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IBM
Based on 2916 reviews.
VMware
Based on 2246 reviews.
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Overview
International Business Machines Corporation is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation, with headquarters in Armonk, New York. IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware, middleware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology. The company originated in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company through a merger of the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, and the Computing Scale Company.
VMware, Inc. is a US software company that provides cloud and virtualization software and services, VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, while its enterprise software hypervisors for servers, VMware ESX and VMware ESXi, are bare-metal hypervisors that run directly on server hardware without requiring an additional underlying operating system. In 1998, VMware was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion. Greene and Rosenblum, who are married, first met while at the University of California, Berkeley.
Sample Customers
Netezza Analytics
A leading online advertising network
IBM Spectrum Computing
London South Bank University, Transvalor, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Genomic
IBM Service Delivery Manager
Whogohost Ltd., Infinity Computers and Communications Company, Outokumpu, Salesbox, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Seekr, CLOUD M, CenterPoint Energy, Apptimate AB, WeCloud AB, Earth Signal, DSB Consulting, Inventive, SKIData AG
IBM Turbonomic
IBM, J.B. Hunt, BBC, The Capita Group, SulAmérica, Rabobank, PROS, ThinkON, O.C. Tanner Co.
IBM Multicloud Manager
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM Cloud App Management
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM PowerVM
Sto, Soitec, SNO, Bundesrechenzentrum GmbH, Al Mansour Holding, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Huhtamaki, ELK Group, IT-Informatik, Arkansas Tech University, Pneuhage
IBM ProtectTIER
Durham Police Department, Re-Store LLC, CenterGrid, pixx.io GmbH, Australian Government Department of Defence, QD, Refresco Gerber
IBM Tivoli CDP for Files
Cyberian Data Protection
IBM Spectrum Protect
CERN, Einstein Healthcare, Nyherji, Allianz Australia, TZM, ABT Online, NCT, Kindred Healthcare Inc., Cobalt Iron, TransGrid, Baptist Health of Northeast Florida, Cash America, Piedmont Healthcare, RWGV, Arkansas Tech University, British Columbia Institute of Technology
IBM Spectrum Protect Plus
PT Wings Surya, Tectrade, State of Ohio
IBM SevOne Network Performance Management (NPM)
ATOS, Devereux, Spark New Zealand, Access4, Rogers Communication, Lumen (formerly known as CenturyLink)
IBM Security QRadar
Clients across multiple industries, such as energy, financial, retail, healthcare, government, communications, and education use QRadar.
Humio Log Management for IBM Cloud Paks
1. ABN AMRO 2. Accenture 3. Aconex 4. Adidas 5. Aetna 6. AIG 7. Air France KLM 8. Airtel 9. Allianz 10. Amadeus 11. American Express 12. AmerisourceBergen 13. Amgen 14. Aon 15. Apptio 16. Aramark 17. Arista Networks 18. ATT 19. Autodesk 20. Aviva 21. Bank of America 22. Bank of New York Mellon 23. BASF 24. Bayer 25. Bechtel 26. BHP Billiton 27. Boeing 28. BNP Paribas 29. Bristol-Myers Squibb 30. Cisco Systems 31. Coca Cola 32. Comcast
IBM Rational Build Forge
Cars.com
IBM Security Network IPS
Equifax, Christian Hospital Centre
IBM Integrated Analytics System
WIdO AOK, EEKA Fashion, SSGC, GS Retail
IBM Db2 Warehouse
Alameda County Social Services Agency, Sui Southern Gas Company Limited
IBM Netezza Performance Server
