Abstract
This study analyzes the results of IDC' s European Vertical Market survey,
carried out between August and November 2007 in the top 5 Western European
countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K.) among 1,473 SMBs with
between 20 to 499 employees.
The survey looks at SMB IT spending directions, solution priorities, investment
plans, adoption of new technologies and mobility, the role of IT in the
organization, and customers' satisfaction with their IT suppliers.
The focus of this study is on SMB adoption and plans for adoption by company
size, country, and vertical market of security technologies. Results are given
for the top 5 Western European countries in the following vertical markets:
banking, insurance/other finance, discrete manufacturing, process
manufacturing, healthcare services, transport/communications/utilities,
retail/wholesale, business services, education, and government.
"Security remains a top priority for Western European SMBs. Data presented in
this study confirms that SMBs continue to view security as the most important
investment priority and, more importantly, that this priority largely
translates across all company sizes into strong revenue opportunities for IT
vendors," said Nina Bonagura, senior research analyst, IDC' s European Vertical
Markets team.
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