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

2003 U.K. Medium Business Networking and Connectivity

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: November 2003
Product Code: R149-308

Description

This report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners’ 2003 U.K. 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 1.0% of the total universe.” Currently 18,900 entities comprise the U.K. MB market and the number of U.K. Medium Businesses is growing at approximately 1.1% annually. Data were collected during the Q2, 2003 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

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. MB Introduction

U.K. MB Firmographics Overview

U.K. MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview

U.K. MB Networking-Related Spending Overview

U.K. MB Networking Overview

U.K. MB Methodologies and General

U.K. MB Survey Methodology Overview

U.K. MB Recruitment and Survey Process

U.K. MB Market Definition

U.K. MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business

U.K. MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size

U.K. MB Margin of Error

U.K. MB Demographics

U.K. MB Breakout of MB Market by Employee Size

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

U.K. SMB Business Workforce by Employee Size

U.K. MB Number of Businesses by Vertical Industry

U.K. MB Mobile Workforce

U.K. MB Average Number of Employees in Select Functions

U.K. MB Utilization of Temporary Staffing Agencies

U.K. MB Headquarters Location by Employee Size

U.K. MB Current and Planned Branches

U.K. MB Average Revenues

U.K. MB Breakout of Revenue Generation by Territory

U.K. MB Changes in Average Revenues - Growth Over Last 1 Year and Growth Goals Over Next 1 Year

U.K. MB Revenue Generation

U.K. MB Suppliers and Vendors

U.K. MB Average Assets

U.K. MB Customer Transactions

U.K. MB Use of Electronic Billing/Invoicing

U.K. MB Vendor/Supplier Transactions

U.K. MB Maintenance of Corporate Credit Cards

U.K. MB Membership in “Small Business” Services

U.K. MB Annual Sales and Purchases Processed Via Credit Card

U.K. MB Courier/Messenger Services

U.K. MB Advertising and Promotion Media Usage

U.K. MB Primary Accounting Method

U.K. MB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee

U.K. MB Summary Comparisons

U.K. MB Key Technology Penetration

U.K. MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration

U.K. MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas

U.K. MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions

U.K. MB Overview of MB Business Attitudes

U.K. MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications - Business Process Automation

U.K. MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications - Connectivity and Data Networking

U.K. MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications - Internet/IP Applications

U.K. MB Perceived Importance of Business Functions and Applications - Networking/Computing Operating Systems and Applications

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

U.K. MB Overview of IT Purchase Preferences

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

U.K. MB Average Annual IT Budget

U.K. MB IT Services Outsourcing

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

U.K. MB Decision Making and Media Usage

U.K. MB IT Decision Makers

U.K. MB Networking - Summary Charts

U.K. MB Total Networking-Related Spending

U.K. MB Average Annual Networking-Related Spending

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

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

U.K. MB Average Expected Networking Spending Increase Over Next 12 Months (Excluding Servers)

U.K. MB Networking - LAN-Related, Servers, Storage

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

U.K. MB Server Installed Base

U.K. MB Server Overview

U.K. MB Server Shipments by Employee Size

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

U.K. MB Average Spending on Servers per MB

U.K. MB Average Unit Price Per Server

U.K. MB Overall Server Brands Used

U.K. MB Server Brands Used by Employee Size

U.K. MB Trends in Server Brands

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

U.K. MB Trends in Penetration of Network Operating Systems

U.K. MB Network Operating Systems Used by Employee Size

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

U.K. MB Importance of Factors in Server Purchasing Decision

U.K. MB Lifecycle of Servers

U.K. MB Planned Average Server Spending per MB

U.K. MB Planned Average Unit Price per Server

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

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

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

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

U.K. MB Use of SAN/NAS Technology

U.K. MB Current Data Storage Capacity

U.K. MB Importance of Factors Impacting Data Storage Requirements & Capabilities

U.K. MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs

U.K. MB Firewall Deployment

U.K. MB Firewall Brands Usage

U.K. MB Networking Security Measures Deployment

U.K. MB Average Annual Networking Security Component Spending by Employee Size

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

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

U.K. MB Current and Planned LAN Applications

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

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

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

U.K. MB Major Networking Brands Purchased in Last 12 Months

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

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

U.K. MB Remote LAN Access Sites

U.K. MB Lines Used for Branch Office/Remote Site Connectivity (WAN)

U.K. MB Total WAN Spending by Employee Size and Industry

U.K. MB Average WAN Spending

U.K. MB Expected Increases in WAN Spending

U.K. MB Likelihood of WAN Upgrades/Enhancements

U.K. MB Networked Printers

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