2003 U.K. Small Business Networking and Connectivity: Industry Report

2003 U.K. Small Business Networking and Connectivity

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: December 2003
Product Code: R149-294

Description

This report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2003 U.K. Small Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides broad coverage of survey results across all key areas of AMI’s IT field research. AMI-Partners’ defines small businesses in the following way “SBs have 1-99 employees, are non-residential organizations and represent 99.2% of the entire U.K. business universe.” Currently 2.3 million entities make up the U.K. SB market and the number of U.K. Small Businesses is growing at approximately 1.4% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2003 timeframe and is a nationally representative sample.

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

Local area networks (LANs)
Servers
Networking Hardware and Software
Wireless LANs
Security
Storage
Wide area networks (WANs)

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

U.K. SB Introduction

U.K. SB Networking-Related Spending Overview

U.K. SB Firmographics Overview

U.K. SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview

U.K. SB Networking Overview

U.K. SB Methodologies and General

U.K. SB Survey Methodology Overview

U.K. SB Recruitment and Survey Process

U.K. SB What is a Small Business (SB)?

U.K. SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business

U.K. SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size

U.K. SB Survey Respondent Title/Position

U.K. SB Margin of Error

U.K. SB Demographics

U.K. SB Number of Businesses by Employee Size

U.K. SB Size of Company: Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Number of Employees

U.K. SB Number of PC Owning SB by Employee Size & Vertical

U.K. SB Business Workforce by Employee Size

U.K. SB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry Among PC SBs

U.K. SB Mobile Workforce

U.K. SB Headquarters Location

U.K. SB Current and Planned Branches

U.K. SB Average Revenues

U.K. SB Revenue Generation by Territory

U.K. SB Changes in Annual Revenues

U.K. SB Revenue Generation - B2B vs. B2C

U.K. SB Suppliers and Vendors

U.K. SB Customer Transactions

U.K. SB Vendor/Supplier Transactions

U.K. SB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards

U.K. SB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed via Credit Cards

U.K. SB Courier/Messenger Services

U.K. SB Primary Accounting Method

U.K. SB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee

U.K. SB Summary Comparisons

U.K. SB Key Technology Penetration

U.K. SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration

U.K. SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas

U.K. SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions

U.K. SB Overview of SB Business Attitudes

U.K. SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions

and Applications – Business Process Automation

U.K. SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions

and Applications – Connectivity and Data Networking

U.K. SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications – Internet/IP Applications

U.K. SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications – Networking/Computing Operating Systems and Applications

U.K. SB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications – Security, Training, Outsourcing & Other Services

U.K. SB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences

U.K. SB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees

U.K. SB Average Annual IT Budget

U.K. SB IT Services Outsourcing

U.K. SB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing

U.K. SB Decision Making and Media Usage

U.K. SB Decision Making Personnel for IT-Related Purchases

U.K. SB Information Source Used for IT-Related Products & Services

U.K. SB Networking – Summary Charts

U.K. SB Total Annual Networking Spending

U.K. SB Average Annual Networking Spending

U.K. SB Total Networking-Related Spending* by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Networking-Related Spending per SB by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Expected Networking Spending Increase Over Next 3 Years (NOT including Servers)

U.K. SB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage

U.K. SB LAN and Server Penetration

U.K. SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs

U.K. SB Server Installed Base

U.K. SB Server Overview

U.K. SB Server Shipments by Employee Size

U.K. SB Total Annual LAN Server Spending by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Spending on Servers per SB

U.K. SB Average Unit Price per Server

U.K. SB Overall Server Brands Used

U.K. SB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software

U.K. SB Number of PCs Currently Connected and Plan to Connect to LANs

U.K. SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems

U.K. SB Network Operating System Used by Employee Size

U.K. SB Proportion of Current Servers Planned for NOS Upgrade in Next 12 Months by Employee Size

U.K. SB Lifecycle of Servers

U.K. SB Planned Server Purchases

U.K. SB Planned Average Server Spending per SB

U.K. SB Planned Average Spending per Server

U.K. SB Server Brands Planned to be Purchased

U.K. SB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Number of PCs Connected to Wireless LANs

U.K. SB Voice Over IP (VoIP) Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Proportion of Networking Hardware and Software Spending Directed Toward VoIP Enabling Network by Employee Size

U.K. SB Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Deployment by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Use of SAN/NAS Technology

U.K. SB Current Data Storage Capacity

U.K. SB SAN/NAS Brands Current and Planned

U.K. SB Overview of Storage Spending by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Annual Storage Spending Per SB by Employee Size

U.K. SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs

U.K. SB Firewall Deployment

U.K. SB Firewall Brands Usage

U.K. SB Networking Security Measures Deployment

U.K. SB Total Networking Components Spending by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. SB Average Annual Networking Components Spending by Employee Size

U.K. SB Current and Planned LAN Applications

U.K. SB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months

U.K. SB Average Number of “Used or Pre-Owned” Network Routers, Hubs or Switches Purchased in Last 12 Months

U.K. SB Networking Products Purchased in the Last 12 Months

U.K. SB Networking Brands

U.K. SB Networked Printers

U.K. SB Networking – Wide Area Networking (WAN) and Datacom-Related

U.K. SB Remote LAN Access Penetration (WAN)

U.K. SB Remote LAN Access Sites

U.K. SB Average WAN Spending

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