Seattle Childrens Hospital, Carphone Warehouse, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Battelle, Start Today Co. Ltd., Kelley Blue Book, Trident Marketing, Elisa Corporation, Catalina Marketing, iBasis, Barnes & Noble, Qualcomm, MediaMath, Acxiom, iBasis, Foxwoods
IBM Tivoli Asset Management for IT
Migros Zurich, Tyr_ns AB, Port Otago Limited, BTC, Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V., AIG, Swedish Match, DTE Energy
IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager
Michelin Tire Corp
IBM Application Performance Management
Mibtree, EatDrinkDeals.com, IT Performance Advisor
IBM Workload Automation
Standard Life Group, Banca Popolare di Milano, A*STAR, ArcelorMittal Gent
IBM WebSphere Application Server
TalkTalk, Property management group, E.SUN Bank, Ohio National Financial Services, Aviarc, Cincom Systems, FJA-US, D+H, Staples, Michigan Municipal League
IBM WebSphere BPMS
Schahin Group, Korean Credit Card Company, Versicherungskammer Bayern, Biogrid Australia
IBM BPM
Barclays, EmeriCon, Banca Popolare di Milano, CST Consulting, KeyBank, KPMG, Prolifics, Sandhata Technologies Ltd., State of Alaska, Humana S.A., Saperion, esciris, Banco Espirito Santo
IBM MQ
Deutsche Bahn, Bon-Ton, WestJet, ARBURG, Northern Territory Government, Tata Steel Europe, Sharp Corporation
IBM Event Streams
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits, Active International, Bison, Contextor, Constance Hotels, Resorts & Golf, Creval, Deloitte, ExxonMobil, FaceMe, FacePhi, Fitzsoft, Fuga Technologies, Guardio, Honeywell, Japanese airline, Jenzabar, KONE
IBM Disaster Recovery Manager
i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant, c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
Vision Solutions Double-Take
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits, Accessor Capital Management, Adventist Health, Alfa Bank, Alphawest Services, Ameristar Casinos, Ambrian Capital PLC
IBM Disaster Recovery Services
i-Virtualize, QD, Continuum Managed Services LLC, Royal Arctic Line, Department of Science and Technology of the Republic of the Philippines, Idwala Industrial Holdings Limited, A-Plant c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover, eASPNet Taiwan Inc., Mobile Mini Inc., TriDatum Solutions Inc., M7 Managed Services Ltd., Hospital de la Concepci‹n
IBM InfoSphere Information Server
Canadian National Railway Company, Chickasaw Nation Division of Commerce, Swedish Armed Forces, BG RCI, Janata Sahakari Bank Ltd., University of Arizona, Biogrid Australia
IBM InfoSphere DataStage
Dubai Statistics Center, Etisalat Egypt
IBM Cloud Pak for Data
Qatar Development Bank, GuideWell, Skanderborg Music Festival
IBM MaaS360
Bancroft, Garuda Indonesia
IBM InfoSphere Optim
Durham Police Department, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Continental, KCE Electronics Public Company Limited, The University of Adelaide, Migros Zurich, COPROB
IBM Public Cloud
Uvionics Tech, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Alpha Modus, Inventive, Web Business Consulting, FindBrok, SilverHook Powerboats, United Way of Allegheny County
IBM Cloud Private
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud
edenor, Ford
IBM Cloud Monitoring
1. Coca-Cola 2. American Express 3. General Motors 4. Delta Airlines 5. Verizon 6. Citigroup 7. Ford Motor Company 8. AT&T 9. Procter & Gamble 10. Boeing 11. Walmart 12. General Electric 13. IBM itself 14. Johnson & Johnson 15. Microsoft 16. Amazon 17. Intel 18. Cisco Systems 19. Oracle 20. Adobe 21. Accenture 22. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 23. Dell Technologies 24. Siemens 25. BMW 26. Toyota 27. Samsung 28. Sony 29. ExxonMobil 30. Chevron 31. BP 32. Shell
IBM SmartCloud Analytics
Barclays Bank, Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc.
