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50K sites run PHP
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: October 20, 2005
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EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
Location-based mobile social networking to generate $3.3 bln by 2012
Open source software to generate $4.83 bln by 2012
6% of US teens write software for personal enjoyment
148 mln Americans viewed Web widgets in November 2007
US software sales up 15% in 2007
74% of marketers to increase Web development budgets
56% of developers use scripting languages
46.1% of embedded systems developersuse Intel tools for multi-core development
80% of commercial software to contain open source by 2011
34.9% of EMEA developers used C# at some point
Ruby programming language usage doubles in Brazil
64% of wireless developers are working on an open source app
10% of software developers in Asia are employed in gaming industry
64.8% of North American developers target Windows in 2007, down 12%
SOA to be used in more than 50% of mission-critical apps in 2007
25% of enterprise developers have service-oriented architectures in place
90% of Web service developers do it becaise of the service reuse
Data integration tools to generate $2.2 bln by 2010
Most popular AJAX frameworks: Prototype, Scriptaculous, Dojo
55% of North American companies rely on open source software for mission critical applications
33.1% of organizations choosing open source make decision based on control over source code
Embedded software development tools grew 17.2% in 2005
24% of companies implement service-oriented architectures
80% of wireless developers consider testing tools the most important in dev process
Service-oriented architectures to generate $8.6 bln in 2006
EMEA app dev market up 7% in 2004
Norway top open source development country
Statistics on eBay Web Services usage
40% of Irish companies use open source
15.6% of invalid XML feeds contain invalid characters for UTF-8 set
Software development tools to generate $5 bln by 2009
Developer tools generated $3.7 bln in 2004
Professional market for Web services to generate $261 bln by 2008
44% of database devs use MySQL
50K sites run PHP
Embedded software development tools generated $1.4 bln in 2004
80% of game developers are white
70% of Asian and 57% of North American open source developers contribute to open source projects
64% of Chinese embedded developers write code for ARM
56.2% of software developers use open source components
$2.3 bln was spent on Web services in 2004, $14.9 bln by 2009
68% of Web services developers adopted or are planning to adopt Service-Oriented Architecture
85% of IT executives consider application quality critical
46% of developers used C++ in fall of 2004
Number of software developers in China and India to grow at 25.6% and 24.5% a year
52% of XML developers use XQuery
Microsoft .NET Framework penetration numbers
Software engineering salaries grew 8.8% in 2004
34% of American developers use VB.NET, 45% still use Visual Basic 6 earlier
Top Web services applications: business process management, data management, syncronization
.NET is used at 56% of the companies, in public sector it’s 65%
BREW-based applications generated $200 mln in revenues
Bangalore software revenues up 34% in fiscal 2004
52% of Web services are deployed in the US, 39% in Europe, 6% in Asia Pacific
Web services a $950 mln market in 2004, $6.2 bln by 2008
40% of wireless application developers use J2ME
Indian software exports to grow 30% in 2004
Microsoft MCP salary survey results
Only 16% of US software projects are on time within budget
Top Microsoft certifications: MCP, MCSE for NT, MCSE for Windows Server 2003
.NET developer statistics - a word from Microsoft
ASP.NET development saves 25% of resources compared to J2EE
52% of application developers use .NET
Largest US Web design firms
Software licensing token market grew 14.5% on piracy fears
70% of software programmers carry code from employer to employer
Only 32% of Java developers really know Java
2.5 mln .NET developers, 70 mln systems running .NET
There are 2.35 mln software engineers in the US
Microsoft survey on Web services
InternetNews: PHP spread around the world
IDC: Top integrators
Software deployment market
Enrst & Young: Экспорт ПО в России
More than 50% PC makers ship Java
Evans Data: J2EE vs .NET
Romania emerges as software dev center for Western Europe
Recent stats
Number of Internet users in Asian countries in April 2008
44% of businesses rely on credit cards for financing
Top video sites in UK in March 2008
62% of salaried Americans happy with their medical and retirement benefits
Top search engines in Asia-Pacific in April 2008
Smartphone market to grow 52% in 2008
UK population to reach 77 mln in 2060
Average US company collects bills in 41 days
Asia-Pacific Internet search market in April 2008
