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India's SMBs to spend US$291M on security in 2009
News Country's small and midsize businesses will spend 73 percent of their data security budget on security software, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security, India, Managed Security Service, Small And Medium Business, antivirus, analyst, data security, managed security
PC spend by Indian SMBs to pick up
News Nearly a third of small and midsize firms in India hold hope for an economic revival within three months and 23 percent plan to buy basic IT goods, finds new study.
Tags: Hardware, Personal Computers, Utility computing, India, Small And Medium Business, Software, compliance, research company, VoIP, information technology
Asean midsize firms' CRM spending 'nascent'
News Spending on customer relationship management by region's midsize businesses is small but will grow 18 percent despite downturn, finds new study by AMI-Partners.
Tags: Customer resource management (CRM), Sales force automation, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, Software, CRM, Tool, Midsize Business, Singapore, Sales
Large Indian businesses' IT spend hit US$2.3B
News Healthy turnover last year bolstered IT spending by large businesses in the country, and this trend is expected to continue in 2008 too, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Cost control, Security, India, Business, Business Process, financial, network, marketing
Study: Indian small firms go big on first PC
News Country's smaller players set to drive shipment of 1.6 million machines, a move expected to boost PC penetration and generate opportunities for hardware and software vendors.
Tags: SMB, Personal Computers, Sales, India, Small Business, software company, software, senior analyst, Microsoft Access, business expansion
Indian SMB workforce going mobile
News Employees are now more mobile as India's small and midsize firms recognize need to improve relationships with partners, customers and suppliers.
Tags: Employee policy/training, Mobile platforms/communications, Personnel management, Communications, Mobile, India, Workforce, Midsize Business, Small And Medium Business, Small Business
Developed SMBs to increase IT services spend
News IT services expenditure among small and midsize firms in Australia, Korea and Japan will grow 10 percent from 2009 to 2013, says AMI.
Tags: Business, Services, Business, IT Services, Information Technology, Services, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Japan, Korea
India SMB manufacturers to spend $3.7B on IT
News Country's small and midsize manufacturing businesses will spend mostly on computing products in 2009, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: SMB, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, IT infrastructure, on-demand, SMB, Cloud computing, small and medium business, India, information technology
Indian SMBs more forward-looking in IT spend
News Alongside expectations of worse times ahead, more small and midsize businesses in India mull over factors such as scalability for IT purchases, finds new study.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Business, IT Budget, India, IT-spending, Small And Medium Business, financial, Microsoft Access, TCO
Indian small firms to buy first PC in 2009
News Some 500,000 of India's small businesses will buy their first PC and boost spending on software, services and security, says AMI-Partners study.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hardware, Budgeting/cost control, India, Small And Medium Business, Small Business, Computer, Microsoft Access, industry, analyst
SMBs to spend US$7.6B to build online presence
News Small and midsize businesses in developed countries of Asia-Pacific region find it essential to give potential customers positive "first impressions" online, says analyst.
Tags: Internet, IT budgeting, Web sites, Online Advertising, Singapore, Small And Medium Business, Australia, Advertisement, Korea, Web hosting
SMBs to drive Indonesia ICT spend
News Country's small and midsize businesses will invest US$7.2 billion, or 78 percent of Indonesia's total infocomm technologies spend in 2008.
Tags: Business
SMBs in India spend more on technology
News Small businesses contribute to the lion's share of India's total SMB IT spending, a report reveals.
Tags: IT budgeting, SMB
Asian SMBs to spend US$2.8B on security
News Small and midsize businesses in the region are expected to increase their expenditure on IT security tools by 26 percent in 2008, says AMI-Partners.
Indian SMBs to spend US$640M on software
News Small and midsize businesses in India recognize the benefits of IT and are looking to spend more on packaged software this year, says AMI-Partners.
Tags: Business applications, SMB
