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

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: December 2005
Product Code: R149-421
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of medium businesses across China, 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
China MB Introduction



China MB - Definitions by Type of Business



China MB Management Summary



China MB Background on Country



China MB China Economy Update



Issues Facing China MBs



China MB Government ICT Initiatives Aimed at SMBs



China MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview



China MB Firmographics Overview



China MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



China MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



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



China MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



China MB Software Overview



China MB Networking Overview



China MB Storage Overview



China MB Security Overview



China MB Service and Support



China MB Channels Overview



China MB Internet Overview



China MB Telecommunications Overview



China MB Spending and Penetration



China MB Key Technology Penetration



China MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



China MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



China MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



China MB Methodologies



China MB Survey Process



China MB SMBs Defined



China MB Margin of Error



China MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



China MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



China MB Demographics



China MB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



China MB: Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



China MB: Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size and Industries



China MB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



China MB Attitudes and Decision Making



China MB Attitudes: Importance of Hardware and Software Applications



China MB Attitudes: Importance of Connectivity



China MB Attitudes: Importance of Services, Training and Outsourcing



China MB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



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



China MB Impact of Various Information Sources Used for Awareness and Most Trusted Source for IT-Related Products & Services



China MB IT Products/ Services Brand Awareness Level



China MB Computing



China MB Overview of Computing Spending



China MB Total and Average Spending on Computing: Computing Hardware, Imaging and Printing, Peripherals and Servers



China MB Computing - Hardware



China MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



China MB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



China MB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



China MB PC Usage Sharing & Primary Reason



China MB Average Computers Purchased and Total Shipments



China MB Average Desktop Spend and Average Unit Price by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



China MB Average Notebook Hardware Spend and Average Unit Price by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



China MB Average Handheld Spend and Average Unit Price by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



China MB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months - by Employee Size



China MB Trends in Ownership and Preferences of PC Brands



China MB Computing - Imaging and Printing



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



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



China MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



China MB Printer Current Usage, Purchased in Last 12 Months and Purchase Intentions Printer Overview



China MB Trends in Printer Brands



China MB Software



China MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



China MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



China MB Use of Operating Systems



China MB PC Application Current & Planned Usage



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



China MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Vertical Industry



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



China MB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



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



China MB Enterprise Software: ERP/SCM Snapshot by Vertical Industry



China MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



China MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Vertical Industry



China MB ERP/SCM Software Spending Overview



China MB CRM Software Spending Overview



China MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



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



China MB Use of Network Operating Systems



China MB Average Annual Networking Infrastructure Software Spending



China MB Frequency and Methods of Software Acquisitions



China MB Internet



China MB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



China MB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



China MB Internet-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



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



China MB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



China MB Internet - Internet Access



China MB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



China MB Internet Snapshot by Industry



China MB Leading Internet Service Providers



China MB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



China MB Internet - Web Sites



China MB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



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



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



China MB e-Commerce Participation



China MB e-Commerce Participation by Employee Size and Industry



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



China MB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



China MB Intranet Penetration by Industry



China MB Servers and Networking Hardware



China MB Servers



China MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Server Installed Base



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



China MB Trends in Server Brands



China MB Networking Hardware



China MB Total Annual Networking Spending



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



China MB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Networking Products/Brands Currently Used



China MB Storage



China MB Overview of Storage Spending



China MB Overview of Storage Spending



China MB Storage Technologies



China MB Storage Spending by Technology



China MB Security



China MB Total Annual Security Spending



China MB Average Annual Spending On Security-Related Technology by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



China MB PC-Based Anti-Virus Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



China MB PC-Based Anti-Spam Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



China MB PC-Based Anti-Spyware Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



China MB PC-Based Patch Management Deployment by Employee Size and Industry



China MB PC-Based Security Management Deployment by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Network-Based Firewall Deployment by Employee Size and Industry



China MB VPN Adoption by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Service and Support



China MB Overview of IT Services Spending



China MB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



China MB Total Share of Enterprises vs. Total Spending on Business Process Outsourcing



China MB Spending for Outsourcing of Business Functions by Employee Size



China MB Technology Management Across Locations



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



China MB IT Outsourcing Usage and Providers



China MB Frequency of Purchasing Service & Support Add-On at the Time of Hardware/ Software Purchase



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



China MB Annual Software Support Spending Overview



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



China MB Average Annual Other IT Services Spending per MB by Employee Size and Industry



China PC-Owning MB Channels



China MB Hardware Channel Summary



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



China MB Overall Market Share and Breakdown by Channels Preferred for Future Computer Purchases



China MB Comparison Channels Preferred by Top Preferred PC Brands



China MB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



China MB Channel Preferences for Future Printer Purchases



China MB Comparison of Channels Preferred for Top Preferred Printer Brands



China MB Current Channel Market Usage for Server Purchases



China MB Channel Preferences for Future Server Purchases



China MB Comparison of Channels Preferred for Top Preferred Server Brands



China MB Normalized Channel Market Share for Networking Products Purchased in Last 12 Months and Future Preferences



China MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products Purchased in Last 12 Months by Employee Size and Industry



China MB Current Channel Market Usage for Software Purchases



China MB Current Channel Market Usage for Future Software Purchases



China MB Telecommunications



China MB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



China MB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



China MB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



China MB Average Annual Telecom Spending per MB



China MB Primary Methods of Communication with Suppliers and Customers



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



China MB Local, Long Distance and Wireless Telecom Service Provider Overview



China MB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Equipment by Employee Size



China MB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



China MB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



China MB Appendix



China MB - Channel Partners Definitions



China MB - Acronyms



China MB - Glossary



China MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 1)



China MB - Glossary (Cont’d - 2)



China MB - Glossary (Cont’d. - 3)
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