Fifth Annual Java Use & Awareness Study
December 2005

(With select comparisons to the 2002-2004 study)

Methodology

An e-mail was delivered to 20,000 randomly selected subscribers to SD Times inviting them to participate in a Java study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 19,297. The purpose was to ascertain the use of Java and Java development technology in their companies and their awareness of Java tool vendors. The study was e-mailed on December 15, 2005, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on December 20, 2005. A total of 724 subscribers, or 3.8% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question.

BZ Research designed, conducted and tabulated the study. BZ Research is a division of BZ Media, publisher of SD Times.

Table of Contents

Question 1. Are you, your company or the companies to whom you consult using Java for software development?

Question 2. Which editions of Java are currently in use at your company, or do you expect to be in use within the next 12 months?

Question 3. Where do you intend to deploy Java applications within the next 12 months?

Question 4. At what stage of Java development and deployment is your company (or the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 5. What types of systems are you integrating Java EE/J2EE applications with? (Please check all that apply)

Question 6. Which Java APIs or other technologies does your company (or the companies to whom you consult) currently use or plan to use within the next 12 months?

Question 7. Which Java application servers are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 8. Which Java development environments are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

Question 9. To help us benchmark the awareness of vendors in the Java market, which of these companies have you heard of?

Plus verbatim responses to the following:

Do you have any comments about your reasons for using Java, or for not using Java?

What types of systems are you integrating Java EE/J2EE applications with, Other

Which Java APIs or other technologies does your company (or the companies to whom you consult) currently use or plan to use within the next 12 months?, Other

Do you have any comments about the different Java specifications or features that you're using?

Which Java application servers are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?, Other

Do you have any comments about the Java application servers that you're currently using?

Which Java development environments are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)? Other

Do you have any comments about the Java editors or IDEs that you're currently using?

Study #7671 costs US$1,895.