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Network Computing Survey -- State of Messaging

There were 55 responses to this survey.  

1. What is the size of your company (number of employees)  

4  < 20

14  20 - 199

20  200 - 999

17  > 1000

2. What was / were your primary messaging systems 12 to 19 months ago?  

6  Lotus cc:Mail

6  Lotus Notes

9  Microsoft Mail

6  Microsoft Exchange

9  Novell Groupwise

6  Netscape SuiteSpot / Navigator

6  "Mainframe or other host-based messaging system (PROFS, SNADS, etc)"

6  Other LAN-based messaging system

10  Unix sendmail (or other standards-based system

5  Other

3. What is / are your primary messaging systems today?   

3  Lotus cc:Mail

10  Lotus Notes

6  Microsoft Mail

17  Microsoft Exchange

10  Novell Groupwise

5  Netscape SuiteSpot / Navigator

4  "Mainframe or other host-based messaging system (PROFS, SNADS, etc)"

4  Other LAN-based messaging system

8  Unix sendmail (or other standards-based system

3  Other

4. What will your primary messaging systems be 18 months from now?  

0  Lotus cc:Mail

14  Lotus Notes

1  Microsoft Mail

21  Microsoft Exchange

12  Novell Groupwise

6  Netscape SuiteSpot / Navigator        

0  "Mainframe or other host-based messaging system (PROFS, SNADS, etc)"        

4  Other LAN-based messaging system        

6  Unix sendmail (or other standards-based system        

3  Other        

5. On a scale from 1 to 10 (where 10 is very important) please rank each of the following issues in messaging management          

 coexistence with / migration from legacy messaging systems         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 7 6 7 0 5 1 3 4 4 12

 address book synchronization between existing systems (directory synchronization)         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 1 2 1 1 8 7 5 12 3 9

 "supporting Internet-based messaging (common Internet mail addresses across systems, SPAM control, etc)"         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 2 0 0 1 4 1 3 10 10 21

 migrating to standards-based messaging         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 2 3 0 4 11 3 5 9 5 9

 "enterprise calendaring, scheduling, contact management"         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 0 1 1 0 11 5 7 8 7 11

 groupware applications (custom tailored workflow or other collaborative applications)         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 1 2 4 3 10 5 6 12 4 4

 supporting mobile (access to messaging systems from outside the firewall)         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 0 1 2 1 3 8 6 8 10 13

 supporting roaming users (users who use various workstations inside the firewall)         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 1 0 5 2 5 6 7 9 8 9

 secure messaging (message encryption and non-repudiation)         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 1 1 4 2 7 4 7 1 6 9

 "real-time collaboration (online chat, conferencing and user location services)"         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 4 1 4 9 11 4 6 7 2 3

 "Universal inbox (combining email, fax and voicemail into a single mailbox)"         

 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

 0 6 3 2 7 1 8 8 5 9

6. Does your organization currently own / manage its own PBX and voice mail system for telephony services?          

45  Yes        

8  No        

7. Do you consider outsourcing of messaging to be a viable option for your organization?          

10  Yes        

45  No        

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