Business Technology Statistics

Energy could eat up to 40% of IT budgets.
–Gartner, November 2006

27% of women business owners will invest in new technology such as computers and software over the next six months.
–OPEN from American Express, November 2006

300,000 entrepreneurs will use Skype as their primary means of business communication in 2007.
–Albert Lin at American Technology Research, November 2006

By 2010, business use of mobile IM will lead to a $2 billion-plus market in Western Europe and North America.
–Strategy Analytics, October 2006

Handheld PC vendors sold 4 times as many smartphones as PDAs in the first half of 2006.
–Gartner, October 2006

Governments and businesses worldwide expect to spend $59 billion this year to thwart terrorists; a six fold increase from 2000.
–Homeland Security Research of Washington D.C., September 2006

86% of global executives believe that children have an advantage over adults in incorporating new technology into their lives.
–Korn/Ferry International, August 2006

Notebook PC ownership grew 8% in 2005.
–Ipsos Insight, July 2006

9 in 10 internet users access the web from home; 50% access the internet from work.
–Ipsos Insight, July 2006

5% of desktop computers need to have a component replaced within the first year; down from 7% two years ago.
–Gartner, July 2006

The first year failure rate of notebooks is 15%; down from 20% two years ago.
–Gartner, July 2006

When asked what role they want to take in adopting newer technologies, only 6% of US executives want to lead; compared to 15% in Europe and 19% in China.
–Accenture, June 2006

54% of Chinese businesses consider themselves early adopters; only 40% of American businesses agree.
–Accenture, June 2006

35% of the software packages installed on personal computers worldwide in 2005 was illegal.
–IDC, May 2006

8% of communicators say they or their company have published a podcast; another 8% asked “what’s a podcast?”
–Dallas/IABC, April 2006

61% of communicators say they’re aware of podcasts but have not listened to one.
–Dallas/IABC, April 2006

63% of big companies plan to syndicate content via RSS by the end of 2006.
–JupiterResearch, May 2006

Only 29% of large companies (more than $50 million in annual revenues) publish content via RSS.
–JupiterResearch, May 2006

Small businesses with 20 to 99 employees spend roughly $70,000 per year on IT.
–Yankee Group, March 2006

50% of small businesses with 20 to 99 employees say their biggest IT challenge is the integration of different applications and systems.
–Yankee Group, March 2006

$195 million in small business nanotech grants have been issued by the U.S. Department of Defense since 2002.
–Lux Research, February 2006

16% of wireless customers have two mobile phones.
–Compete, March 2006

65% of businesses use software to block certain websites.
–American Management Association, February 2006

Worldwide mobile phone shipments increased 19.3% in 2005 from the previous year.
–IDC, January 2006

1 in 8 wireless subscribers rates their service providers’ customers service as “excellent”.
–In-Stat, January 2006

13% of CIOs plan to hire full-time IT staff in the first quarter of 2006.
–Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report, December 2005

Just over 60% of small and medium-sized business use e-mail marketing.
–Frank N. Magid Associates, December 2005

67% of small business owners believe technology can give them a competitive edge.
–MasterCard, December 2005

Only 21% of small business owners think their business is on the cutting edge of technology in their field.
–MasterCard, December 2005

80% of small business owners agree technology creates financial opportunities for their businesses.
–MasterCard, December 2005

More than 60% of small businesses manage their own messaging needs because of privacy and data security concerns.
–Yankee Group, December 2005

66% of CIOs say their IT teams are busier than a year ago.
–Robert Half Technology, November 2005.

12 billion: the number of IMs sent globally every day, an increase of 19% since 2004.
–AOL, November 2005

41% of workers check their e-mail before going to work.
–America Online/Opinion Research Corporation, November 2005

3/4 of all U.S. corporate phone systems will use VoIP connects by 2009.
–Radicate Group, September 2005

81% of CIOs say the technical skill sets needed most within their IT departments are Microsoft Windows (NT/2000/XP) administration expertise.
–Robert Half Technology Hiring Index, September 2005

75% of all U.S. corporate phone systems will use some capacity of VoIP connections by 2009.
–Radicate Group, September 2005

The CRM applications market grew 10% in 2004.
–GolinHarris, September 2005

Corporate wireless e-mail mailboxes will increase from 6.5 million users this year to more than 123 million by 2009.
–Radicati Group, September 2005

61% of IT executives say they back up remote offices to ensure business continuity in the event of a disaster.
–Asigra, September 2005

20% of IT executives say their business has experienced data loss due to lost or stolen tape media.
–Asigra, September 2005

Three in five businesses are planning to boost their spending on e-mail, web design and data quality initiatives.
–CSO Insights Inc., September 2005

23% of businesses say they’ve launched GPS applications.
–Harris Interactive/ForceNine Consulting, September 2005

Only 20% of businesses reported computer intrusions to law authority last year, keeping incidents quiet so their images weren’t damaged.
–FBI/Computer Security Institute, August 2005

CIOs say they spend 39% of their time running and fixing applications, while only 14% of their time is spent building new applications.
–Accenture, August 2005

69% of executives believe that technology has significantly improved efficiency at their company.
–Korn/Ferry International, July 2005

62% of executives believe that the technology industry has somewhat recovered from the “dotcom” recession.
–Korn/Ferry International, July 2005

87% of corporate managers say that real-time internet communications technology plays a key role in supporting sales and marketing operations.
–Larstan Business Reports, July 2005

59.4% of senior managers expect to use more teleconferencing in the second half of 2005.
–Cornerstone International Group, July 2005

14% of CIOs expect to increase their full-time staff in the near future.
–Robert Half Technology, June 2005

45% of small businesses will upgrade their desktop apps within the year.
–In-Stat, July 2005

What electronics small-business owners have: Plain cell phone – 77%; smart phone that sends/receives text messages – 52%; laptop computer – 50%; Blackberry or other device that sends/receives text messages and files – 10%; pager – 10%.
–The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, June 2005

How small-business owners see technological advances in computers and phones: Makes job easier/need fewer people for work – 26%; communication – 25%; availability/accessibility – 25%; timeliness/speed – 23%; efficiency/accuracy – 6%; advanced technology – 5%; convenience – 5%; flexibility/mobility – 5%.
–The Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, June 2005