Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: AMI-Partners, Inc.
Published: April 2009
Product Code: R149-494Description This report addresses the current storage opportunity in the North American market, with detailed analysis of:
- The effects of the economic slowdown
- Market size and growth
- Changes and trends in the storage market
- Key drivers and recommendations.
The information provides manufacturers, vendors and marketers with the tools necessary to understand and make the most of the SMB market for storage hardware, software and services.
Table of Contents - Executive Introduction & Notes
- Executive Summary
- The Macro-Economic Environment
- U.S. & Canada SMB Business Conditions and IT Spending
- U. S. SMB Business Conditions and IT Spending
- Canada SMB Business Conditions and IT Spending
- U.S. SMB Storage Spending Breakout
- Canada SMB Storage Spending Breakout
- Demand Drivers for Storage
- Key Storage Market Opportunities and Vendor Responses
- Implications for Storage Vendors
- Targeting Audience & Messaging
- Key Differences Between U.S. SBs and MBs
- Key Differences Between Canada SBs and MBs
- Profile of Businesses
- North American SMB: Market Sizing by Employee Size and Verticals
- Impact of Economic Downturn
- U.S. SMB Economic Outlook
- North American SMB Business Conditions: N12M Global Business Conditions Outlook
- U.S. SMB staffing and Business Locations: Cost Cutting Measures- Current and Planned
- U. S. SMB Storage Solution Payment Structures
- North American SMB Business Challenges
- IT Attitudes, Business Challenges & Preferences
- U.S. SMB Purchase Preferences
- Canada SMB Purchase Preferences
- U.S. SMB Key Decision Makers
- Canada SMB Key Decision Makers
- U.S. SMB Sources for IT Decision Making
- Canada SMB Sources for IT Decision Making
- North American SMB Technology Management
- Changes in AMI's U.S. SB Storage Spending & CAGR (2007-2012) to Reflect Changes in Economy
- Changes in AMI's U.S. MB Storage Spending & CAGR (2007-2012) to Reflect Changes in Economy
- Changes in AMI's Canada SB Storage Spending & CAGR (2007-2012) to Reflect Changes in Economy
- Changes in AMI's Canada MB Storage Spending & CAGR (2007-2012) to Reflect Changes in Economy
- IT Infrastructure
- North American PC and Server Usage Profile
- U.S. SMB Perceived Importance of IT Issues
- U.S. SMB Perceived Importance of IT Issues
- Canada SMB Perceived Importance of IT Issues
- Canada SMB Perceived Importance of IT Issues
- Storage Drivers, Adoption & Brands
- U. S. SMB Storage Drivers
- Canada SMB Storage Drivers
- North American SMB Current Usage of Storage Intensive Applications
- North American SMB Connectivity Sentiments
- U.S. SMB Storage Technology Used
- Canada SMB Storage Technology Currently Used
- North American SMB Data Back-up Current and Planned Usage
- U.S. SMB Data Storage and Back-up Solutions
- Canada SMB Data Storage and Back-up Solutions
- North American SMB Top Storage Brands Currently Used
- U.S. SB Cross-Brand Storage Use
- U.S. MB Cross-Brand Storage Use
- Canada SB Cross-Brand Storage Use
- Canada MB Cross-Brand Storage Use
- U.S. SB Profile of Storage Brand Users
- U.S. MB Profile of Storage Brand Users
- Canada SB Profile of Storage Brand Users
- Canada MB Profile of Storage Brand Users
- North American Storage Virtualization
- North American SMB Storage Management
- U.S. SB Profile by Type of Storage Used
- U.S. MB Profile by Type of Storage Used
- Canada SB Profile by Type of Storage Used
- Canada MB Profile by Type of Storage Used
- U.S. SMB Storage Profile by Number of Servers
- Canada SMB Storage Profile by Number of Servers
- Channels and Financing
- U.S. SMB Data Storage Related Solutions Channels
- Canada SMB Data Storage Related Solutions Channels
- U.S. SMB Financing Options
- Canada SMB Financing Options
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