Respondents' demographics
What is your primary job title?
Systems administrator - 29%
Director of IT/IS - 20%
IT staff - 11%
CIO - 10%
IT manager - 7%
Vice president of IT/IS (VP/sr. VP/EVP) - 5%
CTO/chief technology officer - 5%
Other - 5%
Total respondents: 238 (not all answers reflected above)
How many people do you estimate are employed in your entire organization, including all branches, divisions and subsidiaries?
Over 40,000 - 8%
30,001 - 40,000 - 1%
20,001 - 30,000 - 2%
10,001 - 20,000 - 4%
5,001 - 10,000 - 6%
1,001 - 5,000 - 16%
501 - 1,000 - 9%
100 - 500 - 21%
Fewer than 100 - 33%
Total respondents: 238
Which of the following best describes your organization's primary business or industry?
Education - 14%
Computer services (ISP/ASP/MSP/BSP/ESP/Web hosting) - 10%
Health/medical services - 8%
Manufacturing (non-computer industry) - 7%
State/local government (including law enforcement) - 6%
Finance/banking/accounting - 4%
Nonprofit - 4%
Wholesale/retail trade - 4%
Total respondents: 238 (not all answers reflected above)
Which Windows versions are in use
What percentage of your organization's desktops run Windows?
None - 0.5 %
1% to 10% - 3%
11% to 25% - 1%
26% to 50% - 3%
51% to 75% - 5%
76% to 100% - 87%
Total respondents: 205
If the bulk of your existing PCs are running Windows XP, when will you upgrade them to Windows 7 or replace them with Windows 7 PCs?
Before the end of 2011 - 40%
Before the end of 2012 - 20.5%
Before the end of all XP support, in April 2014 - 39.5%
Total respondents: 205
Next: IT gives Windows 7 the green light.