Which vendor do you trust the most? (percents) |
IBM |
24 |
SUN |
11 |
Oracle |
7 |
Hewlett-Packard |
30 |
Microsoft |
7 |
Compaq |
9 |
AOL/Netscape |
2 |
Intel |
11 |
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Which vendor do you trust the least? (percents) |
IBM |
9 |
SUN |
2 |
Oracle |
13 |
Hewlett-Packard |
1 |
Microsoft |
59 |
Compaq |
2 |
AOL/Netscape |
14 |
Intel |
0 |
|
What is the biggest desktop challenge you face today?
(percents) |
software cost |
9 |
reliability |
37 |
vendor direction |
16 |
knowing whom to trust |
5 |
Y2K |
2 |
hardware cost |
2 |
manpower |
27 |
|
If given the opportunity to move away from Intel, would you
take it, everything else being equal? (percents) |
|
If given the opportunity to move away from Windows, would you
take it, everything else being equal? (percents) |
|
What is your laptop to desktop ratio today? (percents) |
10% or less laptop |
15 |
10-20% laptop |
35 |
20-30% laptop |
21 |
30-40% laptop |
12 |
40-50% laptop |
6 |
50-60% laptop |
6 |
60-70% laptop |
7 |
70-80% laptop |
2 |
80-90% laptop |
2 |
over 90% laptop |
2 |
|
What will your laptop to desktop ratio to be in 2002?
(percents) |
10% or less laptop |
2 |
10-20% laptop |
8 |
20-30% laptop |
20 |
30-40% laptop |
17 |
40-50% laptop |
16 |
50-60% laptop |
11 |
60-70% laptop |
8 |
70-80% laptop |
8 |
80-90% laptop |
5 |
over 90% laptop |
7 |
|
Do you have a program that subsidizes employee computer
purchases? (percents) |
|
Rating 1-10, with 1 being most important, how important is
Internet technology to you today? (percents) |
1 (most important) |
27 |
2 |
23 |
3 |
16 |
4 |
12 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
7 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
9 |
3 |
10 (least important) |
4 |
|
Are you more or less concerned about the Internet than you
were a year ago? (percents) |
more concerned |
53 |
less concerned |
47 |
|
With which vendor do you expect to spend the most budget next
year? (percents) |
IBM |
11 |
Microsoft |
59 |
SUN |
1 |
Hewlett-Packard |
2 |
Oracle |
16 |
BEA Systems |
0 |
Sybase |
4 |
Informix |
0 |
Other |
8 |
|
What is your total budget for building and running Web sites
(Internet and intranet including applications)? If you don't know the numbers for your
entire company, answer for the budget you control. (percents) |
< $500,000 |
31 |
$500,000-$1M |
20 |
$1M-$2M |
18 |
$3M-$5M |
9 |
$6M-$10M |
11 |
$11M-$25M |
4 |
$26M-$50M |
1 |
$51M-$100M |
0 |
$100M+ |
6 |
|
At what rate are you increasing this budget, on the average
per year, taking into account last year and next year? (percents) |
< 10% |
26 |
11-20% |
31 |
21-30% |
20 |
31-50% |
10 |
51-70% |
5 |
71-90% |
4 |
91% or higher |
5 |
|
Rate your satisfaction with HTML, dynamic HTML, Web browsers
and other non-Java Web technologies with the current generation of products, for building
good business sites, assuming active content and applications: (percents) |
ecstatic, could not improve |
1 |
very satisfied |
26 |
just satisfied |
42 |
somewhat dissatisfied |
24 |
very dissatisfied |
6 |
|
Rate your satisfaction with Java as a technology for building
good business Web sites, assuming active content and applications, as a client (browser)
technology: (percents) |
ecstatic, could not improve |
6 |
very satisfied |
22 |
just satisfied |
38 |
somewhat dissatisfied |
22 |
very dissatisfied |
12 |
|
Rate your satisfaction with Java as a technology for building
good business Web sites, assuming active content and applications, as a server technology:
(percents) |
ecstatic, could not improve |
7 |
very satisfied |
31 |
just satisfied |
30 |
somewhat dissatisfied |
18 |
very dissatisfied |
14 |
|
Which is the platform you are most likely to look to in the
future to support your efforts "behind the scenes at the Web site"? (percents) |
IBM |
11 |
Microsoft |
26 |
SUN |
16 |
Hewlett-Packard |
3 |
Oracle |
15 |
BEA Systems |
0 |
Sybase |
8 |
Informix |
0 |
Other |
21 |
|
Does your organization have IBM mainframes? (percents) |
|
If yes, do you plan to replace your IBM mainframe within the
next 2-3 years? (percents) |
|
Does your organization have Compaq VAX/VMS systems?
(percents) |
|
If yes, do you plan to replace your Compaq VAX/VMS system
within the next 2-3 years? (percents) |
|
Does your organization use AS/400? (percents) |
|
If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years?
(percents) |
|
Does your organization use NetWare? (percents) |
|
If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years?
(percents) |
|
Does your organization use a Unix system? (percents) |
|
If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years?
(percents) |
|
Are you currently using NT? (percents) |
|
What is the average interval between NT crashes requiring a
reboot? (percents) |
one month or less |
49 |
two months |
18 |
three months |
13 |
four months |
1 |
five months |
0 |
six months |
6 |
seven months |
1 |
eight months or more |
11 |
|
Within the next year, which one of the following business
practices will you extend out to customers, partners and/or suppliers using secure
extranets? (Pick the most important one). |
none |
12 |
retail sales |
4 |
business-to-business sales |
22 |
customer service |
23 |
order entry/inventory |
19 |
engineering |
3 |
marketing |
8 |
other |
9 |
|
What will be your primary network directory service at the
end of 1999? (percents) |
none |
30 |
NDS |
24 |
Netscape |
6 |
Active Directory |
13 |
other |
28 |
|
When do you plan to begin to deploy a public key/digital
certificate infrastructure? (percents) |
have already done it |
17 |
in 6 months |
12 |
in one year |
9 |
in 1-2 years |
37 |
not on my radar screen |
25 |
|
Who is likely to be your primary network policy management
vendor? (percents) |
3Com |
3 |
Cabletron |
11 |
Cisco |
35 |
Nortel/Bay Networks |
8 |
Checkpoint |
12 |
Other |
31 |
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