Survey Methodology and Demographics AVANT polled 501 U.S.-based enterprise decision makers at either the C-suite or Management/VP-level in IT, security, or finance. To qualify for the survey, respondents had to be involved in choosing or helping their organization to implement new data network, voice or computer infrastructure technology including buying and/or selecting new tools and services. Respondents include statistically significant subsets from the following five industries: Manufacturing, Financial Services, Healthcare/Medical, Ecommerce and Consulting/Business Services. Additionally, in order to ensure that the results of the survey are representative of the distribution of establishments in the U.S., a weighting scheme was applied based on number of employees in the respondent company. Fig. 10.2 Job level Source: AVANT Analytics State of Disruption 2024 Copyright © 2024 AVANT Communications, Inc. 33