Sales channel usage i (OEM, Direct sales channel, VAR/Dist, System Integrator, AppExchange), Number of customers, Share of marketing dollars spent on search engines, online media, social media, print/TV/radio, Social networking sites used (LinkedIn, Twitter, Blogs, Facebook, Company-created communities, Webcasts)

Business planning approach (aggressive, cautious, no change to prior year), Outsourcing (functions outsourced)

Voluntary turnover, Reasons for turnover, Talent challenges

Technology M&A activity by sector, Anticipated exit strategy

VC activity in Canada, Key factors to raising capital, Sources of capital (e.g. Angel investors, Canadian Venture Capitalists, bankers), Venture capital returns

Worker demands - BYOD, Allow access to Internet etc., Usefulness of enterprise social networking tools

Extent of IP as a priority, IP ownership (e.g. trademarks, copyright, patents), IP disputes

View previous editions for slightly different survey coverage such as: Revenue split (perpetual license revenue, SaaS revenue, Maintenance revenue, Professional services, Hardware, Other), Use of Cloud computing

Mobile applications in development (Apps) , Mobility use for clients, Mobility use for company, Drawbacks

% either use or plan to use SaaS over the next 12 months, % are still not using SaaS, % aren't aware of whether SaaS is used at their companies

% using or planning to use of infrastructure as a service at their company, % either use or plan to use storage as a service, % said there were no plans to do so at their company, 5 use or plan to use desktop as a service at their company

% claim to not currently have secure off-site storage for their critical business data, % do not currently monitor or manage their data on a 24x7 basis

% of Canadian SMB host their data in the cloud, % have not worked with an IT security firm to audit their security practices. [Information security]