1. A deep dive into the
State of the SMB IT
2H 2012

2. Whose jumping in.
Kathryn Pribish
Spiceworks, Market Insights Manager
Bryan, (“Tank203”)
Jacobs Vehicle Systems, Network Analyst
Derek, (“Derek_A”)
Smith Brothers, Network Manager

3. 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

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

5. What is the State of SMB IT?
Spiceworks’ semi-annual study on SMB technology trends and
purchase plans.
Started in 2009 Respondent Profile
Sent to Voice of IT Panel
SMB refers to
< 1000 employees
1,356 Respondents
First year to present
EMEA specific results

6. IT Budgets and Staffing
IT budgets reach highest point in last
3 years while hiring freezes up.

7. IT Budgets and Staffing
IT Budgets show steady growth
Hiring more likely to stay steady
than in previous periods

8. IT Budgets and Staffing

9. IT Budgets and Staffing
IT budgets reach highest point in last
3 years while hiring freezes up.
Cloud adoption spikes in last six
months.

10. Adoption of Cloud-based Services
Cloud adoption spikes in last
six months.
Growth driven by small to mid
size companies.

11. 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.

12. Adoption of Server Virtualization
Server virtualization adoption
holds steady.
Growth driven by larger
companies.

13. Adoption of Server Virtualization
Companies are virtualizing
more application categories.
Desktop virtualization shows
potential.

14. 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.

15. Mobile and BYOD
Tablet adoption nears level of
smartphone adoption.
Tablets winning more hardware
dollars.
Trend driven by larger organizations.

16. Mobile and BYOD
BYOD is effecting nearly two-thirds of SMBs.
IT pros are split on how they feel about
supporting BYOD.

17. Mobile and BYOD
Smartphones are the top supported BYOD.
Smaller companies are dealing with BYOD
much more than larger companies.

18. Q&A

19. Kathryn Pribish
kathryn@spiceworks.com