Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: October 2002
Product Code: R149-244Description The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2002 Australia 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 Australia SMB universe.” Currently 8,900 entities comprise the Australia MB market and the number of Medium Businesses is growing at approximately 2.7% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2002 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.
Key highlights include findings on the following technology areas:
- Demographics
- Telecommunications
- Computing
- Networking
- Internet/e-Business
- Wireless
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 - Australia MB Introduction
- Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview
- Australia MB Firmographics Overview
- Australia MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
- Australia MB Computing Overview
- Australia MB Networking Overview
- Australia MB Internet Overview
- Australia MB Methodologies and General
- Australia MB Survey Methodology Overview
- Australia MB Recruitment and Survey Process
- Australia MB Market Definition
- Australia MB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
- Australia MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
- Australia MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
- Australia MB Margin of Error
- Australia MB Demographics
- Australia MB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
- Australia MB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
- Australia SMB Business Workforce by Employee Size
- Australia MB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry
- Australia MB Mobile Workforce
- Australia MB Telecommuting
- Australia MB Headquarters Location by Employee Size
- Australia MB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
- Australia MB Current and Planned Number of Branches
- Australia MB Total Number of Branch Sites/Locations
- Australia MB Average Revenues
- Australia MB Changes in Annual Revenues
- Australia MB Revenue Generation
- Australia MB Suppliers and Vendors
- Australia MB Average Assets
- Australia MB Customer Transactions
- Australia MB Use of Electronic Billing/Invoicing
- Australia MB Vendor/Supplier Transactions
- Australia MB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
- Australia MB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed Via Credit Card
- Australia MB Financial Products Usage – Current & Planned
- Australia MB Courier/Messenger Services
- Australia MB Advertising and Promotion Media Usage
- Australia MB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
- Australia MB Summary Comparisons
- Australia MB Key Technology Penetration
- Australia MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
- Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
- Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
- Australia MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
- Australia MB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns in Technology Penetration
- Australia MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
- Australia MB September 11th Repercussions
- Australia MB Overview of MB Business Attitudes
- Australia MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications
- Australia MB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
- Australia MB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees
- Australia MB Average Annual IT Budget
- Australia MB IT Services Outsourcing
- Australia MB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing
- Australia MB Decision Making and Media Usage
- Australia MB IT Decision Makers
- Australia MB Telecom and Other Products & Services
- Australia MB Total Annual Telecom Spending
- Australia MB Average Annual Telecom Spending
- Australia MB Total Annual Local Telecom Spending by Employee Size and Industry
- Australia MB Total Annual Long Distance Spending by Employee Size and Industry
- Australia MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB
- Australia MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per MB by Employee Size
- Australia MB Cellular Phone Penetration and Spending
- Australia MB Use of Conferencing Services
- Australia MB Data/Communications Lines Usage for Voice Calls
- Australia MB Average Annual Spending on Data/Communications Lines and Technologies
- Australia MB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size
- Australia MB Current Outsourcing of Business Processes
- Australia MB Computing – Summary Charts
- Australia MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, and Service/Support
- Australia MB Total Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
- Australia MB Average Spending on Computing Hardware, Software, Service & Support
- Australia MB Computing – Hardware and Service/Support
- Australia MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base
- Australia MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base By Employee Size
- Australia MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Employee Size (PC to Employee Ratio)
- Australia MB Desktop and Portable PCs Owned per Employee; By Vertical Industry (PC to Employee Ratio)
- Australia MB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments
- Australia MB Trends in Ownership of Top Five Computer Brands
- Australia MB Last 12 Months Purchasing Trends of Top Five Computer Brands
- Australia MB Planned Computer Purchases
- Australia MB Planned Computer Purchase by Employee Size
- Australia MB Top Five Computer Brands Planned for Purchase
- Australia MB Average Planned Computer Spending per MB
- Australia MB Current Channel Share for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
- Australia MB Planned Channel Usage for Computer Purchases: 2001 vs. 2002
- Australia MB Total Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
- Australia MB Average Computer Service and Support Spending by Employee Size
- Australia MB Handheld Devices
- Australia MB Computing – Software
- Australia MB Trend in Total Software Spending by Employee Size
- Australia MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
- Australia MB Packaged and Custom Software Spending by Employee Size
- Australia MB Application Software Penetration
- Australia MB Application Software Penetration: Current and Planned
- Australia MB Trends of Application Software Penetration
- Australia MB Operating System Used/Planned to be Used
- Australia MB Year-Over-Year Change in Use of Operating Systems
- Australia MB Usage of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and/or Sales Force Automation (SFA) Software
- Australia MB Usage of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and/or Supply Chain Management (SCM) Software
- Australia MB Computing – Printers and Peripherals*
- Australia MB Trend in Total Spending on Printers by Employee Size
- Australia MB Trend in Total Spending on Peripherals* by Employee Size
- Australia MB Total Spending on Printer Supplies by Employee Size and Industry
- Australia MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base
- Australia MB Planned Printer Purchases During the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
- Australia MB Printer Brands Currently Used
- Australia MB Printer Brands Purchased in Last 12 Months
- Australia MB Printer Brands Planned for Purchase in Next 12 Months
- Australia MB Trends in Printer Brands
- Australia MB Average Number of Pages Printed Daily by Employee Size and Industry
- Australia MB Peripherals* Ownership Among MBs
- Australia MB Networking – Summary Charts
- Australia MB Total Annual Networking Spending
- Australia MB Average Annual Networking Spending
- Australia MB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
- Australia MB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
- Australia MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
- Australia MB Number of Nodes and Node Distribution
- Australia MB Server Installed Base
- Australia MB Server Shipments by Employee Size
- Australia MB Overall Server Brands Used
- Australia MB Trends in Server Brands
- Australia MB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
- Australia MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
- Australia MB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
- Australia MB Use of SAN/NAS Technology
- Australia MB SAN/NAS Brands Current and Planned
- Australia MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
- Australia MB Firewall Depl
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