This document discusses smart living and technologies for small and medium-sized businesses. It outlines key challenges small businesses face in adopting new technologies with limited budgets and resources. It provides recommendations on how SMBs can leverage technologies like mobility, cloud services, and collaboration tools in a cost-effective way to compete with larger businesses and capture new opportunities.
7. SMALL & MID-SIZED BUSINESSES
BUSINESS WITH A SMALL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
8. SMALL & MID-SIZED BUSINESSES
The legal definition of quot;smallquot; often varies by country
and industry, but is generally under 100 employees in
the United States while under 50 employees in the
European Union
9. SMALL & MID-SIZED BUSINESSES
In comparison, the American definition of mid-sized business
by the number of employees is generally under 500 while 250 is for
that of European Union
11. SMALL & MID-SIZED BUSINESSES
REGIONAL FLAVOR!
Large number of employees (>500)
Big IT budgets or budgets in general
Very elaborate IT strategy
Big revenues (>100 M USD)
20. Mobile / wireless solutions and applications
The Internet (as a marketplace)
Enhanced communication and interactivity
IN SUMMARY Collaboration between employees, partners and customers
One box from a one stop shop
Business is focused on results, not with technology
SMBs want it simple, affordable and working
22. WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHALLENGES?
Mobility for employees
Online business
Improved collaboration
Risk free secure operation
ENC Y
Contingency plans
EMERG
24. ADOPTING LATEST TECHNOLOGY
WITH LIMITED RESOURCES
Managed services
Outsourcing
Work closely with the right supplier
Invest for the future
Invest in the right components
25. SMB’S NEED TO THINK BIG
Ability to capture, organize, share and
analyze information
React to the market and make business
decisions based on this information
Adopt strategic purchasing plans
Approach with defined performance
goalsyielding to tangible and measured
results
27. WHAT ARE THE TRENDS?
Out of the box high end IT solutions
Delivery models (direct implementations, hosted, managed, SaaS, appliances)
IT vendor or supplier as an extension to their IT department
Wireless networking, all in one printers and business automation software, etc.
28. HOW CAN SMB’S SAVE?
Minimize resources
Reduce overheads on one hand
Simple Recipe:
Capture
Access
Share
Collaborate
Execute
Analyze
Learn
29. HOW CAN SMB’S SAVE?
Minimize resources
Reduce overheads on one hand
Simple Recipe:
Capture
Access
Share
Collaborate
Execute
Analyze
Learn
31. WHAT CAN AN SMB DO WRONG?
Address a problem when it occurs
Reactive behavior and notoriously underestimating IT
capabilities
Cutting too many corners the first time around
Anti-IT (or IT-resisting) culture within their organization
Not to embrace IT and make it a core strategy for SMB success
Over commit without properly analyzing their capabilities and
enabling infrastructure
Not having an effective online presence