Methodology: State of Technology Storage Study

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VARBusiness' 2007 State of Technology: Storage research is the second in a four-part research series scheduled for 2007.

VARBusiness designed the survey, which was then conducted on the Web from Jan. 11, 2007, to Jan. 29, 2007 using Insight Express, an online market research firm. VARBusiness then partnered with Answers Research, a Solana Beach, Calif.-based business intelligence and market research firm, to review the questionnaire, process the data and analyze the findings.

Survey participants were obtained from the CMP Channel Group circulation database of channel firms. Respondents are IT solution providers, the majority of whom are decision makers at the executive, corporate and technical management levels.

A total of 257 respondents completed this survey, yielding a margin of error +/- 6.1% at a 95 percent confidence interval.