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

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Access Markets International Partners
Published: June 2006
Product Code: R149-458
Description
Based on AMI's annual survey of small businesses across Canada, 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.
Table of Contents

Canada SB Introduction

Canada SB - Definitions by Type of Business

Canada SB Management Summary

Key Statistics

Overview of the Canadian Market

Canada SB IT/Telecom Spending Overview

Canada SB Firmographics Overview

Canada SB Attitudes and Strategic Directions Overview

Canada SB Computing Overview - Computer Hardware

Canada SB Computing Overview - Computer Hardware

Canada SB Computing Overview - Printing, Imaging & Peripherals

Canada SB Computing Overview - Servers

Canada SB Software Overview

Canada SB Networking Overview

Canada SB Storage Overview

Canada SB Security Overview

Canada SB Service and Support

Canada SB Channels Overview

Canada SB Internet Overview

Canada SB Internet Overview - Cont’d.

Canada SB Telecommunications Overview

Canada SB Spending, Penetration and Budgets

Canada SB 2005 Key Technology Penetration

Canada SB Market Overview: Expanded Technology Penetration

Canada SB Current Usage of Select Software Applications

Canada SB IT/Telecom Spending Comparisons

Canada SB IT/Telecom Spending Areas

Canada SB Methodologies

Canada SB Survey Process

Canada SB - SMBs Defined

Canada SB Margin of Error

Canada SB Sampling Pool by Type of Business

Canada SB Weighting Factors by Employee Size

Canada SB Demographics

Canada SB Total Share of Enterprises by Employee Size and Industry

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

Canada SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size

Canada SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Employee Size

Canada SB Revenues - Comparison Across Employee Size

Canada SB Employee Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries

Canada SB Company Demographics - Comparison Across Vertical Industries

Canada SB Revenues - Comparison Across Vertical Industries

Canada SB Attitudes and Decision Making

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

Canada SB Attitudes: Importance of Technology and Business Process Applications

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

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

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

Canada SB Attitudes: Purchase Preferences

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

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

Canada SB Computing

Canada SB Overview of Computing Spending

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

Canada SB Computing-Related Penetration

Canada SB Computing Components Spending - Average and Total Market Breakout

Canada SB Computing - Computing Hardware

Canada SB Overall PC Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

Canada SB Computer Ownership and Installed Base

Canada SB Computer Ownership Overview by Employee Size

Canada SB Computer Ownership Overview by Industry

Canada SB Computer Shipments (Purchased Last 12 Months)

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

Canada SB Trends in Ownership of Desktop PC Brands

Canada SB Trends in Ownership of Portable PC Brands

Canada SB Planned Computer Purchases - Next 12 Months

Canada SB Computing - Imaging and Printing

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

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

Canada SB Printer Ownership and Installed Base

Canada SB Printer Overview

Canada SB Top Ten Printer Brands

Canada SB Software

Canada SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories

Canada SB Overview of Software Spending on Select Categories

Canada SB Trends in Use of PC Operating Systems

Canada SB Productivity Suite Usage

Canada SB PC Application Current and Planned Usage

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

Canada SB Current vs. Planned Software Applications Usage by Industry

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

Canada SB Primary Accounting Method by Employee Size

Canada SB Accounting Software Snapshot by Employee Size

Canada SB Enterprise Software: CRM Snapshot by Employee Size

Canada SB Software Applications Bundled with New PC purchases.

Canada SB Hosted Applications On-Demand Snapshot by Employee Size

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

Canada SB Trends in Use of Network Operating Systems

Canada SB Average Annual Networking Software Spending by Employee Size

Canada SB Methods of Software Acquisitions

Canada SB Servers and Networking Hardware

Canada SB Servers

Canada SB LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

Canada SB Server Installed Base

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

Canada SB Server Brands Overview

Canada SB Networking Hardware

Canada SB Total Annual Networking Spending

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

Canada SB Wireless LAN Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

Canada SB Storage

Canada SB Overview of Storage Spending

Canada SB Overview of Storage Spending

Canada SB Storage Technologies

Canada SB Current Data Storage Brands

Canada SB Security

Canada SB Total Annual Security Spending

Canada SB Security Technologies/Services Penetration

Canada SB Security Software Application Penetration

Canada SB PC-Based Firewalls

Canada SB Network-Based Firewall Deployment

Canada SB Average Annual Security Components Spending

Canada SB Service and Support

Canada SB Overview of IT Services Spending

Canada SB Overview of IT-Related Services Spending

Canada SB Outsourced Business Services

Canada SB Select IT-Related Services Usage and Spending

Canada SB Technology Management Across Locations

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

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

Canada SB Channels

Canada SB Channel Summary

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

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Employee Size

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Recent Computer Purchases by Industry

Canada SB Current Channel Market Usage for Printer Purchases

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Employee Size

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Printer Purchases by Industry

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

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

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

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

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Networking Products by Employee Size

Canada SB Channel Breakout for Direct from Manufacturer by Employee Size

Canada SB Internet

Canada SB Overview of Internet-Related Spending

Canada SB Overview of Total Internet-Related Spending

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

Canada SB Internet Technology Adoption Trends

Canada SB Total Internet-Related Technology Penetration

Canada SB Internet - Internet Access

Canada SB Internet Snapshot by Employee Size

Canada SB Internet Snapshot by Industry

Canada SB Leading Internet Service Providers

Canada SB Current Adoption of High-Speed Access Lines

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

Canada SB Internet - Web Sites

Canada SB Web Site Penetration by Employee Size and Industry

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

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

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

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

Canada SB Intranet Penetration

Canada SB Telecommunications

Canada SB Overview of Telecommunications Spending

Canada SB Telecommunications Equipment Spending Breakout

Canada SB Telecommunications Services Spending Breakout

Canada SB Telecommunications-Related Technologies/Services Penetration

Canada SB Average Monthly Telecom Spending per PC SB

Canada SB Number of Current Telephone Lines by Employee Size

Canada SB Telecom Service Provider Overview and Bundling Preferences

Canada SB Penetration of Telecommunications Products

Canada SB Average Number of Current Telephone Sets by Employee Size

Canada SB Appendix

Canada SB- Channel Partners Definitions

Canada SB - Acronyms

Canada SB- Glossary

Canada SB- Glossary (Cont’d - 1)

Canada SB- Glossary (Cont’d - 2)

Canada SB- Glossary (Cont’d - 3)

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