Understanding the Technology Purchasing Process of Malaysia Small Businesses

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Definition
    • Table: Government' s Definition of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by Number of Full-Time Employees
    • Table: Government' s Definition of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises by Annual Sales Turnover
  • Executive Summary
• Situation Overview
  • Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' IT Purchasing Behavior
  • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Top Business Goals
  • Figure: Top IT Structure Needs
  • Figure: Factors Affecting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Decision to Purchase IT Products
    • Hardware Expenditure
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Overall Hardware Expenditure
      • PC and OS
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Plans to Buy Desktop PCs and Notebooks
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' PC and OS Adoption
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Primary Brand Preference for Notebooks
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Primary Brand Preference for Desktops
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Key Reasons for Selecting Different Brands of Notebooks
      • Table: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Primary Reason for Selecting Different Brands of Notebook Computers by Vertical (%)
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' PC Distribution of Windows OSs
      • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Migration Plans to Windows Vista Within the Next 12 Months
    • Server
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Server Deployment
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Most Important Factors in Server Deployment
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Responses to Server Consolidation
    • Figure: Stages of Server Consolidation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
    • Figure: Inhibitors to Server Consolidation
    • Table: Inhibitors to Server Consolidation
    • Figure: Benefits of Server Virtualization to Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
    • Figure: Blade Server Adoption in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Reasons for Not Deploying Blade Servers
    • Storage
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Storage Deployment
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Responses to Storage Consolidation
    • Figure: Important Storage Issues for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
    • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Three-Tier Storage Architecture Adoption Plan
• Future Outlook
  • Overall IT Expenditure in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
  • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' IT Expenditure
  • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' IT Investment Objectives
  • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' IT Expenditure
  • Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' IT Expenditure by Segment
• Essential Guidance
• Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Most Effective Ways to Learn About New IT Products or Services
• Figure: Factors Influencing IT Procurement in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
• Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Sources of IT Hardware
• Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Sources of Packaged Software
• Figure: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises' Sources of IT Services
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis