
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
|