Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Study
Methodology
Situation Overview
Vertical Market Overview
Number of SMBs and Employees by Industry
Annual Revenue by Industry
Revenue Growth Rates
Telecommuters
Figure: U.S. SMBs by Vertical Industry, 2007
Figure: U.S. SMB Number of Employees per Firm by Vertical Industry, 2007
Table: U.S. SMB Revenue, Number of Employees, and Revenue per Full-Time Employee by Vertical Industry, 2007
Table: U.S. SMB Change in Annual Revenue Growth in Last 12 Months by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMBs with Telecommuters by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Communications Technology
Telephone Line Use
Telephone Equipment Ownership
Cellular Phone Ownership
Table: U.S. SMB Mean Number of Telephone Lines by Vertical Industry, 2007
Table: U.S. SMB Telephone Systems by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Use of Cellular Telephones by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Personal Computing
Desktop PC, Notebook, and Workstation Ownership and Purchase Plans
Table: U.S. SMB Desktop PC Ownership by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Notebook PC Ownership by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB PC Workstation Ownership by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Figure: U.S. SMB Planned PC Purchases by Vertical Industry, 2007
Printers and Peripherals
Printer Ownership and Purchase Plans
MFP Ownership and Purchase Plans
Ownership and Purchase Plans for Other Computer Peripherals
Table: U.S. SMB Printer Ownership by Technology and Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Planned Printer Purchases in Next 12 Months by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB MFP Ownership by Technology and Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Planned MFP Purchases in Next 12 Months by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB PC Peripheral Ownership by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Planned PC Peripheral Purchases in Next 12 Months by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Local Area Networking
LAN Use and Acquisition Plans
Wireless Access Point Use and Acquisition Plans
LAN Server Types
Backup Policies
Table: U.S. SMB LAN Use by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Figure: U.S. SMBs with Wireless Access Points by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Server Types by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Backup Policies by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Small Business Software Applications
Desktop Operating System Use and Purchase Plans
PC Software Applications and Purchase Plans
Company Attitudes Toward Software as a Service
Table: U.S. SMB Desktop PC Operating Systems/Environments by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Planned Desktop PC Operating Systems/Environments Purchases by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Software Applications in Use by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Planned Software Applications Purchases in the Next 12 Months by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Table: U.S. SMB Attitude Toward Software as a Service by Vertical Industry, 2007 (% of Respondents)
Future Outlook
Essential Guidance
Table: U.S. SMB Characteristics by Vertical Industry, 2007
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