Abstract
This IDC study examines the attitudes of home-based businesses toward
the current state of the economy as well as home
office acquisition and ownership of products and technologies including mobile
phones and smartphones; desktop, notebook, and netbook PCs; printers and
MFPs; and LANs and Internet access.
"Home office households in general
and home-based businesses in particular continue to represent an important
opportunity for IT vendors," says Justin Jaffe, senior research analyst
in IDC' s Home Office Market program. "Despite real concerns about
the economy, these households continue to spend more on advanced
technology than households in general, setting the pace for technology
adoption in a variety of categories from smartphones to notebook
PCs to local area networks."
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