[TriLUG] IT survey results (fwd)

[Jeremy P]

Hey all,

Maria Winslow forwarded me some summary results of her IT survey at the
last meeting.  Thank you again to all who participated.

--Jeremy

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 15:41:21 -0400
From: Maria Winslow <maria.winslow at dexxtra.com>
To: jeremyp at pobox.com
Subject: survey results

Jeremy,
Here are the results from the survey. Thanks, and I'll see you at a meeting soon.

Regards,
Maria

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Number of responses: 21

The average size of the IT staff was 4-5.
A few reported that about a third of the IT staff is MS certified.
In almost all cases, the file/print servers are separate from the mail servers.
More than 2/3 reported that at least a subset of the company uses Outlook.
Oracle was the most commonly reported database in use. PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS 
SQL Server were also reported, with frequency in that order.
No one reported the use of MS Commerce Server.
A third reported the use of Access databases. The access front end was reported as the 
most common interface, followed by web, VB and Cold Fusion.
Almost all reported at least some Linux, and all but 2 reported that management was 
aware of it. Note that this finding may be expected among a group of Linux enthusiasts.
The average range for the desktop/server ratio was 10 or 20 to 1.
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Maria Winslow
maria.winslow at dexxtra.com
919-968-7802 tel