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Pulse Check Survey
Results Summary
1. 1. When do you feel your budget will normalize?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) It already has
20.81%
46
B) By the end of September Quarter 2009
4.98%
11
C) By year-end 2009
9.95%
22
D) By the end of March Quarter 2010
12.22%
27
E) By the end of June Quarter 2010
19.00%
42
F) By year-end 2010
19.00%
42
G) Unforeseeable
14.03%
31
Total Respondents :
220
2. 2. Please select the sector that you feel will be the MOST negatively impacted going forward until your budget normalizes:
Response Percent
Response Total
A) Storage (e.g., hardware, cloud, as a service)
15.81%
34
B) Outsourcing
24.65%
53
C) Servers (e.g., blades, virtualization including desktop)
14.88%
32
D) Information Security
10.70%
23
E) Networking (e.g., WAN optimization, teleconferencing, VoIP)
17.21%
37
F) Other/Comments
16.74%
36
Total Respondents :
215
3. 3. For the sector that you chose in the previous question as being MOST negatively impacted, approximately what percentage year-over-year spending decrease do you foresee until your budget normalizes?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) 0%-10%
18.22%
39
B) 11%-20%
28.04%
60
C) 21%-35%
28.97%
62
D) 36%-50%
13.08%
28
E) 51%-75%
6.07%
13
F) Greater than 75%
5.61%
12
Total Respondents :
214
4. 4. Which one or two particular vendors will be MOST negatively impacted until your budget normalizes?
8. 7. Is there one particular vendor whose technology you find far superior compared to its competitors and that you would like to highlight for your peers and/or investors?
9. 8. Which carrier does your organization utilize for cellular/smartphones?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) Sprint
8.70%
18
B) AT&T
19.32%
40
C) Verizon
21.74%
45
D) T-Mobile
5.31%
11
E) Other/Comments:
44.93%
93
Total Respondents :
207
10. 9. Do you feel that your organization might switch providers due to pricing, available models, or for any other reason?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) Yes, very likely
17.35%
38
B) Possibly, but no time soon
40.18%
88
C) Not moving or switching
29.22%
64
D) My organization does not have an enterprise agreement with a carrier and I personally pay for my cellular/smartphone
3.20%
7
E) Other/Comments:
10.05%
22
Total Respondents :
219
11. 10. Which cellular/smartphone manufacturer/device do you prefer?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) iPhone
17.05%
37
B) Palm (Treo, Centro, Pre)
3.69%
8
C) BlackBerry device
66.82%
145
D) Other/Comments:
12.44%
27
Total Respondents :
217
12. 11. Which storage vendor do you feel is most likely to be acquired before the end of 2009?
Response Percent
Response Total
A) 3PAR
18.75%
33
B) CommVault
13.64%
24
C) Compellent
11.36%
20
D) NetApp
35.23%
62
E) Other/Comments:
21.02%
37
Total Respondents :
176
13. 12. In regards to Networking – and specifically WAN optimization – please rank the following vendors 1 through 5 (with 1 being the WORST score and 5 being the BEST score)