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Total respondents as of 10/9/2002 : 1177
1. Please select which charity you would like to make your one dollar donation to: (Select one.)
17% American Red Cross
19% World Wildlife Federation
32% American Cancer Society
32% Doctors without Borders
2. In your enterprise, what percentage of NEW applications are currently being developed with Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) or Microsoft’s .NET? (Please check one percentage for each platform.)
| |
0% |
20% |
40% |
60% |
80% |
100% |
| J2EE |
56% |
15% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
| .NET |
46% |
21% |
8% |
8% |
7% |
11% |
3. In your enterprise, what percentage of NEW applications do you expect will be developed on these technology platforms one year from today? (Please check one percentage for each platform.)
| |
0% |
20% |
40% |
60% |
80% |
100% |
| J2EE |
49% |
16% |
10% |
6% |
9% |
9% |
| .NET |
25% |
21% |
11% |
11% |
13% |
19% |
4. Which of the following technologies are you or your development team currently using and which will be evaluated for use in the next 12 months? (Please check one box for each technology listed.)
| |
Currently Use |
Evaluating |
No Plans to Use |
| DB2 |
18% |
7% |
75% |
| C# |
25% |
35% |
40% |
| J2EE |
37% |
14% |
49% |
| Linux |
27% |
23% |
50% |
| Microsoft .NET |
42% |
37% |
21% |
| Oracle - RDBMS |
47% |
10% |
43% |
| Microsoft SQL Server |
75% |
8% |
17% |
| Sybase SQL Server |
13% |
5% |
82% |
| Sun One |
7% |
14% |
79% |
| Web services |
35% |
51% |
14% |
| XML |
73% |
22% |
5% |
5. Which of the following languages or tools do you or your development team use? (Please check one box for each language listed below.)
| |
Use |
Use Primarily
(Select only one primary) |
Don't use |
| C/C++ |
61% |
11% |
39% |
| C# |
38% |
7% |
62% |
| Cobol |
15% |
2% |
85% |
| Delphi |
10% |
1% |
90% |
| Java (any version) |
59% |
19% |
41% |
| SQL |
94% |
4% |
6% |
| Visual Basic (any version) |
81% |
37% |
19% |
| XML |
83% |
1% |
17% |
Other .NET Languages than
Visual Basic or C# |
19% |
2% |
81% |
6. Do you expect your use of these languages will increase/decrease/remain the same in the next 12 months? (Please check one box for each language listed below.)
| |
Increase |
Decrease |
Remain the Same |
Don't know |
| C/C++ |
7% |
22% |
61% |
10% |
| C# |
46% |
2% |
33% |
19% |
| Cobol |
1% |
12% |
67% |
20% |
| Delphi |
1% |
9% |
67% |
23% |
| Java (any version) |
35% |
7% |
46% |
12% |
| SQL |
38% |
2% |
55% |
5% |
| Visual Basic (any version) |
28% |
22% |
44% |
6% |
| XML |
74% |
1% |
20% |
5% |
Other .NET Languages
than Visual Basic or C# |
19% |
2% |
47% |
31% |
7. Which of the following middleware/application server tools is your development team currently using and which will be evaluated for use in the next 12 months? (Please check one box for each technology listed below.)
| |
Currently Use |
Evaluating |
No Plans to Use |
| Borland Application Server |
2% |
3% |
95% |
| IBM WebSphere |
14% |
16% |
70% |
| Iona |
2% |
4% |
95% |
| IPlanet |
7% |
6% |
87% |
| JRun |
7% |
8% |
84% |
| Microsoft/MTS-COM |
45% |
13% |
42% |
| Novell/Silverstream |
2% |
2% |
95% |
| Oracle Application Server |
12% |
14% |
73% |
| Progress |
3% |
2% |
96% |
| Sybase |
7% |
4% |
89% |
| Tomcat |
21% |
10% |
70% |
| Weblogic (BEA) |
14% |
11% |
75% |
| WebMethods |
4% |
8% |
87% |
| Windows .NET Server |
15% |
50% |
35% |
| Other |
16% |
13% |
72% |
8. Which of these statements describes the stage your enterprise is in deploying Web services? (Please check all that apply.)
