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2004-2005 Brazil Medium Business Computing Hardware, Software and Services

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: February 2005
Product Code: R149-411
Description
The following report is based on the findings of AMI-Partners' 2004-05 Brazil Medium Business Market Opportunity Assessment and provides results across all key areas of AMI's IT field research. 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 include established and emerging hardware, software, applications and business process solutions. Based on AMI's annual survey across Brazil, the study tracks a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to budgets, behaviors, decision influencers, channel preferences, outsourcing, service and support. Also covered are detailed firmographics and critically important technology attitudes and strategic planning priorities.

This study 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
Brazil MB Introduction



Brazil MB - Definitions by Type of Business



Brazil MB Management Summary



Brazil MB Computing-Related Spending Overview



Brazil MB Firmographics Overview



Brazil MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



Brazil MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Spending



Brazil MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



Brazil MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Brands



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



Brazil MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



Brazil MB Software Overview - Spending



Brazil MB Software Overview - Applications



Brazil MB Security Overview



Brazil MB Service and Support



Brazil MB Channels Overview



Brazil MB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



Brazil MB Key Technology Penetration



Brazil MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



Brazil MB IT/Telecom Spending



Brazil MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



Brazil MB Average Annual IT Budget (Self-Reported) vs. Actual IT Spending Per PC MB



Brazil MB Methodologies



Brazil MB Survey Process



Brazil MB - SMBs Defined



Brazil MB Margin of Error



Brazil MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



Brazil MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



Brazil MB Demographics



Brazil MB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



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



Brazil MB: Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Brazil MB: Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size and Industries



Brazil MB Attitudes and Decision Making



Brazil MB Attitudes: Importance of Software Applications and Services



Brazil MB Attitudes: Importance of Services, Training and Outsourcing



Brazil MB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



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



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



Brazil MB Computing



Brazil MB Overview of Computing Spending



Brazil MB Total Spending on Computing: Computing Hardware (Clients), Imaging and Printing, Peripherals and Servers



Brazil MB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



Brazil MB Computing - Computing Hardware (Clients)



Brazil MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



Brazil MB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



Brazil MB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



Brazil MB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments



Brazil MB Computer Shipments Purchased Last 12 Months



Brazil MB Total Market and Average PC Hardware Spending per MB by Employee Size and Industry



Brazil MB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



Brazil MB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



Brazil MB Comparison of Owners: Most Recently Purchase Brands



Brazil MB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



Brazil MB Comparison of Owners: Top Five Computer Brands Planned



Brazil MB Computing - Imaging and Printing



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



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



Brazil MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



Brazil MB Current and Planned Printer Overview



Brazil MB Trends in Printer Brands



Brazil MB Peripherals Ownership Among MBs



Brazil MB Software



Brazil MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Brazil MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Brazil Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



Brazil MB PC Application Current Usage: Recent and Planned Upgrades - Productivity/Business Administration/Utilities



Brazil MB PC Application Current Usage: Recent and Planned Upgrades - Finance and Accounting



Brazil MB PC Application Current Usage: Recent and Planned Upgrades - Specialized Software



Brazil MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Employee Size - Productivity/Business Admin/Utilities and Finance/Accounting



Brazil MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Employee Size - Specialized Applications



Brazil MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry - Productivity/Business Admin/Utilities and Finance/Accounting



Brazil MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry - Specialized Software



Brazil MB Planned PC Application Usage: New Users



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



Brazil MB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



Brazil MB Payroll Processing



Brazil MB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee



Brazil MB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



Brazil MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



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



Brazil MB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



Brazil MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



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



Brazil MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems



Brazil MB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



Brazil MB Frequency and Methods of Software Acquisitions



Brazil MB Factors Impacting Purchase/Upgrading Software



Brazil MB Attitudes Comparison: Importance of Software/Business Process Applications Cross-Examined by Penetration/Usage of Various Software Products and Services



Brazil MB Servers



Brazil MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Brazil MB Server Installed Base



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



Brazil MB Server Brands Overview



Brazil MB PC-Based Anti-Virus Penetration



Brazil MB PC-Based Anti-Spam Penetration



Brazil MB PC-Based Firewalls



Brazil MB Service and Support



Brazil MB Overview of Service and Support Spending



Brazil MB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



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



Brazil MB Outsourcing of Business Services to Offshore Companies



Brazil MB Average Annual IT Budget



Brazil MB IT-Related Services Usage



Brazil MB Technology Management Across Locations



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



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



Brazil MB Annual Custom Software Spending Overview



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



Brazil MB Channels



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



Brazil MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



Brazil MB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



Brazil MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



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



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



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



Brazil MB Appendix



Brazil MB - Channel Partners Definitions



Brazil MB - Acronyms



Brazil MB - Glossary
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