IBM FlashSystem
Celero, Friedhelm Loh Group, Clarks, Mingkang Natregro Health Food Group, Sofia, Etisalat Fights Fraud, UF Health Shands Hospital, Generali, Elecon Engineering Company Limited, Ventiv , Technology, CPFL Energia, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., SciQuest, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Paddy Power, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Interconnect Services, Severstal IP-Only AB, PVU Group GmbH
IBM Streams
Globo TV, All England Lawn Tennis Club, CenterPoint Energy, Consolidated Communications Holdings, Darwin Ecosystem, Emory University Hospital, ICICI Securities, Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research (INFANT), Living Roads, Mobileum, Optibus, Southern Ontario Smart Computing Innovation Platform (SOSCIP), University of Alberta, University of Montana, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Wimbledon 2015
IBM Cloud Identity Service
Baxter Healthcare, 
IBM Spectrum Accelerate
Silverpop
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
Pelephone, Sprint IT Enterprise Services
IBM Resilient
Golden Living, Health Equity, USA Funds
IBM Cloud Infrastructure as a Service
Dream Payments, American Airlines, FaceMe
IBM Cloud Container Registry
American Airlines, UBank, Bitly, Eurobits
vCloud Director
MicroStrategy, National Democratic Institute, and NYSE Euronext.
VMware Aria Cost powered by CloudHealth
Pinterest, Dow Jones, RhythmOne, Ziff Davis, Acquia, Mentor Graphics, Lookout, Veracode, SwiftKey, Amtrak, Shi, Imgur, SumoLogic, NewsUK, Cloudera, Canvas
VMware Aria Automation
Rent-a-Center, Amway, Vistra Energy, Liberty Mutual
VMware Aria Operations
Science Applications International Corporation, Tribune Media, Heartland Payment Systems, Telkom Indonesia, Columbia Sportswear, iGATE, CSS Corp, Angel Broking, Adira Finance, Hipskind, Beiersdorf Shared Services, Innovate Mas Indonesia, Adobe, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi , Join Experience S.A, Borusan Holdings, Department of Transport - Abu Dhabi
vCenter Orchestrator
Beiersdorf Shared Services
VMware Service Manager
Seventy Seven Energy Inc., Symantec, KBC, Vodafone, Region Hovedstaden, Bank Audi, Hewlett-Packard, BT Global Services, Edogawa City Council, HDFC Bank Limited, Bank Al Bilad, ABN AMRO N.V. Singapore, Savvis, Abu Dhabi Ports Company, SAP AG, Fundaments, T-Systems
vRealize Business for Cloud
Rent-A-Center, SAIC - (Science Applications International Corporation), Tribune Media, iGATE, EMC, Deutsche Telekom, GEFCO, Banca Ifis
VMware Tanzu Greenplum
General Electric, Conversant, China CITIC Bank, Aridhia, Purdue University
VMware Tanzu GemFire
Southwest Airlines, Indian Railways, GE Power and Water
VMware Postgres
The world’s most versatile open-source database VMware Postgres is open-source PostgreSQL binaries, packaged and commercially supported.
VMware vSphere
Abu Dhabi Ports Company, ACS, AIA New Zealand, Consona, Corporate Express, CS Energy, and Digiweb.