Global cell phone market to grow 11% in 2008
Average American tips 19% at a restaurant
US digital camera market to reach 40 mln in 2008, 2.5 mln of them to be SLRs
9.2 mln mobile users added in India in July 2008
45.7 mln Americans uninsured in 2007
16.5 mln UK households are online
Top video sites in UK in March 2008
Top iPhone-related search terms in April 2008
Top US search engines in June 2008
Global IT spending to reach $3.4 trln in 2008
6% of US households with income average or above own a timeshare
Most dangerous US jobs: fishing, flying, logging
39% of US households will rent videos online by 2012
Top Web companies in June 2008
What Web sites people visit on mobile phones
Virtual economies employ 400,000 people in 2008
Fastest-growing search terms in June 2008
US Internet user profile by demographics
Highest-paid US public company executives
Top food search terms in June 2008
US Internet usage in July 2008
Fastest-growing Web categories in France in May 2008
Traffic to Olympics-related Web sites, August 8-11, 2008
Traffic to top Web sites in July 2008
Fifteen most buzzed-about athletes
Mobile Internet Penetration Across Countries
Fasted-growing web categories in France in May 2008
Gymnasts ranked by online buzz
Top lifestyle search terms in June 2008
PC gaming generated $10.7 bln in 2007
29% of Internet users buy from spam emails
US cell phone sales down 13% in Q2 2008
Web site categories with heavy reliance on search engine traffic, June 2008
Top dating search terms in June 2008
62.7% of US employees choose PPO plan for their medical insurance
US visits to social networking sites in June 2008
Top aviation search terms in June 2008
Americans have 45 mln frequent-flyer credit cards
Top search query generators in UK in June 2008
Time spent on social networks in June 2008
Top automotive search terms in June 2008
Traffic to Apple.com after iPhone and iPhone 3G launches
Online political activity between Obama and McCain supporters
Top search engines in June 2008
Top search engines in Australia in June 2008
Top iPhone-related search terms in June 2008
Online political activities by age
Flat panel TV sales up 26% in North America in Q2 2008
Top search terms in June 2008
Who visits online banking sites in Canada
37% of those who politically engaged online say the internet helps them feel more personally connected with the candidates
Top US domains by traffic in June 2008
Growth in political content sharing and creation since fall 2006
Top 5 online video US sites, May, 2008
Top US wireless providers in customer satisfaction: Verizon, Alltel, TMobile, ATT
Video game hardware and software sales up 28% in July 2008
Average Brit spends 7 hours 9 minutes watching TV
65% of online Obama’s supporters and 56% of online McCain’s supporters get political news online
Top social networks in UK
Political content sharing and creation stats
Top education search terms in June 2008
Slovenian shipments of hardcopy peripherals declined 5.3% in 2008
74% of all e-mail in Q2 2008 was spam
Premium Internet video to generate $6 bln by 2013
Top Russian Internet advertisers: Ford, MTS, Megafon, GM, Vympelkom
266 mln wireless subscribers in the US by 2013
35% of Americans think US will be the world science leader by 2028
Italian PC market grew 13.5% in Q1 2008
Top financial news & research sites in May 2008
Political activities of US Internet users as compared to total population
$68 mln of domain sales conducted in the first half of 2008
US small businesses to spend $280 bln on IT by 2012
30% of online ads was sold through ad networks in 2007
35.3 mln cable and 29.7 mln DSL subscribers in the US in Q2 2008
US mobile phone shipments up 5.3% in Q2 2008
Top Canadian online banking sites in April 2008
55% of Republicans, 61% of Democrats, and 56% of independents look online for news about politics or the 2008 campaigns
Top video sites in Germany in May 2008
Top German sites in May 2008
Demographics of financial news and research sites
In May 2008, YouTube received 82% of its visits from returning visitors
Top US search sites in May 2008
EAS market in the Czech Republic declined 4.5% YTY in 2007
36% of online Democrats, 21% of Republicans and 28% of independents have a profile on a social networking site
Worldwide remote branch spending to grow 6% to $24.2 bln by 2011
French PC market grew 9.6% in Q1 2008
1.4 bln people will use the Internet in 2008
Political News Consumers, 2004 vs. 2008
German PC market sold 2.72 mln units in Q1 2008
Half of US consumers not interested in BluRay players
45% of online Democrats and 34% of Republicans go online
27% of internet users go online once a week to do something related to Presidential campaign
Top sites in France in May 2008
Top US online video sites in May 2008 by videos per user
Global solid state drive market to grow at a 70% CAGR
Worldwide spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008
3 bln devices to access the Internet by 2012
