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2002 U.K. Medium Business Market Overview and Topline Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: September 2002
Product Code: R149-236
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2002 UK Medium Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides definitive results across all key areas of AMI’s IT field research. AMI-Partners’ defines medium businesses in the following way “MBs have 100-999 employees, are non-residential and non-government organizations, and represent less than 1% of the total UK enterprise universe.” Currently 20,534 entities comprise the UK MB market. Data were collected during the Q2, 2002 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.

Key highlights include initial findings on the following technology areas:

  • Demographics
  • Telecommunications
  • Computing
  • Networking
  • Internet/e-Business
  • Wireless
  • Hosted Applications
Based on proprietary surveys of Small and Medium Businesses in the United States, Europe, Latin America, and the Asia/Pacific region, AMI-Partners' comprehensive data on Internet, IT, eBusiness, and Communications investment and usage is presented in a highly actionable, graphical format with go-to-market insights and analysis.
Table of Contents
UK MB Introduction
UK MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview and Changes
UK MB Firmographics Overview
UK MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
UK MB Computing Overview
UK MB Networking Overview
UK MB Internet Overview
UK MB Methodologies and General
UK MB Survey Methodology Overview
UK MB Recruitment and Survey Process
UK MB Market Definition
UK MB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
UK MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
UK MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
UK MB Margin of Error
UK MB Demographics
UK MB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
UK MB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
UK SMB Business Workforce by Employee Size
UK MB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry
UK MB Mobile Workforce
UK MB Telecommuting
UK MB Headquarters Location by Employee Size
UK MB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
UK MB Current and Planned Number of Branches
UK MB Total Number of Branch Sites/Locations
UK MB Average Revenues
UK MB Changes in Annual Revenues
UK MB Revenue Generation
UK MB Suppliers and Vendors
UK MB Average Assets
UK MB Customer Transactions
UK MB Use of Electronic Billing/Invoicing
UK MB Vendor/Supplier Transactions
UK MB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
UK MB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed Via Credit Card
UK MB Financial Products Usage – Current & Planned
UK MB Courier/Messenger Services
UK MB Advertising and Promotion Media Usage
UK MB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
UK MB Summary Comparisons
UK MB Key Technology Penetration
UK MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
UK MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
UK MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
UK MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
UK MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns in Technology Penetration
UK MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
UK MB September 11th Repercussions
UK MB Overview of MB Business Attitudes
UK MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications – Business Process Automation & Connectivity/Data Networking
UK MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications – Internet/IP Apps, Networking/Computing OS & Apps, Security, Training, Outsourcing
UK MB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
UK MB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees
UK MB Average Annual IT Budget
UK MB IT Services Outsourcing
UK MB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing
UK MB Decision Making and Media Usage
UK MB IT Decision Makers
UK MB Telecom and Other Products & Services
UK MB Total Annual Telecom Spending
UK MB Average Annual Telecom Spending
UK MB Total Annual Local Telecom Spending by Employee Size and Industry
UK MB Total Annual Long Distance Spending by Employee Size and Industry
UK MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB
UK MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB by Employee Size
UK MB Cellular Phone Penetration and Spending
UK MB Pager Penetration and Spending
UK MB Use of Conferencing Services
UK MB Data/Communications Lines Usage for Voice Calls
UK MB Average Annual Spending on Data/Communications Lines and Technologies
UK MB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size
UK MB Current Outsourcing of Business Processes
UK MB Computing – Summary Charts
UK MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, and Service/Support
UK MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
UK MB Average Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
UK MB Computing – Hardware and Service/Support
UK MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base
UK MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base By Employee Size
UK MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Employee Size (PC to Employee Ratio)
UK MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Vertical Industry (PC to Employee Ratio)
UK MB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments
UK MB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Computer Brands
UK MB Last 12 Months Purchasing Trends of Top Five Computer Brands
UK MB Planned Computer Purchases
UK MB Planned Computer Purchase by Employee Size
UK MB Top Five Computer Brands Planned for Purchase
UK MB Average Planned Computer Spending per MB
UK MB Planned Overall Channel Usage for Computer Purchases
UK MB Current Channel Market Share for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
UK MB Current and Planned Overall Channel Usage for Computer Purchases
UK MB Planned Channel Usage for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
UK MB Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
UK MB Average Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
UK MB Handheld Devices
UK MB Computing – Software
UK MB Trend in Total Software Spending by Employee Size
UK MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
UK MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
UK MB Application Software Penetration
UK MB Application Software Penetration: Current and Planned
UK MB Trends of Application Software Penetration
UK MB Operating System Used/Planned to be Used
UK MB Year-Over-Year Change in Use of Operating Systems
UK MB Usage of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Sales Force Automation (SFA) Software
UK MB Usage of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and/or Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software
UK MB Computing – Printers and Peripherals*
UK MB Trend in Total Spending on Printers by Employee Size
UK MB Trend in Total Spending on Peripherals* by Employee Size
UK MB Total Spending on Printer Supplies by Employee Size and Industry
UK MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
UK MB Planned Printer Purchases During the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
UK MB Printer Brands Currently Used
UK MB Printer Brands Purchased in Last 12 Months
UK MB Printer Brands Planned for Purchase in Next 12 Months
UK MB Trends in Printer Brands
UK MB Average Number of Pages Printed Daily by Employee Size and Industry
UK MB Peripherals* Ownership Among MBs
UK MB Networking – Summary Charts
UK MB Total Annual Networking Spending
UK MB Average Annual Networking Spending
UK MB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
UK MB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
UK MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
UK MB Number of Nodes and Node Distribution
UK MB Server Installed Base
UK MB Server Shipments by Employee Size
UK MB Overall Server Brands Used
UK MB Trends in Server Brands
UK MB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
UK MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
UK MB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
UK MB Use of SAN/NAS Technology
UK MB SAN/NAS Brands Current and Planned
UK MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
UK MB Firewall Deployment
UK MB Current and Planned LAN Applications
UK MB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months
UK MB Networking Brands
UK MB Networking – WAN and Datacom-Related
UK MB Remote LAN Access Penetration (WAN)
UK MB Remote LAN Access Sites
UK MB Lines Used for Branch Office/Remote Site Connectivity (WAN)
UK MB Average WAN Spending
UK MB Internet – Summary Charts
UK MB Overview of Internet-Related Spending
UK MB Overview of Interne
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