VMware is the industry leader in the virtualization space and holds a commanding lead in capability and market share. However, customers are now, more than ever, considering alternatives.

Yet any move from VMware carries its own costs as organizations reconsider where their workloads running within virtual machines (VMs) will operate. The research found that those IT leaders weighing a shift to other hypervisors are most concerned about the tools and skills needed to manage the new platforms and the server/data migration as well as finding staff and expertise to handle the changeover.