ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE USER SURVEYS

Microsoft Vista Adoption Survey - Target: F1000, MidMarket and SME

Below are the results of a MSFT Vista Adoption Survey that Peerstone generated for Charles J. De Bona II, of Berstein Research in 2007. The data gathered in in this survey took Peerstone less than one week to collect.

If your firm is interested in enterprise software or hardware user surveys, such as the one below, please contact Kathy Gassmann at [email protected] or call (978) 809-9051.

1. HOW MANY PCs DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE (APPROXIMATE RANGE)? (Include laptops, desktops and thin clients regardless of OS, but not servers. Please answer for the broadest portion possible of your organization.)
		Response Percent	Response Count
0-4		2.7%	15
5-249		33.2%	182
250-499		15.1%	83
500- 2,499		22.1%	121
2,500- 9,999		12.8%	70
10,000 or more		14.1%	77
	answered question		548
	skipped question		3

2. HOW MANY PCs DOES YOUR ORGANIZATION HAVE (ACTUAL)? (Your best ballpark estimate of the actual number of PCs in your organization. Please type just one number.)
		Response Count
		540
	answered question	540
	skipped question	11

3. WHAT PROPORTION OF YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PCs ARE RUNNING THE FOLLOWING OPERATING SYSTEMS TODAY? (Please type a best guess number from 0 to 100 without a percent sign for each line. If you don't know for some lines, leave blank.)
		Response Percent	Response Count
Windows Vista		76.3%	419
Windows XP		99.1%	544
Any earlier version of Windows		75.6%	415
Macintosh		59.4%	326
Linux		58.3%	320
	answered question		549
	skipped question		2

4. OVER TIME, HOW MUCH OF YOUR PC INSTALLED BASE IS LIKELY TO USE VISTA? What is your best ballpark estimate of the percentage of all your organization's PCs (new or old) likely to be running Windows Vista at the following dates: (Please type a number from 0 to 100 without a percent sign.)
		Response Percent	Response Count
End of 2007		92.5%	508
End of 2008		95.8%	526
End of 2009		87.6%	481
End of 2010		77.6%	426
	answered question		549
	skipped question		2

5. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF YOUR EXISTING PCs ARE LIKELY TO BE UPGRADED FROM AN OLDER VERSION OF WINDOWS TO VISTA? Please give your best ballpark estimate as a number between 0 and 100 without a percent sign.
		Response Count
		544
	answered question	544
	skipped question	7

6. DOES VISTA'S CURRENT PRICING MAKE YOUR ORGANIZATION MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO MIGRATE?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Much more likely to migrate		1.8%	10
Somewhat more likely to migrate		1.3%	7
No effect		52.3%	286
Somewhat less likely to migrate		21.8%	119
Much less likely to migrate		22.9%	125
	answered question		547
	skipped question		4

7. DOES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES IN VISTA MAKE YOUR ORGANIZATION MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO MIGRATE?
	Much more likely to migrate	Somewhat more likely to migrate	No effect	Somewhat less likely to migrate	Much less likely to migrate	Response Count
BitLocker disk encryption	5.9% (32)	31.6% (171)	57.7% (312)	2.4% (13)	2.4% (13)	541
Multilingual functionality in single OS image (MUI)	2.4% (13)	16.3% (88)	75.2% (407)	1.5% (8)	4.6% (25)	541
Aero Glass user interface	2.1% (11)	13.3% (71)	70.5% (377)	7.7% (41)	6.5% (35)	535
Virtual PC with right to run 4 OS copies	4.9% (26)	37.7% (200)	52.4% (278)	1.7% (9)	3.4% (18)	531
User Account Control (restricts user privileges but lets them do common tasks without admin status)	16.4% (89)	46.0% (250)	29.8% (162)	4.8% (26)	2.9% (16)	543
Windows Imaging Format (facilitates custom image deployment to multiple PCs)	14.0% (76)	41.7% (227)	39.5% (215)	2.6% (14)	2.2% (12)	544
Windows Presentation Foundation (helps developers build Vista interfaces)	3.3% (18)	17.2% (93)	73.5% (397)	3.1% (17)	2.8% (15)	540
Windows Communications Foundation (helps developers build web services)	4.4% (24)	20.7% (112)	68.9% (372)	2.2% (12)	3.7% (20)	540
	answered question					544
	skipped question					7

8. VISTA PROS & CONS Please take a few words to describe the major reasons why your organization probably will or probably won't see significant migration to Vista in the next 12 months.
		Response Count
		453
	answered question	453
	skipped question	98

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9. WHICH EDITION OF VISTA IS YOUR ORGANIZATION MOST LIKELY TO USE FOR THE MAJORITY OF VISTA DEPLOYMENTS?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Vista Enterprise		25.4%	134
Vista Business		42.9%	226
Vista Ultimate		5.5%	29
Other Vista edtion		0.6%	3
Don't know enough to say		25.6%	135
	answered question		527
	skipped question		24

10. WHAT IS THE PRIMARY TYPE OF VOLUME LICENSING PROGRAM YOU USE TO BUY WINDOWS?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Open (5-250 PCs, usually without volume commitment, Software Assurance optional)		26.7%	143
Select (at least 250 PCs but not necessarily all PCs in org, 3 year volume commitment, Software Assurance optional)		9.0%	48
Enterprise Agreement (at least 250 PCs, covers all PCs in org, Software Assurance included)		40.5%	217
None		14.0%	75
Don't know		9.9%	53
	answered question		536
	skipped question		15

11. IF YOU CURRENTLY BUY WINDOWS UNDER A MULTI-YEAR ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT WITH MICROSOFT, HOW LIKELY ARE YOU TO RENEW THAT AGREEMENT?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Very likely to renew		35.2%	140
Somewhat likely to renew		20.4%	81
50-50 chance		24.9%	99
Somewhat unlikely to renew		5.8%	23
Very unlikely to renew		13.8%	55
	answered question		398
	skipped question		153

12. WHAT MIGHT BE THE IMPACT ON YOUR ORGANIZATION'S MIGRATION TO VISTA IF MICROSOFT REPLACED TRADITIONAL SERVICE PACKS (e.g., big infrequent updates) WITH A STEADY STREAM OF MONTHLY PATCH BUNDLES?
		Response Percent	Response Count
Much more likely to migrate		1.7%	9
Somewhat more likely to migrate		18.5%	98
No effect		61.6%	327
Somewhat less likely to migrate		11.9%	63
Much less likely to migrate		6.4%	34
	answered question		531
	skipped question		20

13. HOW DO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS IN YOUR ORGANIZATION VIEW MIGRATION TO VISTA?
	Strongly in favor	Somewhat in favor	Neither for nor against	Somewhat against	Strongly against	Response Count
Corporate Management	2.6% (14)	12.7% (68)	53.6% (286)	20.0% (107)	11.0% (59)	534
IT Management	6.8% (36)	22.0% (117)	23.1% (123)	29.1% (155)	19.0% (101)	532
IT Technical Staff	7.3% (39)	22.0% (117)	20.8% (111)	28.0% (149)	22.0% (117)	533
End Users	6.0% (32)	21.8% (116)	50.9% (271)	15.0% (80)	6.2% (33)	532
	answered question					534
	skipped question					17

14. ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE SURVEY SUBJECTS?
		Response Count
		82
	answered question	82
	skipped question	469