2008 Wireless LAN Survey

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1. Please indicate which of the following best describes the perspective from which you will be answering this questionnaire. If you are a consultant/analyst, please indicate the viewpoint that you are representing:

  Response
Percent
Business user/administrator, including enterprise, government, education, consulting, etc.
 44.7%
Consumer/personal user
 12.3%
Service provider, including systems integrators and managed service providers (MSPs), representing what I believe to be the viewpoint of my customer(s)
 27.4%
Equipment manufacturer/vendor, representing what I believe to be the viewpoint of my customer(s)
 15.7%

2. What is your role in your company’s wireless LAN implementation? (Please check all that apply.)

  Response
Percent
Recommend
 60.9%
Purchase
 23.4%
Install
 29.1%
Manage
 37.5%
Secure
 24.2%
Support
 35.5%
Not involved
 22.6%

3. How many employees are there in your organization?

  Response
Percent
50,000 or more
 14.5%
10,000 - 49,999
 18.3%
5,000 - 9,999
 9.8%
1,000 - 4,999
 17.4%
500 - 999
 7.5%
100 - 499
 11.9%
1-99
 20.6%

4. Where is your company headquartered?

  Response
Percent
US
 42.1%
Canada
 9.8%
Latin or South America
 4.9%
UK
 5.7%
Europe (other than the UK)
 15.3%
Eurasia
 0.6%
Asia-Pacific
 13.6%
 Other (please specify)
 8.1%

5. The company you work for most closely fits into which one of the following categories?

  Response
Percent
Finance & Banking
 3.6%
Medical/Healthcare
 3.2%
Education
 7.4%
Government
 7.5%
Hospitality
 0.8%
Retail
 1.5%
Manufacturing & Processing (other than computing)
 7.9%
IT/Network Product/Service/Management Provider
 48.3%
Entertainment
 0.8%
Media
 0.8%
Utilities
 3.6%
Legal, Insurance, Real Estate
 1.3%
 Other (please specify)
 13.4%

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