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2005-2006 Australia Small Business Overview and Comprehensive Market Opportunity Assessment

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: September 2005
Product Code: R149-426
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of small businesses across Australia, 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
Australia SB Introduction



Australia SB - Definitions by Type of Business



Australia SB Management Summary



Australia: Country Background



Australia SB: IT Market



Australia: IT Market



Australia’s SB IT Market



Australia SB Firmographics Overview



Australia SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



Australia SB Computing: Computing Hardware



Australia SB Computing: Imaging & Printing



Australia SB Computing: Servers



Australia SB Software



Australia SB Networking



Australia SB Storage



Australia SB Security



Australia SB Service & Support



Australia SB Channels



Australia SB Internet



Australia SB Telecommunications



Australia SB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



Australia SB 2005 Key Technology Penetration



Australia SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



Australia SB Current Usage of Select Software Applications



Australia SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



Australia SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



Australia SB Methodologies



Australia SB Survey Process



Australia SB SMBs Defined



Australia SB Margin of Error



Australia SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



Australia SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



Australia SB Demographics



Australia SB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB PC Penetration and Breakout of PC SB Market by Employee Size and Vertical Industry



Australia SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia SB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia SB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia SB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



Australia SB Attitudes and Decision Making



Australia SB Attitudes: Perceptions of the Internet for Various Business Functions



Australia SB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications



Australia SB Attitudes: Importance of Connectivity, Storage and Security Needs



Australia SB Attitudes: Importance of Networking/Computing OS and Applications



Australia SB Attitudes: Importance of Training, Outsourcing & Other Services



Australia SB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



Australia SB New Technology Awareness



Australia SB Financing Products and Services Purchases



Australia SB Purchase Decision Making: Level of Involvement for IT/Telecom-Related Purchases



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



Australia SB Computing



Australia SB Overview of Computing Spending



Australia SB Total Spending on Computing: Imaging and Printing, Peripherals , PCs/PDAs and Servers



Australia SB Computing-Related Penetration



Australia SB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



Australia SB Computing - Computing Hardware



Australia SB Overall PC Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



Australia SB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



Australia SB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



Australia SB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)



Australia SB Total Market and Average PC/PDA Spending per Business by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



Australia SB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



Australia SB Apple PC Penetration



Australia SB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



Australia SB Computing - Imaging and Printing



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



Australia SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Printers, Printer Supplies and Peripherals by Industry



Australia SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



Australia SB Printer Overview



Australia SB Top Ten Printer Brands



Australia SB Print Solutions Overview



Australia SB Software



Australia SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Australia SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Australia SB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



Australia SB Productivity Suite Usage



Australia SB PC Application Current and Planned Usage



Australia SB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Employee Size



Australia SB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry



Australia SB Software (Productivity, OS, Databases, Utilities) Spending Overview



Australia SB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



Australia SB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Payroll Processing



Australia SB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee



Australia SB Enterprise Software: ERP/SCM Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Use of Database Software and Middleware Solutions



Australia SB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Hosted Applications On-Demand Usage and Total Market Spending By Employee Size



Australia SB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



Australia SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems



Australia SB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



Australia SB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.



Australia SB Methods of Software Acquisitions



Australia SB Servers and Networking Hardware



Australia SB Servers



Australia SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Server-Based Vs. Peer-to-Peer LANs



Australia SB Server Installed Base



Australia SB Total Annual LAN Server Spending by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Server Brands Overview



Australia SB Networking Hardware



Australia SB Total Annual Networking Spending



Australia SB Average Networking-Related Spending per Business by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Networking Products/Brands Purchased in the Last 12 Months



Australia SB Storage



Australia SB Overview of Storage Spending



Australia SB Overview of Storage Spending



Australia SB Storage Technologies



Australia SB Storage Spending by Technology



Australia SB Current Data Storage Brands



Australia SB Security



Australia SB Total Annual Security Spending



Australia SB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



Australia SB Average Annual Security Components Spending



Australia SB Security Software Application Penetration



Australia SB Anti-Virus Summary



Australia SB PC-Based Firewalls



Australia SB Current and Planned Use of VPNs



Australia SB Network-Based Firewall Deployment



Australia SB Service and Support



Australia SB Overview of IT Services Spending



Australia SB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



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



Australia SB Outsourced Business Services



Australia SB Outsourcing of Business Process Services to Offshore Companies



Australia SB Types of Business Process Services Outsourced Offshore and Average Annual Spending



Australia SB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending



Australia SB Technology Management Across Locations



Australia SB Number of Full-Time IT Service and Support Employees



Australia SB PC Service and Support Providers



Australia SB Computing Service and Support (via 3rd-Party Vendors) Spending Overview



Australia SB Average Annual Networking Service and Support Spending by Employee Size



Australia SB Channels



Australia SB Channel Summary



Australia SB Overall Market Share and Breakdown by Channel for Recent Computer Purchases



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry



Australia SB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry



Australia SB Current Channel Market Usage for Software Purchases by Type of Software



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



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



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Software Purchases by Employee Size: Infrastructure Software



Australia SB Channels for Networking Products Purchased in the Last 12 Months



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Australia SB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size



Australia SB Internet



Australia SB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



Australia SB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



Australia SB Breakout Total Internet-Related Spending and Average Spending Per SB



Australia SB Internet Technology Adoption Trends



Australia SB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



Australia SB Internet - Internet Access



Australia SB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Internet Snapshot by Industry



Australia SB Leading Internet Service Providers



Australia SB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



Australia SB Current and Planned Applications and Business Processes Used Via the Internet



Australia SB Internet - Web Sites



Australia SB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Employee Size



Australia SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Web Sites by Industry



Australia SB Penetration of e-Commerce Sites by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Use of e-Commerce Functions, Transactions and Revenues



Australia SB Average Annual and Total Market Spending on Intranets by Employee Size and Industry



Australia SB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



Australia SB Intranet Penetration by Industry



Australia SB Telecommunications



Australia SB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



Australia SB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



Australia SB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



Australia SB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



Australia SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC SB



Australia SB Number of Current and Planned Telephone Lines by Employee Size



Australia SB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences



Australia SB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



Australia SB Telephone Systems Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia SB Telephony Equipment and Services Spending



Australia SB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



Australia SB Appendix



Australia SB - Channel Partners Definitions



Australia SB - Acronyms



Australia SB - Glossary
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