Hierbij de resultaten van de enquête. Er waren ongeveer 40 respondenten (afhankelijk van de vraag), niet alle vragen zijn door iedereen ingevuld.
Do you know what cloud computing applications are (also called SaaS)?
Yes 89.7%
No 10.3%
What is your job title?
1 Assistent-Accountant
1 Business Consultant
1 Business Development manager
2 CEO
1 COO
1 CTO
1 Consultant
1 Director
1 Director Business Development
1 Java developer
1 Network Administrator
1 Owner
1 Owner/Developer
1 Photografer
1 Project Lead
1 Researcher
1 Software developer & researcher
1 Sr adviseur
1 System Administrator
2 System Engineer
1 administrator
1 research assistant/PhD student
1 system engineer
1 worker
Can you purchase IT applications (software), for your company?
Yes 50%
No 14.3%
I can influence the purchasing of software 35.7%
In which industry does your company operate? (multiple answers possible)
Cultural 7.1%
Financial/economic 21.4%
Industrial 17.9% IT 67.9%
Education 25%
Government 25%
Transport 7.1%
Health care 21.4%
Science 14.3%
Other 14.3%
In which other industry does your company operate?
1 Dept collection
1 Proces Control
1 Telecom
What is the size of the company you work at?
SOHO (approximately 1-10 employees) 28.6%
SMB (approximately 10-250 employees) 39.3%
Large corporations (over approximately 250 employees) 14.3%
Multinationals (over approximately 250 employees, in 5 or more countries) 14.3%
I don't know 3.6%
Where does your company buy their software? (multiple answers possible)
Online Platform (marketplace for cloud software) 39.3%
Directly with the software supplier 71.4%
We develop software ourselves 57.1%
Via a web shop (with normal software on a CD/DVD) 14.3%
Intermediate software provider and implementer (IT service company) 32.1%
I don’t know 7.1%
What type of cloud applications are you buying via a App Store, or which type would you buy via a App Store within the next 5 years? (multiple answers possible)
(Now, Within 5 years, Total)
Financial 36.4% 63.6% 100%
Marketing 62.5% 37.5% 100%
Sales 71.4% 28.6% 100%
Human Resource Management 12.5% 87.5% 100%
CRM 55.6% 44.4% 100%
Collaboration 44.4% 55.6% 100%
Accounting 33.3% 66.7% 100%
Industry solutions 100.0% 0.0% 100%
Office 43.8% 56.3% 100%
Professional services 0.0% 100.0% 100%
Security 33.3% 66.7% 100%
Reporting 50.0% 50.0% 100%
Analytics 33.3% 66.7% 100%
Mobile 50.0% 50.0% 100%
Supply chain 0.0% 100.0% 100%
Other 50.0% 50.0% 100%
What type of applications are you buying via an App Store, or consider buying within 5 years?
1 Music, games, course material
1 nothing
Does your company want to develop their own application(s) and deploy them on a platform?
Yes 37%
No 48.1%
Maybe 11.1%
I don’t know 3.7%
If your company develops application(s), do you allow other developers (from other companies) changing your application(s)?
Yes, other developers can change my application 30.8%
No, I don't like it if developers change my application 30.8%
No, I restrict these types of changes 30.8%
I don’t know 7.7%
In which way does your company want their changed application (changed by another developer) being offered to others (companies)? (multiple answers possible)
They can't resell an application (after they changed it), just for their own use 40%
They can resell an application (after they changed it), but they have to pay a fee to my company 40%
They can resell an application (after they changed it), no charge 20% I don't care 20%
How important is the usability of an application?
Doesn't matter 4%
Important 40%
Really important 56%
How important is the security for an application?
Important 16%
Really important 52%
Depending on the type of application 32%
How important are legal issues of an application?
Irrelevant 4%
Fairly irrelevant 4%
Doesn't matter 12%
Important 48%
Really important 32%
How important are (monthly/yearly) costs of running an application?
Fairly irrelevant 12%
Doesn't matter 8%
Important 52%
Really important 28%
How important is the lay-out of an application?
Irrelevant 4%
Fairly irrelevant 4%
Doesn't matter 28%
Important 56%
Really important 8%
How important is the reliability of an application?
Important 45.8%
Really important 54.2%
How important is the scalability of an application?
Doesn't matter 34.8%
Important 52.2%
Really important 13%
How important is the customer service that comes with an application?
Fairly irrelevant 4.3%
Doesn't matter 26.1%
Important 52.2%
Really important 17.4%
What do you expect from an application, other than the aspects in the previous 8 questions?
1 Customizability, can the customer customize the application to his own needs?
1 Audit reports, Service Level Agreements.
1 Brand of supplier I want to know they will still be in business in 3 years
1 Connectivity speed.
1 Good integration with other products/services
1 Integration, Extendability, Customization
1 Proven stability and certification
1 Security is the main concerns
1 Speed of the UI, if an application takes too long to load, it costs us money in the long run.
1 Updated regularly
1 Efficiancy: as little wasted resources as possible. Also bandwith use is a major pinaccle which lead to us not choosing the cloud but having our own servers: transferring jobs over the net to the cloud is about 1000 times as cost intensive.
1 Knowing all costs in advance. Flexibility. All aspects depend very much on the application and the (type of) users
What do you expect from applications in 5 years time?
1 Control of the Data in easy to access formats when migrating from one to another
1 Entire mobile internet will be driven via applications. Apps = Websites on mobiles
1 Everything as a service IT on demand Information when I need it, where I need it
1 I expect everything to be much easier to use and that every application works on every platform.
1 I expect that more and more applications will be offered from a SaaS pov.
1 More integration
1 More mobile and more online availability.
1 Multi-integration between applications, more applications delivered: as a service.
1 Over time scalabity is important and being up to date with posabilities at that time
1 all the apps should be in cloud
1 cros platform and device availibility
1 linkage possibilities
1 securely accessible from anywhere
1 open data, integration, SSO, single point of administration (not N webapps and N*M admin interfaces).
