Second AJAX Use and Buying Plans Study
July 2007

(With comparisons to the 2006 study

Methodology

An e-mail was delivered to 20,000 randomly selected subscribers to SD Times inviting them to participate in a study on AJAX. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 19,809.

The purpose was to ascertain the use of AJAX and "Web 2.0" or Rich Internet Application development technology in their companies and their future buying plans.

The study was e-mailed on July 20, 2007, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on July 31, 2007. A total of 550 subscribers, or 2.8% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question. No incentive was used.

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 or your company involved in Web development?

Question 2: Are you using or planning to use any so-called "Web 2.0" or Rich Internet Application (RIA) technologies?

Question 3: Specifically are you or your company using or planning to use AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)-based Web 2.0 / RIA technologies?

Question 4: What is the status of the most advanced AJAX projects at your company or which you are involved with?

Question 5: If your company is not currently using AJAX when do you anticipate doing so?

Question 6: If you are using or considering using AJAX what application runtime platform(s) would you be using AJAX with?

Question 7: Other than JavaScript and XML which languages will you be using for AJAX-based development?

Question 8: Have you or your team acquired or are you planning to acquire any tools components or libraries to enable simplify or accelerate AJAX development?

Question 9: If you have acquired tools or will be doing so what types of tools components and libraries will they be?

Question 10: If you’re using or considering using AJAX please tell us the reasons why you’re looking at the technology?

Question 11: If you’re not using or considering using AJAX please tell us why not?

Question 12. Which of the following companies offering AJAX solutions have you heard of?

Question 13: Do you have any other comments about AJAX or about "Web 2.0" or Rich Internet Application development?

Study #6101 costs US$1,495 without verbatims, or $1,795 with verbatims.