The AMI-Partners Blog

Tweet After the first four months of 2013, it seems obvious that the US economy continues to at least inch upwards, despite the uncertain path to full recovery. Albeit to a modest extent, consumers are buying and companies are hiring. This positivity is reflected in the equities markets, but not all sectors are created equal. [...]

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Tweet In December 2012, AMI-Partners in Singapore launched a survey to interview 300 IT decision makers about their views on Windows 8.  These companies are from various industries and of different sizes (SMEs [small and medium enterprises] and enterprise are both included) The survey was carried out just one month after Microsoft officially launched Windows [...]

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Tweet About two weeks ago, I happen to get tickets to the exclusive launch event for Samsung’s Experience Shop™ in New York City. As I was getting the tickets, there were people giving away all kinds of Samsung gear and making the event very interactive. It was interactive in that we watched demonstrations of key [...]

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Tweet AMI has written several blogs that talk about the cloud opportunity in North America and other mature markets, but we have yet to write a blog showing the growing opportunity in emerging markets.  Our recent ICT tracking study helped define the cloud opportunity on a global basis, detailing information and communication technology (ICT) needs [...]

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Tweet Convenience or Chaos?  Is there a game plan in the near future? Bring Your Own Device or BYOD is a policy that allows employees to bring their personal mobile computing devices to work places and connect them on the corporate network. Some of the many benefits of a BYOD program include: keeping employees happy as [...]

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Tweet Get connected, get secure – should become the new mantra for small and medium businesses (SMBs)  New age technologies like mobile devices and cloud-based technologies have totally changed our lives and provided it with new impetus as well as a new degree of freedom. We use tablets, smartphones, or other mobile devices to access [...]

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Tweet In North America, Apple’s iPad is the leading tablet brand utilized by either SMBs (small and medium businesses) or their employees. Although this is clear in terms of current usage and even planned purchases to an extent, the tablet market between other well-known original equipment manufacturers (OEM) players, like Dell, Lenovo, Microsoft, and HP [...]

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Tweet Tablets have had an incredible impact on mobility among the SMB (small and medium business) market, and the horizon promises advancements that will blur the line between tablets and ultrabooks – possibly even smartphones as well.  As the market evolves, monitoring SMB buying behavior will become increasingly more important.  For example, will SMBs be [...]

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Tweet It was Social Media Week in New York City a few weeks ago – a week-long event to meet and learn about the newest trends and strategies used by a variety of companies. As a second time participating in the event, I was amazed at how much it has grown and the continuous learning [...]

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Tweet AMI-Partners actively studies several information and communication technologies (ICT) used by small and medium businesses (SMBs of 1-1000 employees).  Several of our blogs to date have been about device or software utilization–very important areas for this market.  However, equally important is the mindset and decision making process that these SMBs go through when purchasing [...]

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