Survey

December 1997 / Bits / Survey

SQL Server Suite Spot

Convenience and price are the two leading reasons that companies purchase Microsoft's entire suite of BackOffice programs, while the leading reason companies give for not buying the entire suite is that they don't need all those components. In those companies that do implement individual BackOffice components, SQL Serv er is the application most often chosen, according to a recent survey performed by BYTE's research department of 100 companies that have Windows NT installed.
Internet Information Server (IIS), Microsoft's Web server for NT, was the most frequently evaluated product in the suite by customers who chose individual BackOffice programs. However, even though it was evaluated the most, IIS was chosen only 50 percent of the time by customers that bought at least one BackOffice product. Exchange Server, Systems Management Server, and Transaction Server round out the top five individual applications implemented most frequently. Of companies who purchased a BackOffice competitor's product (chart not shown), 79 percent bought individual products, and only 21 percent went with a competitive suite.

Reasons, and Results
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Individual BackOffice Products Evaluated, Implemented
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