Emerging Trends in Small Business Bundle Builders

This iDRD (Insight-based Data-Rich Deliverable) is part of the Business Applications and Connected Worlds subscriptions. This 15-page report examines the latest trends and happenings in Mobile Applications within the SMB space. Topics such as E-mail 10, Instant Messaging 11, Sales Force Automation 12, Machine to Machine Communications 12, and Social Software 13 are discussed. Several forecasts covering US SMB Applications and Mobile Applications Markets from 2010-2015 are also included in this report. Mobile Applications consist of business expenditures on mobile and wireless-based custom-coded and packaged applications, including productivity, Enterprise Resource Planning, Email, CRM and security applications. Hosted or rented applications do not fall in this category of IT spending, but are considered ""Outsourcing & 3rd Party Services."" The Expert Guide for this deliverable is Stephanie Atkinson.

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Sources: Compass Intelligence’s segment and market forecasts, which include business expenditures, market demographics, and usage and adoption statistics are built using multiple sources, including proprietary Compass Intelligence research. These sources include, but are not limited to, secondary research, government data and statistics (e.g. Department of Commerce, Federal Communication Commission, Bureau of Labor Statistics and US Census Bureau), primary research, vendor-based research and in-depth interviews with key decision-makers, where relevant. Compass Intelligence selects data sources to provide greatest degree of perspective on each market or segment, in addition to the highest level of data accuracy, stability, and consistency over time.