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2002 Australia Small Business Networking and Connectivity

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: October 2002
Product Code: R149-257
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2002 Australia Small Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides definitive results across all key networking-related areas of AMI’s IT field research. AMI-Partners’ defines small businesses in the following way “SBs have 1-99 employees, are non-residential and non-government organizations, and represent over 99% of the total Australia SMB universe.” Currently 984,800 entities comprise the Australia SB market and the number of Small Businesses is growing at approximately 2.6% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2002 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.

Key highlights include findings on the following Networking-related technology areas:

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Servers
  • WANs
  • VPNs
  • Wireless LANs
  • SAN/NAS
  • Channels
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 SB Networking Overview
Australia SB Firmographics Overview
Australia SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview
Australia SB Networking Overview
Australia SB Methodologies and General
Australia SB Survey Methodology Overview
Australia SB Recruitment and Survey Process
Australia SB What is a Small Business (SB)?
Australia SB Sampling Pool by Size of Business
Australia SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business
Australia SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size
Australia SB Margin of Error
Australia SB Demographics
Australia SB Number of Businesses by Employee Size
Australia SB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees
Australia SB Number of PC Owning SB by Employee Size & Vertical
Australia SB Business Workforce by Employee Size
Australia SB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry Among PC SBs
Australia SB Mobile Workforce
Australia SB Telecommuting
Australia SB Headquarters Location
Australia SB Headquarters Location by Vertical Industry
Australia SB Current and Planned Number of Branches
Australia SB Total Number of Sites/Locations
Australia SB Average Revenues
Australia SB Changes in Annual Revenues
Australia SB Changes in Average Revenues
Australia SB Revenue Generation - B2B vs. B2C
Australia SB Revenue Generation by Territory
Australia SB Suppliers and Vendors
Australia SB Customer Transactions
Australia SB Vendor/Supplier Transactions
Australia SB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards
Australia SB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed via Credit Cards (Proportion of Total Dollars)
Australia SB Average Number of FT Employees Planned for Hire
Australia SB Summary Comparisons
Australia SB Key Technology Penetration
Australia SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration
Australia SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas
Australia SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons
Australia SB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns by IT/Telecom Spending Area
Australia SB Year-to-Year Growth Patterns in Technology Penetration
Australia SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions
Australia SB Overview of SB Business Attitudes
Australia SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications
Australia SB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences
Australia SB Average Annual IT Budget
Australia SB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing
Australia SB Decision Making and Media Usage
Australia SB Decision Making Personnel for IT-Related Purchases
Australia SB Information Source Used for IT-Related Products & Services
Australia SB Impact of Different Information Sources on General Awareness of PC/IT-Related Products by Employee Size
Australia SB Information Sources Used for Price/Feature Comparison for IT-Related Products & Services by Employee Size
Australia SB Networking – Summary Charts
Australia SB Total Annual Networking Spending
Australia SB Average Annual Networking Spending
Australia SB Total Networking-Related Spending by Employee Size
Australia SB Total Networking-Related Spending by Industry
Australia SB Average Networking-Related Spending per SB by Employee Size and Industry
Australia SB Current and Planned Adoption of Networking Technologies
Australia SB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage
Australia SB LAN and Server Penetration
Australia SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size
Australia SB LAN Penetration by Industry
Australia SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs
Australia SB Server Installed Base
Australia SB Server Shipments by Employee Size
Australia SB Server Shipments by Industry
Australia SB Overall Server Brands Used
Australia SB Average Spending on Servers per SB
Australia SB Average Spending per Server
Australia SB Server Brands Used by Employee Size
Australia SB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software
Australia SB Channels Used for LAN Purchases by Employee Size
Australia SB Number of PCs Currently Connected and Plan to Connect to LANs
Australia SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems
Australia SB Network Operating System Used by Employee Size
Australia SB Network Operating System Used by Industry
Australia SB Planned Server Purchases
Australia SB Planned Average Server Spending per SB
Australia SB Planned Average Spending per Server
Australia SB Server Brands Planned to be Purchased
Australia SB Trends in Wireless LAN Penetration
Australia SB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry
Australia SB Average Number of PCs Connected to Wireless LANs
Australia SB Use of SAN/NAS Technology
Australia SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs
Australia SB Firewall Deployment
Australia SB Firewall Brands Usage
Australia SB Current and Planned LAN Applications
Australia SB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months
Australia SB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months by Employee Size
Australia SB LAN Upgrade Plans by Industry
Australia SB Server Overview
Australia SB Networked Printers
Australia SB Networking Brands
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