SMB market still a mystery
Are the big IT vendors still in the dark when it comes to the SMB market? Illuminata analyst Wayne Kernochan thinks so.
I think Kernochan is right on when he says that creating SMB-specific software and applications isn’t just a matter of scaling down existing enterprise-level apps.
Rather, software and apps for SMBs should be developed from the ground up with the specific needs of SMBs – simple to use, easy to administer, yet powerful enough to get the job done, as Kernochan told InternetNews.com — as the focus.
Let’s hope the major IT vendors get the message.
Posted: June 22nd, 2007 under Uncategorized.
[…] Jeff, I think you are partly right when you say that SMBs need IT products that are built from the ground up for SMBs, not enterprise products that have been scaled down (or dumbed down, some cynics would say). Hey, I touched on this very subject last month while writing about the SMB storage technology. […]
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