52% Currently evaluating Web services
38% Currently building Web services
7% Currently subscribing to Web services
23% Currently deploying Web services
16% Not involved in this technology currently
9. Which of the following commercial Web services are currently being used and which will be evaluated for use in the next 12 months? (Please check all that apply.)
21% Credit verification/transactions
30% Identity/authentication
13% Mapping/directions
20% Financial services
26% Other
41% No plans to use commercial Web services
10. What stage of Web services development is your enterprise currently in? (Check all that apply.)
53% Learning about Web services technology
34% Evaluating Web services development platforms
32% Evaluating specific Web services development tools
29% Evaluating/planning specific Web services projects
26% Actively developing pilot Web services applications
17% Actively developing a deployable Web service
16% Actively developing multiple deployable Web services
18% Deploying Web services
3% Other
14% Not currently developing or planning to develop Web Services
11. If your enterprise is currently developing Web services, which platform are you using for this development? (Please check one.)
20% J2EE
39% .NET
10% Both
8% Neither
24% Not developing or planning to develop Web services
12. Please select the title below which best fits your job function. (Please check one.)
42% Software developer/programmer
24% Development manager, team/project leader application development
13% Enterprise architect (applications)
3% Systems architect (networking/infrastructure)
6% C-level/senior technical manager (CTO, CIO, VP technology)
0% ISV
8% Technical consultant
1% Network administrator
1% Corporate management (non-technical)
3% Other
13. How many employees are in your entire enterprise? If you are a consultant, please use the number of employees in your largest client company. (Please check one.)
12% Under 10 employees
14% 11 - 50
8% 51 - 100
17% 101 - 500
7% 501 - 1,000
14% 1,001 - 5,000
8% 5,001 - 10,000
5% Over 10,000
14% Over 20,000
14. Do you have a DVD player in your computer? (Please check one.)
61% Yes
39% No
15. Do you prefer large applications delivered on: (Please check one.)
41% Multiple CDs
59% One DVD
In your opinion:
16. Which of these technology platforms has more momentum? (Please check one.)
64% .NET
36% J2EE
17. Which of these technology platforms do you have more confidence in? (Please check one.)
61% .NET
39% J2EE
18. Which of these technology platforms makes the best use of XML? (Please check one.)
71% .NET
29% J2EE
19. Which offers a more complete solution for building enterprise applications today? (Please check one.)
61% .NET
39% J2EE
20. Which offers better support for wireless/mobile applications? (Please check one.)
59% .NET
41% J2EE
21. How strongly do you agree with this statement: "Microsoft’s .NET architecture is not as scalable, robust, or as reliable as the J2EE architecture?" (Please check one.)
14% Agree strongly
18% Agree somewhat
18% Disagree somewhat
28% Strongly disagree
21% No opinion
22. Which of the following technology companies has the most complete vision for the future of software development? (Please rate from 1st to 9th with 1st being the best – the most complete vision.)
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
8th |
9th |
| BEA |
7% |
7% |
8% |
12% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
11% |
20% |
| Borland |
3% |
8% |
11% |
14% |
14% |
16% |
16% |
12% |
5% |
| Hewlett Packard |
1% |
5% |
11% |
9% |
13% |
19% |
18% |
15% |
10% |
| IBM |
14% |
30% |
20% |
15% |
9% |
6% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
| Microsoft |
58% |
13% |
7% |
6% |
6% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
5% |
| Novell |
1% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
8% |
15% |
16% |
21% |
30% |
| Oracle |
3% |
12% |
20% |
21% |
16% |
11% |
9% |
5% |
3% |
| Sun Microsystems |
13% |
21% |
18% |
15% |
11% |
5% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
| Sybase |
1% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
9% |
14% |
18% |
25% |
24% |
23. Final question: How do you expect your budget for the following items to change in the next year? (Please check one box for each item.)
| |
Increase |
Decrease |
Stay the same |
| The total IT budget |
46% |
19% |
35% |
| The budget for development tools |
43% |
16% |
41% |
| The budget for application servers |
39% |
15% |
46% |
| The budget conferences & training |
24% |
27% |
49% |
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