Small/Medium Businesses Plan To Purchase Hardware, Software

摘要

Small and medium businesses are holding on to their servers and laptops longer these days, but most are also planning to make significant investments in new hardware and software over the next six months, according to a new survey.rnOther survey findings:rn1. Small and medium businesses are squeezing an extra year out of their hardware. The average planned life-span of hardware, which includes desktops, laptops and servers, increased 26 percent from 40 months to 50 months.rn2. Despite using hardware for a longer period of time, 68 percent of SMBs plan to add new hardware to then-networks within the next six months. Among hardware purchasing priorities, 56 percent plan to buy desktops, 55 percent plan to purchases laptops, 45 percent plan new server purchases, 31 percent plan to add printers, and 27 percent plan to add new network devices. Only 13 percent have their eyes on netbooks.