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Results Summary
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1. 1. When does it look like your IT budgets will normalize again?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| They have normalized |
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16.35% |
17 |
| Within 3 months |
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7.69% |
8 |
| Between 3-9 months |
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18.27% |
19 |
| Between 9-12 months |
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36.54% |
38 |
| At least 18 months |
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21.15% |
22 |
| Total Respondents : | 104 |
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2. 2. Industry research analysts are under the impression that storage and storage-related technologies (ex: SAN switches) are more "recession-resistant" than other areas of IT spend—such as PCs & notebooks. Is this an accurate assumption given your current IT spending plans in 2009?
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes, this is an accurate assumption |
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52.08% |
50 |
| No, this is not an accurate assumption |
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29.17% |
28 |
| Undecided |
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18.75% |
18 |
| Total Respondents : | 96 |
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4. 3. Does the current macro environment influence how long you are likely to hold out moving to Fibre Channel over Ethernet?
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| No, it has no measurable influence |
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25.81% |
24 |
| It has a minimal influence |
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46.24% |
43 |
| Yes, it is a critical influence |
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27.96% |
26 |
| Total Respondents : | 93 |
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6. 4. Is Fiber Channel over Ethernet even interesting to you longer-term or does Fibre Channel meet your needs for now?
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| a) FCoE is very interesting or critical long-term |
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23.86% |
21 |
| b) FCoE is interesting & will be adopted at some point, but not yet "In Plan" |
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51.14% |
45 |
| c) Fibre Channel meets my needs currently & I have little or no intention of adopting FCoE |
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25.00% |
22 |
| Total Respondents : | 88 |
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8. 5. Given the level of consolidation in Tech right now, would you view an acquisition of Brocade by one of the large storage OEMs (EMC, HP, IBM) as positive or negative for your IT spending plans?
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Positive |
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50.00% |
44 |
| Negative |
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50.00% |
44 |
| Total Respondents : | 88 |
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9. 6. Does Brocade's acqusition of Foundry change, positively or negatively, effects your intended amount of spend with Brocade going forward.
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| It positively effects my intended spend |
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10.47% |
9 |
| It negatively effects my intended spend |
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4.65% |
4 |
| It does not effect my intended spend |
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67.44% |
58 |
| Do not utilize Brocade/Foundry in my environment / they are not vendors of mine |
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17.44% |
15 |
| Total Respondents : | 86 |
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10. 7. Quarter over Quarter, I expect my Q2 (June) Brocade/SAN switching spend to be:
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Up 0-10% |
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16.67% |
14 |
| Up 11-20% |
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5.95% |
5 |
| Up 21-35% |
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4.76% |
4 |
| Up 36% or greater |
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1.19% |
1 |
| The Same |
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54.76% |
46 |
| Down 0-10% |
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4.76% |
4 |
| Down 11-20% |
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7.14% |
6 |
| Down 21-35% |
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2.38% |
2 |
| Down 36% or greater |
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2.38% |
2 |
| Total Respondents : | 84 |
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11. 8. Year over Year, I expect my 2009 Brocade/SAN spend to be:
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Up 0-10% |
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15.85% |
13 |
| Up 11-20% |
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13.41% |
11 |
| Up 21-35% |
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9.76% |
8 |
| Up 36% or greater |
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4.88% |
4 |
| The Same |
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40.24% |
33 |
| Down 0-10% |
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7.32% |
6 |
| Down 11-20% |
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4.88% |
4 |
| Down 21-35% |
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3.66% |
3 |
| Total Respondents : | 82 |
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12. 9. Please select the industry of your organization:
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Telecom/Technology |
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26.83% |
22 |
| Energy / Utilities |
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3.66% |
3 |
| Industrial / Manufacturing |
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9.76% |
8 |
| Financial Services |
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18.29% |
15 |
| Consumer Goods / Retail |
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7.32% |
6 |
| Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals |
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9.76% |
8 |
| Public Sector |
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6.10% |
5 |
| Education |
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7.32% |
6 |
| Other |
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10.98% |
9 |
| Total Respondents : | 82 |
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13. 10. Please provide us with the approximate annual Revenue of your organization:
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Less than $5 Million |
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12.66% |
10 |
| $5 Million to less than $50 Million |
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17.72% |
14 |
| $50 Million to less than $100 Million |
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1.27% |
1 |
| $100 Million to less than $500 Million |
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17.72% |
14 |
| $500 Million to less than $1 Billion |
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7.59% |
6 |
| $1 Billion to less than $10 Billion |
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21.52% |
17 |
| $10 Billion to less than $20 Billion |
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7.59% |
6 |
| $20 Billion to less than $40 Billion |
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2.53% |
2 |
| $40 Billion or More |
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1.27% |
1 |
| $40 Billion or More |
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10.13% |
8 |
| Total Respondents : | 79 |
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14. 11. Please provide us with your organization's approximate Employee size:
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Fewer than 100 |
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14.10% |
11 |
| 100 - 999 |
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16.67% |
13 |
| 1,000 - 4,999 |
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21.79% |
17 |
| 5,000 - 9,999 |
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16.67% |
13 |
| 10,000 - 49,999 |
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15.38% |
12 |
| More than 50,000 |
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15.38% |
12 |
| Total Respondents : | 78 |
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15. 12. Please provide us with your organization's Geographic Area
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| | Response
Percent | Response
Total |
| Eastern US |
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38.46% |
30 |
| Central USA |
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17.95% |
14 |
| Western USA |
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5.13% |
4 |
| Canada / Mexico |
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3.85% |
3 |
| Western Europe |
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8.97% |
7 |
| Eastern Europe |
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3.85% |
3 |
| India |
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6.41% |
5 |
| Asia |
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2.56% |
2 |
| Other |
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12.82% |
10 |
| Total Respondents : | 78 |
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16. 13. Please provide us with your official Title:
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