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Network Computing Survey -- State of the Internet

1. What are the forces driving your company's internet 
connectivity? 
Rate them from 1-5, where 5 is extremely important.    
                                                                                                  
 Enabling employees to do research online                                                              
  1       2       3       4       5                                                              
 7%      2%     20%     28%     39%                                                             
 Enabling employees to send email over the internet                                                  
  1       2       3       4       5                                                            
 0%      0%     17%     20%     59%                                                            
 Connecting remote offices via VPN                                            
  1       2       3       4       5
35%     17%     17%      7%     13%
 Connecting remote users via VPN
  1       2       3       4       5
26%     13%     22%      4%     17%
 Providing outside customers access to our Web site 
 for marketing purposes
  1       2       3       4       5
15%      7%      9%     13%     50%
 Providing outside customers access to our Web site 
 for ecommerce purposes
  1       2       3       4       5
24%     13%     11%     17%     22%


2. Now, thinking about your plans for the next 12 months, 
which considerations will be most important? 
Rate them from 1-5, where 5 is extremely important.

 Enabling employees to do research online
  1       2       3       4       5
 2%      7%     17%     33%     39%
 Enabling employees to send email over the internet
  1       2       3       4       5
 0%      4%     11%     22%     61%
 Connecting remote offices via VPN
  1       2       3       4       5
35%     11%     20%     11%     17%
 Connecting remote users via VPN
  1       2       3       4       5
24%     13%     15%     17%     17%
 Providing outside customers access to our Web site 
 for marketing purposes
  1       2       3       4       5
 9%      9%     11%     15%     54%
 Providing outside customers access to our Web site 
 for ecommerce purposes
  1       2       3       4       5
17%     13%      9%      9%     41%


3. What concerns you most about internet connectivity? 
Rate them from 1-5, where 5 is the greatest concern.

 Potential breaches in security
  1       2       3       4       5
 9%      7%     15%     26%     41%
 Wasted employee time from non-productive web surfing
  1       2       3       4       5
 9%     33%     35%      9%     13%
 Expense of the connection and supporting hardware and software
  1       2       3       4       5
11%     20%     26%     22%     15%
 Over-reliance of information found on the Web
  1       2       3       4       5
15%     20%     33%     20%      4%
 Viruses, unauthorized applications, poorly written applications 
 being downloaded from the web
  1       2       3       4       5
 7%     17%     26%     26%     20%
 Client hardware upgrades needed to support internet applications
  1       2       3       4       5
20%     22%     28%     15%      7%
 Maintaining in-house expert internet-related staff
  1       2       3       4       5
13%     24%     17%     17%     22%


4. What percentage of your IT budget is now devoted to 
Internet/intranet/VPN network security 
(firewall strategies, etc.)?

Less than 10%      54% 
10% - 30%          30% 
more than 30%      11%