Analyst Report
2007 Mission Critical North American Application Platform Study
Published: 8/1/2007
This white paper examines the state of mission critical applications for large organizations. The survey focuses on the mission-critical application types for the companies, server operating systems used for these applications and the primary operating system over the next 2 years. The study found that a majority of the respondents run their mission critical applications on Windows and Microsoft is expected to be their primary vendor in the next 2 years.

Summary
This survey focuses on mission-critical application types for the companies, server operating systems used for these applications and the primary operating system for mission-critical applications over the next 2 years.
Included in this document
  • Survey Objectives and Methodology
  • 2007 Survey Demographics
  • 2007 Key Findings – Server OS and Platform View
  • Platform Environment
  • Primary Application
  • Standards and Platform Selection
  • Vendor Satisfaction
  • Comparisons to the 2005 Mission Critical Survey