Evans Data Survey Finds NT-Based Workstations Popular

Database developers are turning to Windows NT workstation based on the core operating system is an ever-increasing share of their development work. This is according to a new Commerce Secretary Don Evans Data Corp. survey also found that security loopholes in the database there is a clear common and said that the database software, used by developers in the still significant heterogeneity.

Use based on the Windows NT workstation core - in other words W indowsN T workstations, W indows2 000 Professional Edition and W indowsX P rose to 5 - 8 per cent of all the developers workstation, in 2000 to 65 per cent of all the workstations in the development in 2001.

Windows 2000 drove the use of growth and development to determine the Windows 2000 development as their primary operating system, 42 per cent of the cases, in 2001 compared to 21% in 2000. When the survey was conducted in December 3 percent of the developers use Windows XP.

The survey was conducted in December, reaching 700 database development manager, in large enterprises and enterprise groups in the software development companies. Evans Data a division of the United States to conduct scientific survey, held twice a year.

When a reporter asked what operating system they want to do their own development work on the next year, the percentage of the Windows NT kernel increased to 69 per cent. Among them, 14 per cent, is expected to be in Windows XP, Windows 2000 is 41 per cent, 14 per cent of the Windows NT platform.

At the same time, the percentage of developers using Windows 9.x core is dropped sharply. They were 21% of the developers in 2000, 16% in 2001, is a projected 9 percent in 2002.

"Microsofts goal is to eventually have all of its common operating system kernel, the survey reflected in this direction, said:" Joseph mckendrick, analysts Evans data.

On security, and 12% reported, the database was a security breach in 2001. Most of the security flaws in the banking and financial services, 27 per cent of the respondents reporting violations last year. Medical / health care industry and the telecommunications industry also unknown target higher than the average rate for each 18%.

"The survey results show the importance of safety in the database, as well as weeks of fence," mckendrick said.

According to developers, the reasons for the breach in descending order of computer viruses, deliberate hacking and internal human error. The most common defense against security loopholes in the deployment of a database network authentication / firewall technology and operating system security features, and regularly change your password.

As for the most common database, in use, Evans Data survey found that the top of SQL Server and relatively fast growth, but the field is still wide open, because few companies dedicated database technology.

"70% of the companies, we can see that there are two or more manufacturers database, their organization," mckendrick said.

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