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2005-2006 France Medium Business Overview and Comprehensive Market Opportunity Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Access Markets International Partners
Published: December 2005
Product Code: R149-373
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of medium businesses across France, this study tracks a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to the adoption and usage of information technology and communications (ICT) solutions. AMI-Partners defines medium businesses (MBs) as companies that have 100 to 999 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
France MB Introduction



France MB - Definitions by Type of Business



France MB Management Summary



France MB Background on Country



France MB: IT market Key Trends



France MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview



France MB Firmographics Overview



France MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



France MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



France MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Printing, Imaging & Peripherals



France MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



France MB Software Overview



France MB Networking Overview



France MB Storage Overview



France MB Security Overview



France MB Service and Support



France MB Channels Overview



France MB Internet Overview



France MB Telecommunications Overview



France MB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



France MB 2005 Key Technology Penetration



France MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



France MB Current Usage of Select Software Applications



France MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



France MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



France MB Methodologies



France MB Survey Process



France MB - SMBs Defined



France MB Margin of Error



France MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



France MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



France MB Demographics



France MB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



France MB PC Penetration and Breakout of PC MB Market by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



France MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



France MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



France MB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size



France MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



France MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



France MB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



France MB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



France MB Attitudes and Decision Making



France MB Attitudes: Perceptions of the Internet for Various Business Functions



France MB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications



France MB Attitudes: Importance of Connectivity, Storage and Security Needs



France MB Attitudes: Importance of Networking/Computing OS and Applications



France MB Attitudes: Importance of Training, Outsourcing & Other Services



France MB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



France MB New Technology Awareness



France MB Financing Products and Services Purchases



France MB Purchase Decision Making: Level of Involvement for IT/Telecom-Related Purchases



France MB Impact of Various Information Sources Used for Awareness and Information Gathering for IT-Related Products & Services



France MB Computing



France MB Overview of Computing Spending



France MB Total Spending on Computing: Imaging and Printing, Peripherals , PCs/PDAs and Servers



France MB Computing-Related Penetration



France MB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



France MB Computing - Computing Hardware



France MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



France MB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



France MB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



France MB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)



France MB Total Market and Average PC/PDA Spending per Business by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



France MB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



France MB Apple PC Penetration



France MB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



France MB Computing - Imaging and Printing



France MB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Printers, Printer Supplies and Peripherals by Employee Size



France MB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Printers, Printer Supplies and Peripherals by Industry



France MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



France MB Printer Overview



France MB Top Printer Brands



France MB Print Solutions Overview



France MB Software



France MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



France MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



France MB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



France MB Productivity Suite Usage



France MB PC Application Current and Planned Usage



France MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Employee Size



France MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry



France MB Software (Productivity, OS, Databases, Utilities) Spending Overview



France MB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



France MB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Payroll Processing



France MB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee



France MB Enterprise Software: ERP/SCM Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Use of Database Software and Middleware Solutions



France MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Usage and Total Market Spending By Employee Size



France MB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



France MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems



France MB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



France MB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.



France MB Methods of Software Acquisitions



France MB Servers and Networking Hardware



France MB Servers



France MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Server Installed Base



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



France MB Server Brands Overview



France MB Networking Hardware



France MB Total Annual Networking Spending



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



France MB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Networking Products/Brands Purchased in the Last 12 Months



France MB Storage



France MB Overview of Storage Spending



France MB Overview of Storage Spending



France MB Storage Technologies



France MB Storage Spending by Technology



France MB Current Data Storage Brands



France MB Security



France MB Total Annual Security Spending



France MB Average Annual Security Components Spending



France MB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



France MB Security Software Application Penetration



France MB Anti-Virus Summary



France MB PC-Based Firewalls



France MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs



France MB Network-Based Firewall Deployment



France MB Service and Support



France MB Overview of IT Services Spending



France MB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



France MB Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Spending on Outsourced Business Services



France MB Outsourced Business Services



France MB Outsourcing of Business Process Services to Offshore Companies



France MB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending



France MB Technology Management Across Locations



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



France MB PC Service and Support Providers



France MB Computing Service and Support (via 3rd-Party Vendors) Spending Overview



France MB Average Annual Networking Service and Support Spending by Employee Size



France MB Channels



France MB Channel Summary



France MB Overall Market Share and Breakdown by Channel for Recent Computer Purchases



France MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



France MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry



France MB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



France MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



France MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry



France MB Current Channel Market Usage for Software Purchases by Type of Software



France MB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Productivity/Utilities and Finance/Accounting



France MB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Business Process Automation and Industry Specific Applications



France MB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Infrastructure Software



France MB Channels for Networking Products Purchased in the Last 12 Months



France MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



France MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



France MB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size



France MB Internet



France MB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



France MB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



France MB Breakout Total Internet-Related Spending and Average Spending Per MB



France MB Internet Technology Adoption Trends



France MB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



France MB Internet - Internet Access



France MB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Internet Snapshot by Industry



France MB Leading Internet Service Providers



France MB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



France MB Data Communications Lines Used for Internet Access



France MB Current and Planned Applications and Business Processes Used Via the Internet



France MB Internet - Web Sites



France MB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Employee Size



France MB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Industry



France MB Penetration of e-Commerce Sites by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Use of e-Commerce Functions, Transactions and Revenues



France MB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Intranets by Employee Size and Industry



France MB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



France MB Intranet Penetration by Industry



France MB Telecommunications



France MB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



France MB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



France MB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



France MB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



France MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC MB



France MB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Lines by Employee Size



France MB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences



France MB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



France MB Telephone Systems Snapshot by Employee Size



France MB Telephony Equipment and Services Spending



France MB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



France MB Data communications Lines Used for Branch Office/Remote Site Connectivity and Voice Calls



France MB Average Annual Spending on Data communications Lines



France MB Appendix



France MB- Channel Partners Definitions



France MB- Acronyms



France MB- Glossary



France MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 1)



France MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 2)



France MB- Glossary (Cont’d - 3)
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