1 More local decentralized data warehouses; the cloud bubble will for all other branches other then small companies burst.
What do you think developers (of applications) expect from you?
1 Developers should totaly focus on what users want, and the end get paid.
1 Feedback on the product, bug reporting and feature requests.
1 Good documentation.
1 Pay per use.
1 Payment Feedback
1 clear brief, speed in response, payment
1 creativity in asking new requirements 2 money
1 new to find more innovation ideas to improve app quality in cloud
1 payments sugestions "loyalty" honesty
1 same old: input on mostly UI features.
1 Innovation, involvement, reliability, portability, flexibility: one customer has no problem with Oracle while the other gets instant itchyness hearing that name.
1 I don't expect to interact with developers: if I buy a SaaS-service I want to buy it 'off the shelf'. So: only payment.
What do you think developers (of applications) expect from you, in 5 years time?
1 Good documentation. Direct contact with people.
1 Modularity
1 No interaction at all. Any integration and configuration I should be able to do myself
1 Ofcourse payments, but there won't be much change in 5 years.
1 Pay per use.
1 Payment Eco-system membership
1 lock in to their software commitment
1 payment sugestions "loyalty" honesty
What do you think the people owning an App Store Marketplace anticipate from you as a customer?
1 Act on what is sold the most, giving improvement points
1 Paid Apps proliferation
1 Reviews, Activity, Payment
1 Uptime, being part of an oligopoly, suitable testing facilities before a purchase is made.
1 ease of use, include modern web elements.
1 links to actual customers, much info (incl user and tech manuals)
1 revieuwing and rannking
1 use a lot of applications recomend the store to colleagues help them to improve their services (sugestions/satisfaction rankings)
1 They profit from people being active allround on their appstore. More people being on there means more exposure, means more probability for them to sell / advertise.
What do you think the people owning an App Store Marketplace anticipate from you as a customer in 5 years time?
1 Being active allround.
1 Higher usage
1 To buy even more apps
1 continues improvement.
1 more paid apps
1 payments to enter the app store
1 the same as they expect now.
1 Not being the ONLY way to get the software, some custom software just isn't meant for the outside world and needs to be developed and distributed as such.
What is your opinion about a virtual desktop?
Not useful 5.6%
Not really useful 22.2%
A bit useful 5.6%
Useful 38.9%
Really useful 27.8%
Do you want the ability to change application?
Yes, extensions module by the application developer 27.8%
Yes, with add-ons from other developers/hosting provider 16.7%
Yes, individual programming 38.9%
No 5.6%
I don't know 11.1%
Which search function should be present on an App Store Marketplace? (multiple answers possible)
Which kind of application (e.g. Financial, HRM) 75%
Which size of application (e.g. 10 users, 100 users, 10.000 users) 50%
How many functions on an application 31.3%
Company type (Which industry you are in) 43.8%
Company size (the size of your company) 12.5%
Location (where are the developers located) 12.5%
Related software (that the application uses) 50%
Which operation system (e.g. Windows, Mac) 87.5%
Search words (that you can search applications on the basis of key words, for instance with google.com) 50%
Popularity of applications (which applications are used by most companies) 56.3%
New applications 37.5%
Free or paid applications 81.3%
Programming language 6.3%
Language (e.g. English, French, German) 62.5%
Which account functions do you want on an account, while using an App Store Marketplace? (multiple answers possible)
E-mail 58.8%
Financial account 64.7%
Notifications (e.g. usage, updates, error) 82.4%
Reports about applications you use (e.g. usage, behaviour of the users, login times) 70.6%
Account information (about you or your company) 47.1%
Language options (e.g. English, French, German) 23.5%
Linkage with social networks (e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn) 23.5%
A picture (of yourself or your company) 23.5%
Which functions of an App Store Marketplace do you think should be on an App Store Marketplace? (multiple answers possible)
Ranking possibility 35.3%
Review possibility 70.6%
Language possibility (Different languages for viewing the App Store Marketplace) 41.2%
Possibility to develop applications and to deploy them on a App Store Marketplace 41.2%
FAQ list (frequently ask questions) 58.8%
Online training 35.3%
Development community 52.9%
Real-Time analytics (to keep track of the statistics of the applications that you use). 64.7%
Keep track of your search history 5.9%
Mobile capabilities of the App Store Marketplace 29.4%
Search function 70.6%
Account 47.1%
Which functions of an App Store Marketplace do you think provide additional value to you? (multiple answers possible)
Ranking possibility 20%
Review possibility 60%
Language possibility (Different languages for viewing the App Store Marketplace) 40%
Possibility to develop applications and to deploy them on a App Store Marketplace 30%
FAQ list (frequently ask questions) 50%
Online training 60%
Development community 30%
Real-Time analytics (to keep track of the statistics of the applications that you use). 30%
Keep track of your search history 30%
Mobile capabilities of the App Store Marketplace 30%
Search function 30%
Account 30%
Do you think there should be other functions on an App Store Marketplace, which are not mentioned in the previous question?
NO RESPONSE
Are there any functions (of an App Store Marketplace), you would definitely not want to find/see on an App Store Marketplace?
1 Ads, tracking history, personal information.
1 targeted ads
1 Cost guessing, for example: CPU: 20 picocents/cycle, storage: 6 picocents/bit, transfer of 1 bit: 800-6000 picocents.
Which functions (of an App store Marketplace) that are not important now, but you believe in 5 years time will be?
1 API's for other programs.
1 The Internet of Things