State of SMB IT 1H 2012

Semi-Annual Report on Small and Medium Business Technology Plans and Purchase Intent

Reginald HerdeDirector of Marketing, Spiceworks

John McCawley, CEOVerecloud

Bob Beatty, IT DirectorHaas and Wilkerson

Brad Cogswell, Technology ManagerMcIntosh & Associates

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Summary Findings

Strong Hiring, Stronger Spending

Cloud and Virtualization Technologies Continue to Grow

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) is a Fact of Life

Tablets are Finding Their Space

SMB IT Budgets Continue to Grow

Average Planned Budgets and Percent Adding Staff Over Time (000’s)

IT Staff Changes in Next 6 Months

Budget Allocation Remains Consistent

Allocation of Annual IT Budget Over Time

New Hardware Dominates Spend

2012 Allocation of Annual IT Budget

Cloud Adoption Over Time

Cloud Adoption Outlook Remains Strong

Top IT Services

Services in the Cloud… or Not.

Virtualization Reaches Mainstream

Adoption of Virtualization since 2010

SMBs Deepen Reliance on Virtualization

64% of SMBs Virtualize TodayAverage Number of Application Categories Virtualized Over Time

SMBs Deepen Reliance on Virtualization

Application Categories Today and Planned for the Next 6 Month

(by those Virtualizing Today)

BYOD in SMBs

BYOD Trend is Here to Stay

Attitudes toward Managing BYOD Devices

Current and PlannedDeployment of Tablets

SMBs Love Their Tablets

By Company Size

Background & Methodology

About Spiceworks

Spiceworks is the world’s largest social business platform for IT, connecting over 2 million IT professionals with more than 900 technology brands. By combining a Facebook-like community with free IT management software, Spiceworks helps businesses to discover, buy and manage over $351 billion worth of technology products and services each year.

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