in competitive offerings.
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    VMware by Broadcom
    I've heard of other/competitive software but frankly once I tried VMware, I never looked back. There is absolutely nothing that I need that this product does not deliver. It's fast, effective and seems to be extremely durable and reliable. My only concern (and minor) might have to do with memory resources, but frankly it has not been an issue yet.
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    Return on Investment
    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Downtime has been minimal resulting in less service imapct
    • Freed up a lot of valuable rack space
    • Forecasted ROI target is much shorter
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    VMware by Broadcom
    • Users using a VM often don't need something as "fancy" as VMware Fusion, and instead can use a free option like Virtual Box, so we waste money on using an extra amount of VMware Fusion licenses.
    • Developers using and IT admins using VMware Fusion for testing saves us time and money. Simply, we know mistakes would take time and money to fix, but VMware is powerful, allows for proper and fast testing.
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