More than a third of IT professionals running these systems at their companies cite wireless technologies in their purchasing plans, compared to fewer than a third of those running other systems. The least wireless activity is evident in the education and manufacturing sectors, where 21 percent of IT managers are involved with wireless. Reality conducted the study among its IT Research Panel, comprised of members across the United States and Canada. Reality's IT Research Panel members are involved in IT products ranging from systems and networking to electronic commerce and peripherals. Each panel member has agreed to participate in monthly studies for one year, and has provided in-depth demographic and firmagraphic data about their organizations, enabling Reality to analyze survey responses by more than 100 data points.
Panelists represent companies of all sizes, from enterprise to entrepreneur-level.
The ROAR Channel Panel is comprised of solution providers whose composition mirrors the North American channel universe of 93,500 value-add reselling companies. Members, like the overall channel they represent, range from very large to very small organizations. Findings from the ROAR Channel Panel are projectable to the North American channel universe. Member organizations, committed to participating in monthly Reality surveys, are tracked in Reality's database with more than 100 data points such as business model, e-commerce solutions provided and vertical markets.