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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY BUSINESS ACTIVITY
OF YOUR FIRM AT THIS LOCATION? (check
one only)
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Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing
Application Service Provider
Automotive Manufacturing
Chemicals
Media and Entertainment
Construction/Engineering
Consumer Sector/Consumer Packaged
Goods
Education
Financial Services/Insurance
Health Care
High Technology Manufacturing, OEM

Industrial Manufacturing
Independent Software Vendor
Life Sciences (biotech, pharmaceuticals)
Natural Resources
Oil and Gas
Professional Services
Public Sector (government)
Research
Retail/Wholesale/Distribution
Systems Integrator, VAR/VAD
Telecommunications
Travel and Transportation
Utilities (electric, gas, sanitation, water)
Other Business and Services _________

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CORPORATE MANAGEMENT/STAFF
o 01 Executive Management (President, Chair,
CEO, CFO, Owner, Partner, Principal)
o 02 Finance/Administrative Management
(VP/Director/ Manager/Controller,
Purchasing, Administration)
o 03 Sales/Marketing Management
(VP/Director/Manager)
o 04 Computer Systems/Operations
Management
(CIO/VP/Director/Manager MIS/IS/IT, Ops)
IS/IT STAFF
o 05 Application Development/Programming
Management
o 06 Application Development/Programming
Staff
o 07 Consulting
o 08 DBA/Systems Administrator
o 09 Education/Training
o 10 Technical Support Director/Manager
o 11 Other Technical Management/Staff
o 98 Other

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Digital Equipment Corp UNIX/VAX/VMS
HP UNIX
IBM AIX
IBM UNIX
Linux (Red Hat)
Linux (SUSE)
Linux (Oracle Enterprise)

Linux (other)
Macintosh
MVS
Netware
Network Computing
SCO UNIX
Sun Solaris/SunOS
Windows
Other UNIX
Other
None of the Above

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02
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Hardware
Business Applications (ERP, CRM, etc.)
Application Development Tools
Database Products
Internet or Intranet Products
Other Software
Middleware Products
None of the Above

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HARDWARE
o 15 Macintosh
o 16 Mainframe
o 17 Massively Parallel Processing

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Less than $10,000
$10,000 to $49,999
$50,000 to $99,999
$100,000 to $499,999
$500,000 to $999,999
$1,000,000 and Over

WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY’S YEARLY SALES
REVENUE? (check one only)
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o
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9

More than 25,000 Employees
10,001 to 25,000 Employees
5,001 to 10,000 Employees
1,001 to 5,000 Employees
101 to 1,000 Employees
Fewer than 100 Employees

DURING THE NEXT 12 MONTHS, HOW MUCH
DO YOU ANTICIPATE YOUR ORGANIZATION
WILL SPEND ON COMPUTER HARDWARE,
SOFTWARE, PERIPHERALS, AND SERVICES FOR
YOUR LOCATION? (check one only)
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06

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$500, 000, 000 and above
$100, 000, 000 to $500, 000, 000
$50, 000, 000 to $100, 000, 000
$5, 000, 000 to $50, 000, 000
$1, 000, 000 to $5, 000, 000

WHAT LANGUAGES AND FRAMEWORKS DO
YOU USE? (check all that apply)
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Minicomputer
Intel x86(32)
Intel x86(64)
Network Computer
Symmetric Multiprocessing
Workstation Services

WHAT IS YOUR COMPANY’S SIZE?
(check one only)
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o

IN YOUR JOB, DO YOU USE OR PLAN TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS?
(check all that apply)
SOFTWARE
o 01 CAD/CAE/CAM
o 02 Collaboration Software
o 03 Communications
o 04 Database Management
o 05 File Management
o 06 Finance
o 07 Java
o 08 Multimedia Authoring
o 09 Networking

o 10 Programming
o 11 Project Management
o 12 Scientific and Engineering
o 13 Systems Management
o 14 Workflow

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SERVICES
o 24 Consulting
o 25 Education/Training
o 26 Maintenance
o 27 Online Database
o 28 Support
o 29 Technology-Based Training
o 30 Other
99 o None of the Above

DO YOU EVALUATE, SPECIFY, RECOMMEND,
OR AUTHORIZE THE PURCHASE OF ANY OF
THE FOLLOWING? (check all that apply)
o
o
o
o

o
o
o

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES
YOUR PRIMARY JOB FUNCTION?
(check one only)

o
o
o
o
o
o

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT PRIMARY OPERATING
PLATFORM (check all that apply)

Ajax
C
C++
C#

o
o
o
o

13
14

15
16

Python
Ruby/Rails
Spring
Struts

o
o
10

05 Hibernate
06 J++/J#
07 Java
08 JSP
09 .NET
10 Perl
11 PHP
12 PL/SQL

o 17 SQL
o 18 Visual Basic
o 98 Other

WHAT ORACLE PRODUCTS ARE IN USE AT YOUR
SITE? (check all that apply)
ORACLE DATABASE
o 01 Oracle Database 11g
o 02 Oracle Database 10 g

o 03 Oracle9 i Database
o 04 Oracle Embedded Database
(Oracle Lite, Times Ten, Berkeley DB)
o 05 Other Oracle Database Release
ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE
o 06 Oracle Application Server
o 07 Oracle Portal
o 08 Oracle Enterprise Manager
o 09 Oracle BPEL Process Manager
o 10 Oracle Identity Management
o 11 Oracle SOA Suite
o 12 Oracle Data Hubs
ORACLE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
o 13 Oracle JDeveloper
o 14 Oracle Forms
o 15 Oracle Reports
o 16 Oracle Designer
o 17 Oracle Discoverer
o 18 Oracle BI Beans
o 19 Oracle Warehouse Builder
o 20 Oracle WebCenter
o 21 Oracle Application Express
ORACLE APPLICATIONS
o 22 Oracle E-Business Suite
o 23 PeopleSoft Enterprise
o 24 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
o 25 JD Edwards World
o 26 Oracle Fusion
o 27 Hyperion
o 28 Siebel CRM

ORACLE SERVICES
o 28 Oracle E-Business Suite On Demand
o 29 Oracle Technology On Demand
o 30 Siebel CRM On Demand
o 31 Oracle Consulting
o 32 Oracle Education
o 33 Oracle Support
o 98 Other
99 o None of the Above