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Push Technology Survey Network Computing's push technology survey is the result of an e-mail survey sent to 500 randomly selected Network Computing readers. Readers were selected from a profile of those involved with middleware technology. the full results of the survey are below: 1) Will push technology become a pervasive (industry-wide), fundamental networking feature? 75% Yes 25% No 2) Do you believe push technologies can reduce bandwidth usage? 39.3% Yes 60.7% No 3) Do you plan to use push technologies in your organization in 1998? 57.1% Yes 42.9% No 4) How much have you budgeted for push technologies in 1998? 67.9% $0 to 25,000 7.1% $25,000 to 50,000 17.9% $50,000 to 100,000 7.1% over $100,000 5) Which push technology features are most important to you? (1- 5 scale, where 5=most important and 1=least important) (N/R=No Response) Off-Peak bandwidth usage: 1 10.7% 2 32.1% 3 14.3% 4 21.4% 5 3.6% N/R 17.8% Avg: 2.70 Consistent client configurations, application versions, and data files 1 7.1% 2 7.1% 3 7.1% 4 17.8% 5 50% N/R 10.7% Avg: 4.08 Central administration of data distribution 1 14.3% 2 3.6% 3 14.3% 4 25% 5 28.6% N/R 14.3% Avg: 3.58 Ability to use push in creative ways to solve unique problems 1 21.4% 2 14.3% 3 21.4% 4 21.4% 5 7.1% N/R 14.3% Avg: 2.75 6) Are the security risks of push technology overrated? 1-5 scale, where 5=very overrated and 1=not overrated) 1 21.4% 2 14.3% 3 32.1% 4 25% 5 7.1% N/R 0% Avg: 2.82

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