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

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: September 2005
Product Code: R149-429
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of medium 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 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
Australia MB Introduction



Australia MB - Definitions by Type of Business



Australia MB Management Summary



Australia: Country Background



Australia IT Market



Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Overview



Australia MB Firmographics Overview



Australia MB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview



Australia MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Computing Hardware



Australia MB Computing Imaging and Printing



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



Australia MB Computing (Clients) Overview - Servers



Australia MB Software Overview - Spending



Australia MB Software Overview - Applications



Australia MB Software Overview - Hosted Applications



Australia MB Software Overview - Enterprise Software



Australia MB Software Overview - Accounting & Networking Software



Australia MB Software



Australia MB Networking Overview - Networking Hardware



Australia MB Networking Overview - Wireless Lan



Australia MB Storage Overview



Australia MB Networking Overview - Storage



Australia MB Networking Overview - Security



Australia MB Networking Overview - Security Software



Australia MB Networking Overview - VPN and Firewall



Australia MB Service & Support



Australia MB Channels Overview



Australia MB Internet



Australia MB Telecommunications Overview



Australia MB Spending, Penetration and Budgets



Australia MB 2005 Key Technology Penetration



Australia MB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration



Australia MB Current Usage of Select Software Applications



Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons



Australia MB IT/Telecom Spending Areas



Australia MB Methodologies



Australia MB Survey Process



Australia MB - SMBs Defined



Australia MB Margin of Error



Australia MB Sampling Pool by Type of Business



Australia MB Weighting Factors by Employee Size



Australia MB Demographics



Australia MB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry



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



Australia MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia MB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size



Australia MB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia MB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia MB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries



Australia MB Typical Distribution of Suppliers and Vendors



Australia MB Attitudes and Decision Making



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



Australia MB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications



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



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



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



Australia MB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences



Australia MB New Technology Awareness



Australia MB Financing Products and Services Purchases



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



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



Australia MB Computing



Australia MB Overview of Computing Spending



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



Australia MB Computing-Related Penetration



Australia MB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout



Australia MB Computing - Computing Hardware



Australia MB Computer Ownership and Installed Base



Australia MB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size



Australia MB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry



Australia MB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)



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



Australia MB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands



Australia MB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands



Australia MB Apple/Mac PC Penetration



Australia MB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months



Australia MB Computing - Imaging and Printing



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



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



Australia MB Printer Ownership and Installed Base



Australia MB Printer Overview



Australia MB Top Ten Printer Brands



Australia MB Print Solutions Overview



Australia MB Software



Australia MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Australia MB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories



Australia MB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems



Australia MB Productivity Suite Usage



Australia MB PC Application Current and Planned Usage



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



Australia MB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry



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



Australia MB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size



Australia MB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia MB Payroll Processing



Australia MB Outsourced Payroll Services Spending Per Employee



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



Australia MB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia MB Use of Database Software and Middleware Solutions



Australia MB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size



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



Australia MB Current and Planned Hosted/On-Demand Applications



Australia MB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems



Australia MB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size



Australia MB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.



Australia MB Methods of Software Acquisitions



Australia MB Servers and Networking Hardware



Australia MB Servers



Australia MB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



Australia MB Server Installed Base



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



Australia MB Server Brands Overview



Australia MB Networking Hardware



Australia MB Total Annual Networking Spending



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



Australia MB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



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



Australia MB Storage



Australia MB Overview of Storage Spending



Australia MB Overview of Storage Spending



Australia MB Storage Technologies



Australia MB Storage Spending by Technology



Australia MB Current Data Storage Brands



Australia MB Security



Australia MB Total Annual Security Spending



Australia MB Security Technologies/Services Penetration



Australia MB Average Annual Security Components Spending



Australia MB Security Software Application Penetration



Australia MB Anti-Virus Summary



Australia MB PC-Based Firewalls



Australia MB Current and Planned Use of VPNs



Australia MB Network-Based Firewall Deployment



Australia MB Service and Support



Australia MB Overview of IT Services Spending



Australia MB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending



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



Australia MB Outsourced Business Services



Australia MB Outsourcing of Business Process Services to Offshore Companies



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



Australia MB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending



Australia MB Technology Management Across Locations



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



Australia MB PC Service and Support Providers



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



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



Australia MB Channels



Australia MB Channel Summary



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



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry



Australia MB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry



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



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



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



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



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



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size



Australia MB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size



Australia MB Internet



Australia MB Overview of Internet-Related Spending



Australia MB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending



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



Australia MB Internet Technology Adoption Trends



Australia MB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration



Australia MB Internet - Internet Access



Australia MB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia MB Internet Snapshot by Industry



Australia MB Leading Internet Service Providers



Australia MB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines



Australia MB Data Communications Lines Used for Internet Access



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



Australia MB Internet - Web Sites



Australia MB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry



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



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



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



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



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



Australia MB Intranet Penetration by Employee Size



Australia MB Intranet Penetration by Industry



Australia MB Telecommunications



Australia MB Overview of Telecommunications Spending



Australia MB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout



Australia MB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout



Australia MB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration



Australia MB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC MB



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



Australia MB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences



Australia MB Penetration of Telecommunications Products



Australia MB Telephone Systems Snapshot by Employee Size



Australia MB Telephony Equipment and Services Spending



Australia MB Wide Area Networking (WAN) Deployment Overview



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



Australia MB Average Annual Spending on Data communications Lines



Australia MB Appendix



Australia MB- Channel Partners Definitions



Australia MB- Acronyms



Australia MB- Glossary
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