"Small businesses will account for more than 75 per cent of this spending, with the manufacturing industry driving almost 45 per cent of total ICT spending," said James Cheng, Singapore-based SMB research manager, AMI-Partners. "Basic computing hardware in the form of desktop and notebook PCs will continue to dominate Vietnam SMBs' spending this year. However, Internet, storage and security spending is likely to also grow at a fast clip."
"Notebook spending amongst Vietnam-based MBs is likely to hit $19 million this year, up 16 per cent over 2007," Cheng said. "This is due to a rise in mobile employees. Up to 71 per cent of MBs said in AMI surveys that they had a mobile workforce and want to increase the number of mobile employees in the future. This trend will ensure the continued rise in notebook spending by Vietnam MBs."
According to the study, MBs in Vietnam invested about $199 million in 2007 on computing hardware alone. Though spending on basic computing infrastructure will continue to dominate the bulk of IT spend this year, strong growth in areas such as the Internet, storage and security will be evident.
"While investments in basic infrastructure will continue, the investment priorities for SMBs in the next 12 months will centre on increasing bandwidth, improving storage and security capabilities to prepare for their next phase of organisation growth," added Cheng.
Vietnam is expected to continue its strong economic growth in 2008 and MBs will invest more in higher-end IT infrastructure, revealed the study. |
