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  2009 SEP 21 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Small and medium manufacturing firms (SMBs, with up to 999 employees) in India are gearing up to spend $3.7 billion on IT infrastructure in 2009, medium businesses (MB, a company with 100 to 999 staff) as the predominant IT spenders. A typical medium business outspends its small business counterpart (SB, a company with 1 to 99 staff) by a factor of twelve.

  "Small and medium manufacturing businesses in India operate in lean environments with limited resources and IT personnel," says Abhilash DB, Analyst at AMI-Partners. "Some of the key drivers for escalating investment in IT infrastructure are increased competition, customer demand for high-quality products with reduced lead time, and the need for integration of different business functions. The majority of small and medium manufacturing firms have suppliers that are larger manufacturing companies, and are oriented to work within the specified standards of these larger firms. ...read more

  2009 SEP 21 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Small and medium manufacturing firms (SMBs, with up to 999 employees) in India are gearing up to spend $3.7 billion on IT infrastructure in 2009, medium businesses (MB, a company with 100 to 999 staff) as the predominant IT spenders. A typical medium business outspends its small business counterpart (SB, a company with 1 to 99 staff) by a factor of twelve.

  "Small and medium manufacturing businesses in India operate in lean environments with limited resources and IT personnel," says Abhilash DB, Analyst at AMI-Partners. "Some of the key drivers for escalating investment in IT infrastructure are increased competition, customer demand for high-quality products with reduced lead time, and the need for integration of different business functions. The majority of small and medium manufacturing firms have suppliers that are larger manufacturing companies, and are oriented to work within the specified standards of these larger firms. ...read more

  2008 SEP 8 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Small and medium businesses (SMBs, or companies with up to 999 employees) in Australia are on track to spend over US$1.8 billion on beefing up their Internet-related technologies, up some 5% from 2007. By 2009, it is estimated that SMB spending will go up marginally to US$1.9 billion on Internet-enabling technologies, according to a study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, Inc ...read more