VMware has 82% share of market of virtualized servers, Microsoft has 13%
In Q1 2008 67% of PCs sold in France were laptops
RDBMS market reached $18.8 bln in 2007
Virtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008
Central European ad market to grow 42.1%
Croatian printer market grew 2.2% in 2007
Top US online video sites in May 2008 by number of videos
Total mortgage loan applications submitted online in Q1 2008
75.8% of UK iPhone users are males
18% of Obama supporters likely to sign an online petition
China’s online population to grow to 375 mln users in 2012
Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
Consumer notebook shipments to grow 36.5% in 2008
Top US music retailers: Apple, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Amazon, Target
Telecom spending to reach $923.91 bln in 2008
$8.5 bln lost to viruses and spyware in 2006-2007
255 mln households to have HDTV by 2013
Top US search engines in June 2008
Online ad spend for 2008 Olympics to reach $100 mln
35% of all adults have watched a politically related video
Top banking-related searches in Q1 2008
Internet usage habits among smartphone subscribers
General role of the Internet in US politics
40% of adults use internet to get news about the election
Top ad carriers in June 2008
Fastest-growing Internet categories in the US in June 2008
42% of social networking profile owners say the internet connected them to their candidate
Most popular digital cameras by customer satisfaction in 2008
Location-based mobile social networking to generate $3.3 bln by 2012
Growth of photo messaging users in April 2008 in US and Europe
Fastest-growing Web sites in the US in June 2008
66% of online Republicans and 58% of online Democrats think that the internet is full of misinformation
Top US search engines in May 2008
Mobile user activities among 7 countries
Top US sites in June 2008
10% of social network users engage in political activity of some kind
Top German online video sites in May 2008
57% of Americans are into Summer Olympics
Accessing online maps from PC
20% of television viewing now occurs online
UK PC market reached more than 3.25 mln units in Q1 2008
Romanian hardcopy devices market reached almost 250k units
Traffic to popular UK football sites
Stats on accessing Internet via mobile device around the world
US TV watching by age groups
US PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
How Americans watch TV
Australian identity and access management market generated $89.4 mln in 2007
32% of North American SMBs have been hit by cybercrime numerous times
Top US social networking sites
Worldwide PC vendor unit shipment estimates for Q2 2008
Total spending in network services will grow to $9.1 bln in 2012
1.4 bln Internet users in 2008
Global spending on Internet ads will total $65.2 bln in 2008
50% of all Internet users will make online purchases in 2008
323 mln broadband users in 2007, 499 mln by 2012
253 mln Chinese Internet users, 214 mln of them use broadband
40% of all Internet users will have mobile Internet access by 2012
90% of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC
Top US search engines in May 2008
65% of US households play video games, 38% have consoles, 40% are female
19% of all online users are seriously into sports
LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brands
Fastest-growing US web sites in May 2008
Average US household credit card debt is $8,565
41% of online buyers of music ordered a CD and 58% downloaded digital files
$7.4 bln of venture capital invested into US startups in Q2 2008
Malware rates up 278% in the first half of 2008
US video hardware and software sales up 53% un June 2008
56% of music buyers could buy music online
78% of US cell phone purchases are made in store
Top social networking sites in France in April 2008
Top social networking sites in France in April 2008
Top online ad campaigns by fast food chains
Google has 77.4% of US search ad market
Top US Web sites in May 2008
68% of cell phone buyers consult the owner’s manual
New and returning visitors to social networks in May 2008
Top US domains in May 2008
78% of US employees feel burned out on the job
Online tools used by those who use the internet in their housing search
Top US search engines in May 2008
Time spent on social networking in May 2008
Leading search engines in May 2008
Top US Web companies in May 2008
29% of new house buyers believe online information helped them get a better price on their house or apartment
Fastest-growing US web categories in May 2008
Top food search terms in May 2008
Top 10 Web sites by video streams for April 2008
What do people do when they start looking for a place to live?
Top US Web sites in May 2008
2008 cell phone market to grow 10-11%
Magazine ad revenues down 3.1% in the first half of 2008
Top online video destinations for US users ages 12-17
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