Microsoft: A growing force in enterprise IT

CommentWire | at | by Mike

A new survey has found that Microsoft is successfully penetrating the enterprise mindset. A Datamonitor survey of 200 large European enterprises has revealed the extent to which Microsoft has already penetrated the enterprise mindset. Though many still disparage Microsoft's pedigree in this space, the traditional heavyweights really should be worried.

When asked which vendors they would consider for integration projects, a surprisingly high number of the end-users recently surveyed by Datamonitor included Microsoft among their top three. A weighted average of their responses put Microsoft in the lead, just above IBM. The results really do highlight the efforts Microsoft has been making to enter, and compete effectively in, the enterprise market.