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2005-2006 U.S. Small Business Overview and Comprehensive Market Opportunity Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: September 2005
Product Code: R149-372
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of small businesses across United States, this study tracks a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to the adoption and usage of information technology and communications (ICT) solutions. AMI-Partners defines small businesses (SBs) as companies that have fewer than 100 employees, are non-residential and non-government organizations, and are not a franchise of a larger corporation.

Products and services covered in this study include established and emerging hardware, software, applications and business process solutions. Also included are such issues as budgets, behaviors, decision influencers, channel preferences, outsourcing, and service/support. Further, the study encompasses detailed firmographics, critically important technology attitudes, and strategic planning priorities.

This is one of a continuing series of reports drawn from AMI's proprietary surveys of small and medium businesses in North America, Latin America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. AMI's comprehensive data on IT, Internet, e-business and communications investment and usage are presented in a highly actionable, graphical format with go-to-market insights and analysis.
Table of Contents
U.S. SB Introduction



U.S. SB - Definitions by Type of Business



U.S. SB Management Summary



U.S. SB Background on Country



U.S. Introduction to country-specific IT Market



U.S. SB IT/Telecom Spending Overview



U.S. SB Firmographics Overview



U.S. SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



U.S. SB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



U.S. SB Computing (Clients) Overview - Printing, Imaging & Peripheral



U.S. SB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



U.S. SB Computing (Clients) Overview (Cont’d.)



U.S. SB Software Overview



U.S. SB Networking Overview



U.S. SB Storage Overview



U.S. SB Security Overview



U.S. SB Service and Support



U.S. SB Channels Overview



U.S. SB Internet Overview



U.S. SB Telecommunications Overview



U.S. SB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



U.S. SB 2005 Key Technology Penetration



U.S. SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



U.S. SB Current Usage of Select Software Application



U.S. SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



U.S. SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



U.S. SB Methodologies



U.S. SB Survey Process



U.S. SB SMBs Defined



U.S. SB Margin of Error



U.S. SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



U.S. SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



U.S. SB Demographics



U.S. SB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB PC Penetration and Breakout of PC SB Market by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



U.S. SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



U.S. SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



U.S. SB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size



U.S. SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



U.S. SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



U.S. SB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



U.S. SB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



U.S. SB Attitudes and Decision Making



U.S. SB Attitudes: Perceptions of the Internet for Various Business Functions



U.S. SB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications



U.S. SB Attitudes: Importance of Connectivity, Storage and Security Needs



U.S. SB Attitudes: Importance of Networking/Computing OS and Applications



U.S. SB Attitudes: Importance of Training, Outsourcing & Other Services



U.S. SB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



U.S. SB New Technology Awareness



U.S. SB Financing Products and Services Purchases



U.S. SB Purchase Decision Making: Level of Involvement for IT/Telecom-Related Purchases



U.S. SB Impact of Various Information Sources Used for Awareness and Information Gathering for IT-Related Products & Services



U.S. SB Computing



U.S. SB Overview of Computing Spending



U.S. SB Total Spending on Computing: Imaging and Printing, Peripherals , PCs/PDAs and Servers



U.S. SB Computing-Related Penetration



U.S. SB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



U.S. SB Computing - Computing Hardware



U.S. SB Overall PC Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



U.S. SB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



U.S. SB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



U.S. SB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)



U.S. SB Total Market and Average PC/PDA Spending per Business by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



U.S. SB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



U.S. SB Apple/Mac PC Penetration



U.S. SB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



U.S. SB Computing - Imaging and Printing



U.S. SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Printers, Printer Supplies and Peripherals by Employee Size



U.S. SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Printers, Printer Supplies and Peripherals by Industry



U.S. SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



U.S. SB Printer Overview



U.S. SB Top Ten Printer Brands



U.S. SB Print Solutions Overview



U.S. SB Software



U.S. SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



U.S. SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



U.S. SB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



U.S. SB Productivity Suite Usage



U.S. SB PC Application Current and Planned Usage



U.S. SB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Employee Size



U.S. SB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry



U.S. SB Software (Productivity, OS, Databases, Utilities) Spending Overview



U.S. SB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



U.S. SB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Payroll Processing



U.S. SB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee



U.S. SB Enterprise Software: ERP/SCM Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Use of Database Software and Middleware Solutions



U.S. SB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Hosted Applications On-Demand Usage and Total Market Spending By Employee Size



U.S. SB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



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



U.S. SB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



U.S. SB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.



