The AMI-Partners Blog

AMI has a new press release about growth in US SMB:

New York, New York – October 21, 2010 – According to AMI-Partners, small and medium business (SMB) spending in the U.S. on software-as-a-service (SaaS) will increase exponentially over the next five years, eclipsing growth in investments in on-premise software by a significant margin. AMI forecasts a 25% CAGR in hosted business application services spending through 2014. This will come against a modest 5% uptick for all other categories of on-premise software combined. However, this growth will not be uniformly spread across all hosted applications. Mature applications such as ERP, SCM, procurement, finance, and core HR will turn over more slowly than those that are less saturated and have lower switching costs.

Full release here.

AMI has a new press release about its Social Media Awards:

New York, NY – October 14, 2010 – Today, New York-based AMI-Partners announced that it has scheduled the presentation of its first annual Small and Medium Business Social Media Marketing Awards for Thursday, November 11th, at the Harvard Club, in New York. AMI analysts will celebrate Information Communications and Technology (ICT) providers that effectively use social media to inform the purchase process of small and medium businesses (SMBs).

Full release here.

AMI has a new release on channel partners and the cloud:

New York, New York – October 7, 2010 – The overall number of channel partners (VARs, SIs, ISVs, etc) offering cloud services to U.S. small and medium businesses (SMBs) has grown enormously since 2008, fueled in part by the prevailing economic conditions and new cloud solutions and technologies. With strong adoption by these SMBs, Remote Managed IT Services (RMITS) are growing rapidly and becoming more structured in the U.S. And according to new research by New York-based AMI-Partners, there are more solutions available for U.S. SMBs and more methods for delivering these solutions in an efficient manner for channel partners.

Full release here.

AMI has a new press release on Cloud Services’ impact on US SMBs:

New York, New York — September 30, 2010 — US SMBs are rapidly increasing their use of cloud services, which is beginning to reduce their need for on-premise ICT equipment and is also allowing them more flexibility in the types of mobile devices they use. This, in turn, is beginning to affect the demand patterns for on-premise ICT hardware like servers, storage & networking as well client devices like notebooks, smartphones, netbooks and tablets, according to New York-based AMI-Partners, based on its just concluded research on the adoption of cloud services by SMBs in a dozen countries.

Full release here.

New York, New York— September 23, 2010 — As many traditional small and medium business (SMB) channel partners make the transition to the Cloud services model, telecommunication service providers (telecoms) are making a strong bid for the SMB Cloud share, beyond their traditional voice and data service offerings. Facing the continuing prospect of declining average revenue per seat (ARPU) and increasing churn, telecoms see the SMB Cloud as an opportunity for sustained revenue growth and customer loyalty. At the same time, many SMBs are open to expanding their relationships with telecoms beyond traditional voice and data services. According to an upcoming study by AMI-Partners, 38% of U.S. SMBs say they are willing to purchase IT products & services (including hardware and software) from telecommunications service providers.

AMI has a new press release on UK small and medium businesses:

London, England – September 15, 2010 – As U.K. small and medium businesses increasingly look to take advantage of the benefits of the cloud services model, channel partners are moving quickly to respond to demand. According to the upcoming study by AMI-Partners, 2010 U.K. SMB Channel Partner Report, one in every six U.K. small and medium businesses (SMBs) focused partners are now offering hosted applications and 2 out of 3 offer remote ICT monitoring and management services.

Full release here.

AMI has a new press release on US SB web conferencing:

New York, New York – September 1, 2010 – Small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the U.S. are increasingly using web-conferencing solutions, like GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting and WebEx. According to a recent AMI-Partners report, nearly half of U.S. SBs are using web-conferencing solutions today, with penetration expected to grow to 80% in 2011. However, this trend also brings challenges to many web-conferencing providers. With increased use of these services, AMI is forecasting significant displacement to free web-conferencing offers.

Read the full release here.

AMI has a new press release on the small business cloud knowledge gap:

New York, New York – August 18, 2010 – According to AMI-Partners, worldwide small businesses (SBs) (1-99 employees) represent a significant opportunity for Cloud services, particularly Software as a Service (SaaS). However, one in five SBs currently not using SaaS report that their businesses are too small for such applications. Significant subsets of these small businesses believe that they do not have the appropriate expertise to make the migration to hosted applications.

Here’s the rest of the release at AMI’s website.

AMI has a new press release on cloud services momentum:

New York, New York – August 12, 2010 – Early results from AMI-Partners’ World Wide Cloud Services Study indicate small and medium businesses (SMBs) are rapidly adopting a variety of cloud services consistent with their stated intentions over the past 12-18 months. With the economic situation still in a state of flux particularly across North America and Europe, cloud services are well positioned as a cost-effective strategy that not only reduces costs, but also enables greater SMB agility.

The full release is here.

AMI has a new press release about the mobile cloud:

New York, New York — August 5, 2010 — New Cloud Computing research according to New York-based AMI-Partners shows that mobile cloud applications are set to make deep inroads into the small and medium business (“SMB”) market. The research confirms that the expansion of mobile cloud – that is, the use of mobile applications hosted by third-party providers – is being driven by the rapid growth in the number and utility of cloud applications, and by the cost savings and relative ease of use they offer. Above and beyond application provider revenues, telcos are expected to generate additional mobile data-driven revenues as well.

The whole release can be found here.