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

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Access Markets International Partners
Published: December 2005
Product Code: R149-396
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of medium businesses across Japan, 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
Japan MB Introduction



Japan MB - Definitions by Type of Business



Japan MB Management Summary



Japan MB Background on Country



Japan MB Key Technology Trends



Japan MB Key technology Trends



Japan MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview



Japan MB Firmographics Overview



Japan MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



Japan MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



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



Japan MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



Japan MB Software Overview



Japan MB Networking Overview



Japan MB Storage Overview



Japan MB Security Overview



Japan MB Service and Support



Japan MB Channels Overview



Japan MB Internet Overview



Japan MB Telecommunications Overview



Japan MB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



Japan MB 2005 Key Technology Penetration



Japan MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



Japan MB Current Usage of Select Software Applications



Japan MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



Japan MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



Japan MB Methodologies



Japan MB Survey Process



Japan MB - SMBs Defined



Japan MB Margin of Error



Japan MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



Japan MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



Japan MB Demographics



Japan MB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



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



Japan MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Japan MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Japan MB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size



Japan MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Japan MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Japan MB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Japan MB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



Japan MB Attitudes and Decision Making



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



Japan MB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications



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



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



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



Japan MB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



Japan MB New Technology Awareness



Japan MB Financing Products and Services Purchases



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



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



Japan MB Computing



Japan MB Overview of Computing Spending



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



Japan MB Computing-Related Penetration



Japan MB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



Japan MB Computing - Computing Hardware



Japan MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



Japan MB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



Japan MB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



Japan MB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)



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



Japan MB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



Japan MB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



Japan MB Apple PC Penetration



Japan MB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



Japan MB Computing - Imaging and Printing



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



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



Japan MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



Japan MB Printer Overview



Japan MB Top Ten Printer Brands



Japan MB Print Solutions Overview



Japan MB Software



Japan MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Japan MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Japan MB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



Japan MB Productivity Suite Usage



Japan MB PC Application Current and Planned Usage



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



Japan MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry



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



Japan MB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



Japan MB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



Japan MB Payroll Processing



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



Japan MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



Japan MB Use of Database Software and Middleware Solutions



Japan MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



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



Japan MB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



Japan MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems



Japan MB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



Japan MB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.



Japan MB Methods of Software Acquisitions



Japan MB Servers and Networking Hardware



Japan MB Servers



Japan MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Japan MB Server Installed Base



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



Japan MB Server Brands Overview



Japan MB Networking Hardware



Japan MB Total Annual Networking Spending



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



Japan MB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



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



Japan MB Storage



Japan MB Overview of Storage Spending



Japan MB Overview of Storage Spending



Japan MB Storage Technologies



Japan MB Storage Spending by Technology



Japan MB Current Data Storage Brands



Japan MB Security



Japan MB Total Annual Security Spending



Japan MB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



Japan MB Average Annual Security Components Spending



Japan MB Security Software Application Penetration



Japan MB Anti-Virus Summary



Japan MB PC-Based Firewalls



Japan MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs



Japan MB Network-Based Firewall Deployment



Japan MB Service and Support



Japan MB Overview of IT Services Spending



Japan MB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



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



Japan MB Outsourced Business Services



Japan MB Outsourcing of Business Process Services to Offshore Companies



Japan MB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending



Japan MB Technology Management Across Locations



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



Japan MB PC Service and Support Providers



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



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



Japan MB Channels



Japan MB Channel Summary



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



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry



Japan MB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry



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



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



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



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



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



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Japan MB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size



Japan MB Internet



Japan MB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



Japan MB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



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



Japan MB Internet Technology Adoption Trends



Japan MB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



Japan MB Internet - Internet Access



Japan MB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



Japan MB Internet Snapshot by Industry



Japan MB Leading Internet Service Providers



Japan MB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



Japan MB Data Communications Lines Used for Internet Access



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



Japan MB Internet - Web Sites



Japan MB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



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



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



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



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



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



Japan MB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



Japan MB Intranet Penetration by Industry



Japan MB Telecommunications



Japan MB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



Japan MB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



Japan MB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



Japan MB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



Japan MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC MB



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



Japan MB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences



Japan MB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



Japan MB Telephone Systems Snapshot by Employee Size



Japan MB Telephony Equipment and Services Spending



Japan MB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



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



U.S. MB Average Annual Spending on Data communications Lines



Japan MB Appendix



Japan MB- Channel Partners Definitions



Japan MB- Acronyms



Japan MB- Glossary



Japan MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 1)



Japan MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 2)



Japan MB- Glossary (Cont’d - 3)
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