Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

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Error 404--Not Found

Error 404--Not Found

From RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1:

10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent.

If the server does not wish to make this information available to the client, the status code 403 (Forbidden) can be used instead. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address.

      



Here are the results in full of our second-annual survey of what concerns you most, ranked by mean concern. We surveyed 100 network executives from large companies to rate their concerns using a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 equaling "most concerned." With the help of market research firm Research Concepts, we queried 45 specific topics. In the charts below, each topic falls into one of four categories.

   Issue

Your top concerns

These nine issues topped the ratings in Network World's second-annual Top Concerns survey. The mean reflects a 1-10 scale, with 1 equaling "not concerned" and 10 "most concerned." Still, you were less concerned this year than last on all these but one, security.

 

Mean 2001

Mean 2000

Difference

  Making sure network is hackerproof.

8.13

7.94

0.19

  Security issues.

7.84

8.01

-0.17

  Finding and retaining qualified employees.

7.72

8.36

-0.64

  Acquiring skills in new and emerging technologies.

7.70

7.74

-0.04

  Keeping employees trained.

7.68

8.08

-0.40

  Maintaining skills in established technologies.

7.42

7.62

-0.20

  Dealing with employees.

7.18

7.87

-0.69

  Project management.

7.11

7.82

-0.71

  Securing reasonable budgets for projects.

7.02

7.66

-0.64

To top

Got you worried

These same 13 issues had you moderately worried last year, too.

 

Mean 2001

Mean 2000

Difference

  Your career development.

6.99

7.94

-0.95

  Acquiring and improving upon business skills.

6.99

7.59

-0.60

  Your overall training.

6.98

7.50

-0.52

  Choosing between high pay and quality of life.

6.88

7.96

-1.08

  Obtaining a competitive salary and benefits.

6.84

7.47

-0.63

  Rising costs of salaries/benefits for employees.

6.59

6.88

-0.29

  Defining reasonable scopes of work for projects.

6.59

6.84

-0.25

  Your overall compensation.

6.54

7.51

-0.04

  Synching with departmental and corporate managers.

6.53

7.28

-0.75

  Upgrading the network infrastructure.

6.53

6.86

-0.33

  Career development opportunities at your current company.

6.43

7.32

-0.89

  The career path generally available to you at end-user organizations.

6.39

6.31

0.08

  Security of outsourcer's network and systems.

6.15

6.19

-0.04

To top

A trifle bothersome

These 12 issues furrow your brow a bit, but aren't causing you to lose any sleep.

 

Mean 2001

Mean 2000

Difference

  Implementing quality-of-service technologies.

5.92

6.22

-0.30

  Building remote-access and site-to-site VPNs.

5.90

6.44

-0.54

  Obtaining bonuses and stock options.

5.83

6.65

-0.82

  Dealing with vendors of equipment and services.

5.54

6.03

-0.49

  Losing employees to vendors or dot-coms with options.

5.49

6.54

-1.05

  Having a reasonable number of qualified vendors.

5.43

6.12

-0.69

  Supporting wireless devices.

5.35

4.83

0.52

  The opportunity presented by employment with a networking vendor.

5.25

5.60

-0.35

  Costs of outsourcing/outtasking.

5.24

5.29

-0.05

  Implementing and managing public-key infrastructure systems.

5.16

5.78

-0.62

  Managing outsourcing contracts.

5.16

5.00

0.16

  Convergence of voice and data.

5.05

5.27

-0.22

To top

Least of your concerns

You continue to watch these 12 issues, but your anxiety is not growing over most of them.

Mean 2001

Mean 2000

Difference

Outsourcing/outtasking.

4.86

5.26

-0.40

Finding outsourcers that can handle the tasks you'd like to offload.

4.76

4.70

0.06

The opportunity presented by employment at dot-com companies.

4.75

5.17

-0.42

XML.

4.68

4.71

-0.03

Integrating e-commerce applications with legacy network equipment and applications.

4.54

5.37

-0.83

Replacement of your networking staff with outsourced services.

4.50

4.65

0.78

Migration from 10/100 Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet.

4.49

4.99

-0.50

Managing Web hosting services.

4.47

5.60

-1.13

E-commerce issues.

4.43

5.42

-0.99

Implementing and managing ASP services.

4.22

4.18

0.04

Building and maintaining supplier management systems.

4.15

4.45

-0.30

Developing applications for mobile devices.

4.00

0.00

n/a
 

Source: Network World 2001 Top Concerns survey

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