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August 1, 2004
By DE Editors
Software Products Planning to Purchase or Upgrade
(next 12 months)
• Three-quarters (74.1%)of the subscribers indicated that their organization is planning to purchase or upgrade software porducts in the next 12months.• In total, the subscriber’s organization has an average of $156,200 budgeted for software expenditures in the next 12 months. (next 12 months)
CAD/CAE | 43.2% |
Graphics/Design Tools | 22.8% |
MCAD/3D CAD | 21.5% |
Test/Measurement | 20.2% |
Networking | 16.4% |
Finite Element Analysis | 15.1% |
Data Acquisition/Visual Instrumentation | 14.4% |
Simulation | 11.5% |
Visualization/Modeling | 11.5% |
Utilities | 10.6% |
Statistical | 8.9% |
Rapid Prototyping/CAM | 8.0% |
Motion Control/Process Control | 7.8% |
Computational Fluid Dynamics | 6.9% |
Numeric/Symbolic Math | 6.9% |
Scientific Spreadsheets | 5.8% |
EDM/PDM/Image Processing | 4.7% |
Curve Fitting | 3.3% |
Scientific Word Processing | 3.1% |
PLM | 2.7% |
Computer Products Planning to Purchase or Upgrade
(next 12 months)
(next 12 months)
• Almost eight out of ten (78.3%) subscribers indicated that their organization is planning to purchase or upgrade computer products in the next 12 months.
• Average amount budgeted for this expenditure is $152,000.
• One-quarter (25.5%) of the subscribers recommend, specify or purchase network servers.
PC Workstation | 58.8% |
Laptop/Notebook/Portable | 48.5% |
Multi-Processor Pentium Workstation | 15.3% |
Industrial PC | 12.8% |
Unix Workstation | 8.2% |
Single Board Computers | 6.6% |
Hardware Products Planning to Purchase or Upgrade
(next 12 months)
(next 12 months)
• More than three-quarters (77.4%) of all subscribers stated that their organization was planning to purchase or upgrade hardware products in the next 12 months.
• The average amount the organization has budgeted for hardware expenditures in the next 12 months is $658,900
Monitors | 55.8% |
Printers | 43.3% |
CPU Upgrades | 36.8% |
Storage/Disk Drives | 33.4% |
Graphics Cards | 28.9% |
Test/Measurement Devices | 25.5% |
Networking | 24.8% |
Data Acquisition | 21.0% |
UPS | 16.9% |
Input Devices | 15.6% |
Scanners (wide format) | 14.7% |
Plotters/Large Format Printers | 14.4% |
Control Boards | 8.1% |
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