Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) conducted in-depth quantitative research on the subject of business application and software usage with 509 corporate knowledge workers in job roles such as sales, finance, marketing, information technology, and executive management working at small (i.e., 20 to 99 employees), midmarket (i.e., 100 to 999 employees), and enterprise-class (i.e., 1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America. For the purposes of this project, survey respondents were asked a series of questions about their use of specific applications and software that they currently use for business purposes and the ways in which they are accessed.
In order to assess the market for web application security testing tools and services, including static application security testing (SAST) and dynamic application security testing (DAST) tools, processes, policies, and services, ESG surveyed 200 IT and information security professionals working at midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America.
For this research project on data storage trends in Western Europe, ESG surveyed 307 IT and storage professionals who are responsible for evaluating, purchasing, or managing data storage at midmarket (i.e. 100 to 999 employees) and enterprise (i.e. 1,000 or more employees) organizations in the UK, France, and Germany. The survey questions were the same questions that were posed in a separate ESG survey of IT and storage professionals in North America (United States and Canada), as described in ESG’s research report on the U.S. storage market. The results of the two research projects provide valuable information about the similarities and differences in storage technology purchasing, deployment, and management in Western Europe compared to North America. In many cases, the findings from the two surveys were quite similar. However, there were key differences in some areas, and these differences will be highlighted throughout this report.
ESG conducted an in-depth survey of 412 IT and business professionals concerning their organizations’ current data storage environments including current storage resources, challenges, purchase criteria, as well as forward-looking data storage plans. Survey participants represented small (99 or less employees) and small midmarket (100 to 250 employees) organizations in North America (United States and Canada).
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 540 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western Europe. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2012 IT spending as well as their 2013 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire-organization level or at a business-unit/division/branch level. A subset of ESG’s questions in this survey focused on respondents’ usage of and plans for public cloud computing services.
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 540 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western Europe. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2012 IT spending as well as their 2013 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.
In order to assess the intersection of big data and security analytics in 2012 and beyond, ESG surveyed 257 IT and information security professionals working at enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America. All respondents were directly involved in the planning, implementation, and/or operations of their organization’s information security policies, processes, or technical safeguards. They were all also familiar with their organization’s collection and/or analysis of security data in support of their organization’s risk management, security analysis, and incident detection/response strategies.
ESG conducted an in-depth survey of 418 IT and data storage professionals concerning their organizations’ current data storage environments including current storage resources, challenges, purchase criteria, as well as forward-looking data storage plans. Survey participants represented midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America (United States and Canada).
In order to assess the state of information security management and operations in 2012 and beyond, ESG surveyed 315 security professionals working at enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2011 information security strategies as well as their 2012 IT security budget and spending plans at either an organizational or business unit/division/branch level.
In order to assess the current state of the social enterprise market, ESG recently surveyed 353 senior IT professionals based in North America, representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were responsible for their organization’s current social enterprise, collaboration, and messaging efforts and familiar with and/or personally responsible for evaluating, purchasing, or managing application software for their organization.
In order to assess and understand the network connectivity, challenges faced, and steps being taken to enable future growth in remote office/branch office organizations, ESG surveyed networking professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were responsible for or familiar with their organization's networking infrastructure and WAN technologies for ROBO locations.
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 614 senior IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America, Western Europe, and Asia-Pacific. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2011 IT spending as well as their 2012 IT budget and spending plans at either an entire organization level or at a business unit/division/branch level.
In order to assess the market trends involving the current usage and potential adoption of solid-state storage, ESG recently surveyed 223 IT decision-makers responsible for data storage at enterprise-class (i.e., 1,000 or more employees) organizations that either currently use solid-state storage or are considering using the technology. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current storage environment as well as forward-looking strategies involving solid-state storage technologies.
In order to assess current data management trends, as well as plans for the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 270 North American IT professionals representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. Respondents were familiar with their organization’s current database and legacy application environment, as well as forward-looking plans application retirement.
In order to assess the state of enterprise e-discovery operations and priorities over 2011 and beyond, ESG recently surveyed 48 general counsel representing large midmarket (500 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations. All respondents were personally responsible for or familiar with their organizations’ 2010 legal services and e-discovery spending, as well as their 2011 budget and spending plans at either an organizational or a business unit/division/branch level.
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