Abstract
This IDC study, which discusses the results of the Asia/Pacific Comms07 Survey,
gives an overview of small enterprises' present use and future deployments of
Internet access services, broadband, IP VPN, and IP applications across the
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region.
"Small enterprises have been known to be cost centric and the slowest to
embrace new technologies and applications. Cost is the main factor sought by
the majority of enterprises in this segment in selecting their primary
telecommunications service providers (SPs). Nonetheless, as telecommunications
services mature and subscription grows, these services become more affordable
to the market. This is the key factor that drives the migration of small
enterprises to higher bandwidth and the implementation of sophisticated
applications. This is apparent as findings in the current survey shows a high
penetration of broadband Internet access services as well as IP VPN usage,"
says Claus Mortensen, principal, Emerging Technologies, IDC Asia/Pacific.