| OMG Survey on Data-Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems |
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| 1. What best describes your organization�s primary industry? |
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Defense |
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Government/Non-Defense |
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Public Safety/Homeland Security |
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Commercial Telecom |
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Industrial/Manufacturing |
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Financial Services |
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Healthcare |
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Other |
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| 2. What best describes the annual revenue of your organization? |
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Under $10M |
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$11M-50M |
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$51-100M |
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More than $100M |
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| 3. What best describes your job title? |
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Executive level |
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Senior management |
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Middle management |
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Engineering/Design |
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Other: |
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| 4. What best describes your role in your organization�s mission critical system? |
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Decision maker |
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Implementer |
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User |
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Designer |
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Other: |
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| 5. What news sources (magazines, organizations, discussion groups, etc.) do you rely on to stay abreast with the latest happenings pertaining to middleware implementations? |
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| 6. What best describes your organization�s role with mission critical systems? |
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Architect |
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Operator/implementer |
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Maintains |
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Other: |
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| 7. What best describes the type of mission critical system your company currently operates, maintains or builds? |
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Combat management |
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Network management |
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Industrial control (SCADA) |
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Other: |
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| 8. How does your mission critical system differ from your mainstream systems? |
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| 9. Check the three most important middleware attributes required for your mission critical system: |
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Cost-effective |
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Real-time functionality |
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Reliability |
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Support for Quality of Service |
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Fault-tolerance capabilities |
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Scalability |
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COTS availability |
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Small footprint |
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Other |
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| 10. What traditional middleware products do you believe can satisfy the requirements referenced above? |
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CORBA |
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DDS |
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SQL |
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Web services |
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.NET |
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JMS |
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Java RMI |
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IBM MQ-series |
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MSMQ |
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TIBCO Rendezvous |
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Other: |
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| 11. Do traditional Java COTS products such as Websphere provide the mission-critical features your mission critical system needs? |
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Yes |
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No |
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If no, which features are missing? |
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| 12. Do you believe that an asynchronous publish/subscribe messaging approach is preferable to an object services messaging or any other approach? |
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Yes |
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No |
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| 12-a. Please explain your reason for selecting yes or no: |
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| 13. What best describes the type of middleware your mission critical system employs? |
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CORBA |
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DDS |
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SQL |
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Web services |
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.NET |
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JMS |
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Java RMI |
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IBM MQ-series |
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MSMQ |
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TIBCO Rendezvous |
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No middleware is used |
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Other: |
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| 14. What best describes the developer of your middleware implementation for your mission critical system? |
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Proprietary |
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Third-party vendor |
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No middleware used |
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Other: |
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| 15. What best describes the type of middleware architecture for your mission critical system? |
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Publish-Subscribe |
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Message-oriented |
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Client-Server |
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Other: |
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| 16. Check up to three middleware attributes that had the most impact to your choice of middleware implementation: |
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Cost |
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Real-time functionality |
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Reliability |
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Support for Quality of Service |
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Fault-tolerance capabilities |
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Scalability |
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Open source characteristics |
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Footprint |
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Other |
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| 17. What best describes your satisfaction level of your middleware implementation? |
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Very satisfied |
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Somewhat satisfied |
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Not satisfied |
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Other: |
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| 18. Check up to three middleware attributes that didn�t meet your expectation level when implemented in your system: |
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Cost |
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Real-time functionality |
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Reliability |
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Support for Quality of Service |
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Fault tolerance capabilities |
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Scalability |
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COTS availability |
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Resources |
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Other |
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| 19. What development tools are you using for your current middleware implementation? |
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Eclipse |
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Java |
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J2EE |
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.NET |
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Other: |
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| 20. What do you predict will happen with middleware for mission critical systems, on an industry scale, in the next couple years? |
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It will experience a large increase in the number of systems it is implemented in. |
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It will experience a moderate increase. |
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It will remain flat. |
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It will experience a decrease. |
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| 21. Do you think middleware is ______for its role in your company�s mission critical architecture? |
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Underrated |
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Overrated |
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Neither |
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| 22. How important a role do you believe middleware plays for your mission critical applications? |
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Very important |
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Somewhat important |
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Not important |
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| 23. How important a role does your company believe middleware plays for your mission critical applications? |
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Very important |
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Somewhat important |
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Not important |
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| 24. What best describes the size of your company�s team that is developing or integrating middleware for your mission critical system? |
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0. We buy turn-key solutions |
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1-5 people |
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5-10 people |
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10-20 people |
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More than 20 people |
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| 25. On average, how much does your company spend on purchasing middleware or middleware services per year? |
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Less than $10,000 |
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$10,000 - $50,000 |
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$50,000 - 200,000 |
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$200,000 - 1 Million |
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More than 1 Million |
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| 26. What is your awareness level of the OMG�s Data Distribution Services spec? |
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Very familiar with the spec |
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Somewhat familiar |
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Never heard of it |
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| 27. Check the three strongest attributes of the DDS spec: |
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Cost |
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Real-time functionality |
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Reliability |
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Support for Quality of Service |
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Fault tolerance capabilities |
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Scalability |
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COTS availability |
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Resources available (support, training, consulting) |
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Other |
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| 28. Check the three weakest attributes of the DDS spec: |
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Cost |
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Real-time functionality |
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Reliability |
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Support for Quality of Service |
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Fault tolerance capabilities |
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Scalability |
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COTS availability |
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Resources available (support, training, consulting) |
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Other |
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| 29. Would you be interest in sharing your middleware success stories/case studied with the OMG? If yes, please list appropriate contact: |
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| 30. Do you wish to receive information on DDS news and events? |
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Yes |
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No |
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