U.S. SB Methods of Software Acquisitions



U.S. SB Servers and Networking Hardware



U.S. SB Servers



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



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



U.S. SB Server Installed Base



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



U.S. SB Server Brands Overview



U.S. SB Networking Hardware



U.S. SB Total Annual Networking Spending



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



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



U.S. SB Networking Products/Brands Purchased in the Last 12 Months



U.S. SB Storage



U.S. SB Overview of Storage Spending



U.S. SB Overview of Storage Spending



U.S. SB Storage Technologies



U.S. SB Storage Spending by Technology



U.S. SB Current Data Storage Brands



U.S. SB Security



U.S. SB Total Annual Security Spending



U.S. SB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



U.S. SB Average Annual Security Components Spending



U.S. SB Security Software Application Penetration



U.S. SB Anti-Virus Summary



U.S. SB PC-Based Firewalls



U.S. SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs



U.S. SB Network-Based Firewall Deployment



U.S. SB Service and Support



U.S. SB Overview of IT Services Spending



U.S. SB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



U.S. SB Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Spending on Outsourced Business Services



U.S. SB Outsourced Business Services



U.S. SB Outsourcing of Business Process Services to Offshore Companies



U.S. SB Types of Business Process Services Outsourced Offshore and Average Annual Spending



U.S. SB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending



U.S. SB Technology Management Across Locations



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



U.S. SB PC Service and Support Providers



U.S. SB Computing Service and Support (via 3rd-Party Vendors) Spending Overview



U.S. SB Average Annual Networking Service and Support Spending by Employee Size



U.S. SB Channels



U.S. SB Channel Summary



U.S. SB Overall Market Share and Breakdown by Channel for Recent Computer Purchases



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry



U.S. SB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry



U.S. SB Current Channel Market Usage for Software Purchases by Type of Software



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Productivity/Utilities and Finance/Accounting



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Business Process Automation and Industry Specific Applications



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Infrastructure Software



U.S. SB Channels for Networking Products Purchased in the Last 12 Months



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



U.S. SB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size



U.S. SB Internet



U.S. SB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



U.S. SB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



U.S. SB Breakout Total Internet-Related Spending and Average Spending Per SB



U.S. SB Internet Technology Adoption Trends



U.S. SB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



U.S. SB Internet - Internet Access



U.S. SB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Internet Snapshot by Industry



U.S. SB Leading Internet Service Providers



U.S. SB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



U.S. SB Current and Planned Applications and Business Processes Used Via the Internet



U.S. SB Internet - Web Sites



U.S. SB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Employee Size



U.S. SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Industry



U.S. SB Penetration of e-Commerce Sites by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB Use of e-Commerce Functions, Transactions and Revenues



U.S. SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Intranets by Employee Size and Industry



U.S. SB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



U.S. SB Intranet Penetration by Industry



U.S. SB Telecommunications



U.S. SB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



U.S. SB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



U.S. SB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



U.S. SB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



U.S. SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC SB



U.S. SB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Lines by Employee Size



U.S. SB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences



U.S. SB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



U.S. SB Telephone Systems Snapshot by Employee Size



U.S. SB Telephony Equipment and Services Spending



U.S. SB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



U.S. SB Appendix



U.S. SB - Channel Partners Definitions



U.S. SB - Acronyms



U.S. SB - Glossary
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