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This might be an indicator that were browsers and web use is a key part of daily work inside the enterprise, Firefox is in higher relative use. The study suggests two things that are worth more research. Its not only how many PC Firefox is installed on inside the enterprise, its which PCs Firefox is installed on. Anecdotal we hear reports of Firefox use high in IT, Web Development, and Technology areas of companies. That would match these findings.
November 2009 It is reported that IBM will make Firefox the default inhouse browser by the 2nd quarter of 2010. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/5406
It is reported that IBM will make Firefox the default inhouse browser by the 2nd quarter of 2010. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/5406 April 2009 Forester Study Finds Firefox Adoption grows 1.3% to 18.2% in the second half of 2008. That's just 2% less that NetApplications reported for general Firefox adoption in the overall browser market, and the 1.3% increase over the period is faster than the 1.2% increase in Firefox users that NetApplications reported over the same period.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Microsoft-IE-Tops-in-Enterprise-Firefox-and-Chrome-Gaining-Forrester-490377/
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1
July 06 Marketshare among IT workers visiting Janco
http://www.e-janco.com/browser.htm
<br>http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=13200C4PLUMO
"Jupiter survey showed that 26 percent of companies with more than 250 employees allowed their employees to install Firefox in 2005. By 2006, that number had jumped to 44 percent."
February 13, 2006 - Deployments at IBM, Boeing and Fidelity Investments
http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/software/story/0,10801,108622p3,00.html
http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;453717301;fp;2;fpid;2
14% of Surveyed IT Managers had multi browser deployments going on in there companies.
March 22, 2005 Firefox explorers
This expansive article covers the advantages of using open source and Firefox software for business. When Bill Robertson decided last year to switch 450 workers and 100 desktops at De Bortoli Wines to the open source Firefox web browser, he had the company's future in mind.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/03/21/1111253920087.html?oneclick=true
