The AMI-Partners Blog

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.

AMI has a new press release on virtualization:

New York, New York — July 22, 2010 — US SMBs are rapidly increasing their use of virtualization with serious implications for their entire ecosystem—such as limiting the growth in shipments of physical IT equipment, especially servers, and changing the channel partner skills they require. IT vendors, distributors and SMB channel partners need to understand this shift and upgrade the entire ecosystem to meet the changing needs of SMBs, according to New York-based AMI-Partners, based on new research.

Read the whole release here.

AMI has a new press release on channel partners and the Cloud:

New York, New York — July 8, 2010 — The rapid growth of cloud computing is making it much easier for SMB channel partners to provide a broader range of offerings on a 24/7 basis at a lower cost and with fewer IT staff. These offerings include services such as SaaS and managed IT services. As a result, SMB channel partners could lose more than 200,000 IT jobs over the next decade according to AMI Partners’ recent Cloud Computing Research studies.

Here’s the whole release.

AMI has a new press release on India healthcare.

Kolkata, India – June 30, 2010 – Seemingly untouched by the worldwide economic downturn, India’s healthcare sector is set to spend over US$250 million on IT in 2010. Healthcare in India comprises more than 5% of the nation’s GDP and displays a healthy growth rate over the next four to five years. This comes from a study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in IT and telecom sectors.

Find the whole release here.

AMI has a webinar on cloud computing coming up soon, called Cloud Computing and the Global SMB Market. This is an area AMI has amassed years of expertise in, so don’t miss your spot.

Here’s where to sign up.

AMI has a new press release on internet spending in India:

Kolkata, India – June 23, 2010 – India small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) are increasing their spending on Internet products and services. The overall spending on Internet and website-related products and services by India SMBs totaled US$1.45 billion in 2009. AMI predicts this spending will continue to rise in 2010. In fact, Internet spending shows the highest year-over-year growth among India SMBs, when compared to the various ICT products and technologies. These findings come from a study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc., a leading consulting firm specializing in the IT and telecom sectors.

The whole thing can be found here.

A new article over at the Wall Street Journal anticipates huge growth in e-reader spending:

Two of the leading makers of electronic-book readers, threatened by the success of Apple Inc.’s iPad, slashed prices Monday in a move that could further drive e-readers into the mainstream.

Early Monday, Barnes & Noble Inc. cut the price of its Nook e-reader to $199 and introduced a Wi-Fi-only model for $149. Hours later, Amazon.com Inc. lowered the price of its Kindle e-reader to $189.

Read the rest here.

New York, New York – June 15, 2010 – Today, New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc. announced its first annual Small and Medium Business Social Media Marketing Awards. AMI analysts will acknowledge Information Communications and Technology (ICT) providers that effectively use social media to inform the purchase process of small and medium businesses.

Full release here.

AMI has a new press release.

New York, New York – June 10, 2010 – Small businesses (SBs, or firms with less than 100 employees) in the US are increasingly relying on online channels to purchase computing hardware and packaged software solutions. This is a far cry from the days when retail stores and channel partners were the only relevant channels that catered to SBs. Channel partners and retailers still have the highest share of SB spending on basic computing products (such as PCs, printers, peripherals, etc); these channels, however, are slowly losing share to direct market resellers (DMRS) as well as online vendor direct.

Read the full release here.

AMI has a new press release.

New York, New York — June 3, 2010 — Interest in server virtualization among US medium businesses (MBs, firms with 100-1000 employees) increased significantly in the past year, according to AMI’s latest MB tracking study. The percentage of U.S. MBs that consider server virtualization strategically important has increased from 46% to 75%.

Read the full release here.