All Software dev stats

• 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

  • 42% of Internet users do not know what social networking is
  • 19.6 mln Symbian phones shipped in Q2 2008
  • 21% of CIOs expect their security budgets to increase
  • 20% of US households watch online TV
  • 70% of DVR owners say they cannot live without DVR
  • $600 mln worth of nanomaterials for electronics to sell in 2008
  • 81.2 mln smart meters in Europe by 2013
  • Internet traffic up 53% in the last 12 months
  • E-commerce growth, Q2 2008
  • German mobile users who play mobile games
  • Top aviation search terms in July 2008
  • 2.4 bln Bluetooth-enabled devices to ship worldwide by 2013
  • Worldwide semiconductor sales up 7.6% in July 2008
  • Portable console sales for Q2 2008: Nintendo DS - 6.94 mln, Sony PSP - 3.72 mln
  • Worldwide Growth among social networking sites in June 2008
  • Social networking growth by worldwide region in June 2008
  • Top search engines in India in June 2008: Google, Yahoo!, Ask, MSN, Rediff
  • Who in Germany visits gaming Web sites
  • Top automotive search terms in July 2008
  • Top search engines in July 2008
  • Visits to Beijing2008.cn by region, August 8-17, 2008
  • Top online apparel advertisers in April 2008
  • Top search terms in July 2008
  • Top US search engines in July 2008
  • Internet audience growth in Asia-Pacific in April 2008
  • Top video sites in the US in May 2008
  • Top UK search engines in June 2008
  • Social networking profile for Japan in June2008
  • Search growth in July 2008
  • Beijing2008.cn visitors by country in August 8-17, 2008
  • Mobile Internet users in Germany in June 2008
  • New and returning visits to top video sites - 82% of visits to YouTube are repeat
  • Worldwide Growth for Facebook in June 2008
  • India search market in June 2008
  • Top search engines in July 2008
  • Top social networking sites in Japan in June 2008
  • Top Web sites in Germany in June 2008
  • Historical e-commerce growth rates, June 2007 to June 2008
  • US online households pay 11 bills a month online
  • 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

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  AMI Partners telecom and IT spending across the world
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