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

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)
yes

29

no

71

If given the opportunity to move away from Windows, would you take it, everything else being equal? (percents)
yes

58

no

42

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)
yes

48

no

52

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)
yes

59

no

41

If yes, do you plan to replace your IBM mainframe within the next 2-3 years? (percents)
yes

33

no

67

Does your organization have Compaq VAX/VMS systems? (percents)
yes

37

no

63

If yes, do you plan to replace your Compaq VAX/VMS system within the next 2-3 years? (percents)
yes

38

no

62

Does your organization use AS/400? (percents)
yes

40

no

60

If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years? (percents)
yes

32

no

68

Does your organization use NetWare? (percents)
yes

55

no

45

If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years? (percents)
yes

57

no

43

Does your organization use a Unix system? (percents)
yes

90

no

10

If yes, do you plan to replace it within the next 2-3 years? (percents)
yes

10

no

90

Are you currently using NT? (percents)
yes

97

no

3

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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