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2003 France Small Business Networking and Connectivity

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: December 2003
Product Code: R149-296
Description
This report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2003 France Small Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides definitive 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 and non-government organizations, and represent 99.3% of the total France SMB universe.” Currently 1,990,180 million entities comprise the France SB market and the number of Small Businesses is growing at approximately 1.5% 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
France SB Introduction

France SB Firmographics Overview

France SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview

France SB Networking Overview

France SB Methodologies and General

France SB Survey Methodology Overview

France SB Recruitment and Survey Process

France SB What is a Small Business (SB)?

France SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business

France SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size

France SB Survey Respondent Title/Position

France SB Margin of Error

France SB Demographics

France SB Number of Businesses by Employee Size

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

France SB Number of PC Owning SB by Employee Size & Vertical

France SB Business Workforce by Employee Size

France SB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry Among PC SBs

France SB Mobile Workforce

France SB Headquarters Location

France SB Current and Planned Branches

France SB Average Revenues

France SB Revenue Generation by Territory

France SB Changes in Annual Revenues

France SB Revenue Generation - B2B vs. B2C

France SB Suppliers and Vendors

France SB Customer Transactions

France SB Vendor/Supplier Transactions

France SB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards

France SB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed via Credit Cards

France SB Courier/Messenger Services

France SB Primary Accounting Method

France SB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee

France SB Summary Comparisons

France SB Key Technology Penetration

France SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration

France SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas

France SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions

France SB Overview of SB Business Attitudes

France SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions

and Applications – Business Process Automation

France SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions

and Applications – Connectivity and Data Networking

France SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications – Internet/IP Applications

France SB Perceived Importance of Various Business Functions and Applications – Networking/Computing Operating Systems and Applications

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

France SB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences

France SB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees

France SB Average Annual IT Budget

France SB IT Services Outsourcing

France SB IT Budget Allocations for IT Services Outsourcing

France SB Decision Making and Media Usage

France SB Decision Making Personnel for IT-Related Purchases

France SB Information Source Used for IT-Related Products & Services

France SB Networking – Summary Charts

France SB Total Annual Networking Spending

France SB Average Annual Networking Spending

France SB Total Networking-Related Spending* by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Networking-Related Spending per SB by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Expected Networking Spending Increase Over Next 3 Years (NOT including Servers)

France SB Networking – LAN-Related, Servers, Storage

France SB LAN and Server Penetration

France SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs

France SB Server Installed Base

France SB Server Overview

France SB Server Shipments by Employee Size

France SB Total Annual LAN Server Spending by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Spending on Servers per SB

France SB Average Unit Price per Server

France SB Overall Server Brands Used

France SB Channels Used for Purchasing LAN-Related Hardware and Software

France SB Number of PCs Currently Connected and Plan to Connect to LANs

France SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems

France SB Network Operating System Used by Employee Size

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

France SB Lifecycle of Servers

France SB Planned Server Purchases

France SB Planned Average Server Spending per SB

France SB Planned Average Spending per Server

France SB Server Brands Planned to be Purchased

France SB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Number of PCs Connected to Wireless LANs

France SB Voice Over IP (VoIP) Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

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

France SB Computer Telephony Integration (CTI) Deployment by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Use of SAN/NAS Technology

France SB Current Data Storage Capacity

France SB Overview of Storage Spending by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Annual Storage Spending Per SB by Employee Size

France SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs

France SB Firewall Deployment

France SB Firewall Brands Usage

France SB Networking Security Measures Deployment

France SB Average Annual Networking Security Component Spending by Employee Size

France SB Total Networking Components Spending by Employee Size and Industry

France SB Average Annual Networking Components Spending by Employee Size

France SB Current and Planned LAN Applications

France SB LAN Upgrade Plans for the Next 12 Months

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

France SB Networking Products Purchased in the Last 12 Months

France SB Networking Brands

France SB Networked Printers

France SB Networking – Wide Area Networking (WAN) and Datacom-Related

France SB Remote LAN Access Penetration (WAN)

France SB Remote LAN Access Sites

France SB Average WAN Spending
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