On Monday, August 27, 2012, Symantec conducted a survey on the exhibit show floor during Day 1 of VMworld San Francisco. More than 130 respondents were asked about the possible repercussions of a variety of scenarios organizations face when backing up and securing their virtual environments. The majority of the respondents reported working at mid-to-large-sized enterprises, with 37% having a role in virtualization, 18% in IT security and 26% in general IT roles.