A deep dive into the State of the SMB IT

2H 2012

Whose jumping in.

Kathryn Pribish Spiceworks, Market Insights Manager

Derek, (“Derek_A”) Smith Brothers, Network Manager

Bryan, (“Tank203”) Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Network Analyst

What’s under the surface.

•  Who is Spiceworks?

•  What is the State of SMB IT?

•  IT Budgets and staffing

•  Cloud Adoption

•  Virtualization Adoption

•  Mobile and BYOD

•  Q &A

Who is Spiceworks? Over 2 million IT pros reached by more than 1,000 tech vendors.

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Application

Marketplace Community

What is the State of SMB IT?

Spiceworks’ semi-annual study on SMB technology trends and

purchase plans.

Started in 2009

Sent to Voice of IT Panel

SMB refers to < 1000 employees

1,356 Respondents

First year to present EMEA specific results

Respondent Profile

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT budgets reach highest point in last 3 years while hiring freezes up.

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT Budgets show steady growth

Hiring more likely to stay steady than in previous periods

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT budgets reach highest point in last 3 years while hiring freezes up.

Cloud adoption spikes in last six months.

Adoption of Cloud-based Services

Cloud adoption spikes in last six months.

Growth driven by small to mid size companies.

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT budgets reach highest point in last 3 years while hiring freezes up.

Cloud adoption spikes in last six months.

Server virtualization adoption steadies but usage grows deeper. Desktop virtualization shows potential.

Adoption of Server Virtualization

Server virtualization adoption holds steady.

Growth driven by larger companies.

Adoption of Server Virtualization

Companies are virtualizing more application categories.

Desktop virtualization shows potential.

IT Budgets and Staffing

IT budgets reach highest point in last 3 years while hiring freezes up.

Cloud adoption spikes in last six months.

Server virtualization adoption steadies but usage grows deeper. Desktop virtualization shows potential.

Tablet adoption keeps its momentum. BYOD remains a hot topic.

Mobile and BYOD Tablet adoption nears level of smartphone adoption.

Tablets winning more hardware dollars.

Trend driven by larger organizations.

Mobile and BYOD BYOD is effecting nearly two-thirds of SMBs.

IT pros are split on how they feel about supporting BYOD.

Mobile and BYOD Smartphones are the top supported BYOD.

Smaller companies are dealing with BYOD much more than larger companies.

Q&A

Kathryn Pribish kathryn@spiceworks.com