VMware SRM
Acorda Therapeutics, Columbia Sportswear, Mainfreight, Nippon Express, Sin Chew Media, Fisher & Paykel, Siam City Bank
VMware NSX
City of Avondale, Lumeta, Kroll Ontrack, Heartland Payment Systems, Baystate Heallth, Exostar, Tribune Media, iGATE, NTT Communications, Synergent, California Natural Resources Agency, Bloomington Public Schools, Columbia Sportswear, Join Experience S.A, Schuberg Philis
Apteligent
AT&T, Bloomberg, CNN, Experian, Fox, JC Penny, Urban Outfitters, Nokia, Lutron, NASCAR, T-Mobile, Urban Engines, Microsoft, Lego
VMware Aria Operations for Applications
1. Atlassian 2. Cisco 3. Databricks 4. DigitalOcean 5. Equinix 6. Fidelity Investments 7. Google 8. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 9. Honeywell 10. IBM 11. Intel 12. JetBlue Airways 13. LinkedIn 14. Lyft 15. Mastercard 16. Microsoft 17. MongoDB 18. Netflix 19. Nvidia 20. Oracle 21. PayPal 22. Pinterest 23. Qualcomm 24. Red Hat 25. Salesforce 26. SAP 27. Spotify 28. Square 29. TMobile 30. Twitter 31. Uber 32. VMware
vRealize Network Insight
NTTi3, VCIX-NV, VMware Networking and Security Business Unit, Illumio, CompuNet
Nyansa
Rooms To Go, Lululemon
VMware Identity Manager
Seventy Seven Energy, The Hut Group, SAIC
VMware Carbon Black Cloud
ALLETE belk
VMware Carbon Black Endpoint
Netflix, Progress Residential, Indeed, Hologic, Gentle Giant, Samsung Research America
VMware Aria Operations for Logs
Wildlands Adventure Zoo, Medic Mobile, IBM, Seventy Seven Energy, Baystate Health, Osis, Oxford University, Columbia University, Siemens, Cardinal Health, Ashdod Port, Vasakronan, Sydney Adventist Hospital, University of Derby
Spring MVC
EMC, Aridhia, CoreLogic, CenturyLink, Humana, Purdue University, Tampon Run, ArtsPool, Charity Water, Center for ReSource Conservation, Manos Teatrales
VMware Workspace ONE
Australian Sports Commission, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Lomond School, Merck, United Bank, Medical College of Wisconsin, Latymer Upper School, 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, Dowling Aaron Inc., Trillium Lakelands District School Board, Harrogate Grammar School, Duke University Football, Delta Air Lines, Adventist Health System, Giochi Preziosi, Cramlington Learning Village, Intermountain Healthcare, Safexpress, TAG Aviation
Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Humana, Citibank, Mercedes Benz, Liberty Mutual, The Home Depot, GE, West Corp, Merrill Corporation, CoreLogic, Orange, Dish Network, Comcast, Bloomberg, Internal Revenue Service, Ford Motor Company, Garmin, Volkswagen, Solera, Allstate, US Air Force, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, ScotiaBank
VMware Software Defined Storage
Helse Nord, Sky
Concourse for VMware Tanzu
Verizon, Cerner, Zipcar, Avarteq
VMware Cloud Disaster Recovery
Certainty Home Loans, VPay, ZEON
VMware Cloud Foundation
ricoh, dell technologies, sky
VMware Harbor Registry
360 Total Security, OVHcloud, TalkingData, Trend Micro
Carbon Black Managed Detection and Response
Coincheck, Mednax, Charles River, Chick-fil-A, Netflix, Domino's Pizza
VMware XDR
BN Vital, IndusInd Bank
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator
1. VMware 2. Dell Technologies 3. Cisco Systems 4. IBM 5. Hewlett Packard Enterprise 6. Microsoft 7. Oracle 8. Amazon Web Services 9. Google Cloud 10. Intel 11. Accenture 12. Fujitsu 13. Hitachi Vantara 14. NetApp 15. Red Hat 16. SAP 17. Siemens 18. T-Systems 19. Verizon 20. AT&T 21. Vodafone 22. Orange 23. BT Group 24. Deutsche Telekom 25. Ericsson 26. Nokia 27. Samsung 28. Sony 29. Toshiba 30. Panasonic 31. LG Electronics 32. Philips
VMware vCenter
1. Amazon 2. Apple 3. ATT 4. Bank of America 5. Cisco Systems 6. CocaCola 7. Dell 8. ebay 9. Facebook 10. Google 11. HP 12. IBM 13. Intel 14. JPMorgan Chase 15. LinkedIn 16. Microsoft 17. Netflix 18. Oracle 19. PayPal 20. SAP 21. Siemens 22. Tesla 23. Toyota 24. Twitter 25. Visa 26. Walmart 27. WeWork 28. World Bank
Popular Solutions
Top Industries
Financial Services Firm
17%
Educational Organization
16%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
8%
Educational Organization
13%
Computer Software Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Comms Service Provider
11%
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