Sixth Java Use & Awareness Study
December 2006

(With comparisons to the previous studies)

Methodology

An e-mail was delivered to 19,787 randomly selected subscribers to SD Times inviting them to participate in a Java study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 19,623. 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 14, 2006, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on December 24, 2006. A total of 758 subscribers, or 3.9% 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. Do you have any comments about your reasons for using Java or for not using Java?

Java Study Compared with Microsoft .NET Study

QUESTION 6. What types of systems are you integrating Java EE/J2EE applications with?

QUESTION 7. 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 8. Do you have any comments about the different Java specifications or features that you are using?

QUESTION 8. Which Java application servers are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

QUESTION 9. Do you have any comments about the Java application servers that you're currently using?

QUESTION 10. For server-based Java applications how would you compare the performance on average to your expectations?

QUESTION 11. What steps do you/does your team take to improve the performance of Java EE/J2EE applications?

QUESTION 12. Which Java development environments are currently in use at your company (or at the companies to whom you consult)?

QUESTION 13. Do you have any comments about the Java editors or IDEs that you/your team currently use?

QUESTION 14. To help us benchmark the awareness of vendors in the Java market, which of these companies have you heard of?

Index of Appendices and Verbatim Responses

Study #7672 costs US$1,495 without verbatims, or $1,795 with verbatims.