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		<description><![CDATA[ Data and analysis focusing on the market potential, preferred channels, services needs, budgets, priorities, decision makers and purchasing criteria of small and midsize organizations in North America. Topics include key technologies, spending patterns and growth forecasts for this changing market. ]]></description> 
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	 							<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Research Catalog: Small and Midsize Businesses North America]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This Dataquest Research Catalog contains information on Gartner research for clients of the Small and Midsize Businesses North America product. Recently published research documents are listed as well as plans for upcoming research deliverables. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Gartner Market Databook, 1Q11 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Dollar-valued global IT spending is estimated to increase 5.6% in 2011 and grow 4.5% in 2012. Global IT spending will average 4.8% annual growth from 2010 through 2015. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: SharePoint 2010 Opportunities in the Midmarket for Microsoft-Oriented ISVs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Midsize businesses are asking for applications based on SharePoint to leverage the investments they have made in that platform. Microsoft-oriented independent software vendors have an opportunity to build applications on top of SharePoint 2010 to address the application needs of midsize businesses. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: SMB Cloud Services Require Comprehensive CSP Channel Strategies]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ SMB cloud adoption is on the rise: communications service providers will need to invest in more comprehensive channel strategies to gain market share. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Trends: Emerging Opportunity in the SMB ERP Services Market, India, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Service providers should recognize the emerging but shifting opportunity in the ERP services in the small and midsize space in India. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: The Market Opportunity for Ultra-Low-Cost Servers in Very Small Businesses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this report, we examine the market for ultra-low-cost servers (below $500), with a focus on businesses with zero to nine employees, and discuss the drivers and inhibitors that contribute to the potential market opportunity for server providers in this space. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: Opportunities to Sell Disaster Recovery Solutions in the Midmarket]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Midsize businesses have been feeling the pressure to improve disaster recovery postures for many years now. Server virtualization and improved storage technologies have empowered many to take action. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: Midsize Businesses Cite Key Selection Criteria for IT Investments]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT providers will face a challenging environment through 2011 as midsize businesses will continue to carefully scrutinize IT spending. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: IT Providers Are Selling Cloud Hosting Services to SMBs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The effects of the economic downturn on IT budgets, as well as the drive for more flexibility within IT departments, will push many small or midsize businesses to evaluate and purchase cloud hosting services. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Small-and-Midsize-Business External IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2014, 3Q10 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document describes changing conditions affecting the 3Q10 SMB forecast update. Forecast assumptions, analysis of market changes and the market model for the forecast are presented here.  ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Small-and-Midsize-Business External IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2014, 3Q10 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Worldwide small-and-midsize-business IT spending is forecast to be $818 billion in 2010, with a compound annual growth rate of 5.7% from 2009 through 2014. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Small-and-Midsize-Business External IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2014, 2Q10 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document describes changing conditions impacting the 2Q10 SMB forecast update. Forecast assumptions, analysis and the market model for the forecast are presented. This is a companion document to "Forecast: Small-and-Midsize-Business External IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2014, 2Q10 Update." ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast: Small-and-Midsize-Business External IT Spending, Worldwide, 2008-2014, 2Q10 Update]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Worldwide small-and-midsize-business IT spending is forecast to be $836 billion in 2010, with a compound annual growth rate of 5.8% from 2009 through 2014. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Forecast Analysis: Small-and-Midsize-Business ERP Software, Latin America, 2008-2013]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's estimate for the size of the Latin American small-and-midsize-business ERP market is $501 million in total software revenue in 2010. The market is forecast to reach $584 million in total software revenue in 2013. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Survey Analysis: North American Midsize Businesses Cite Cloud Intentions]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ While software as a service represents the largest area of spending by midsize businesses through 2012, infrastructure as a service represents an area of significant new growth and interest. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: Analyzing the Business Opportunity for IT Vendors for SaaS in the Japanese SMB Market]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ While the market potential of software as a service in the Japanese small or midsize business market is large, demand and adoption is quite modest. Technology providers should understand the unique dynamics of the Japanese SMB market to tailor SaaS offerings and marketing techniques to it. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Survey Analysis: Are Organizations Behind Implementing Hosted Virtual Desktops in the Midmarket?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Midsize businesses show increasing interest in hosted virtual desktop technology, but they are still wary about the cost of capital and the immaturity of available solutions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Market Insight: Midsize Businesses Cite Top Infrastructure Challenges]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last year, consolidation and standardization initiatives were in, while most upgrades of older systems were on hold. The goals and objectives in the midmarket through 1H11 are to continue to reduce infrastructure and operations cost structures, while still making crucial IT investments. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Survey Analysis: Five Opportunities Created by Midmarket Server Virtualization Adoption]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Server virtualization is causing many midsize businesses to rearchitect and modernize their IT environments. The sweeping effect that virtualization is having on other infrastructure initiatives presents opportunities for IT providers. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: SMBs in Australia and China Want to Use Desktop Virtualization to Improve Business Agility]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner conducted a survey to find out the current implementation and opportunities of HVD among small or midsize businesses in Australia, China and India. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: How Chinese SMBs Buy Technology]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Chinese small-and-midsize-business buyers are at once dependent on and frustrated with the quality and range of value-added services they receive from the channel. This situation creates opportunity for distributors and suppliers that can fill the value gap. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Maximizing SMB Software Revenue in BRIC]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner surveyed IT and business leaders of SMBs in Brazil, Russia, India, China to better understand their plans for software spending in 2011. We examine their software spending priorities, preferred channels, price offerings and other buying behaviors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Hosted Virtual Desktop Set to Grow Server Demand for SMBs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner conducted a global end-user survey for businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees to understand their plans for adoption of hosted virtual desktops. The survey reveals a strong intention to adopt HVDs in the next 12 months. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Survey Analysis: Worldwide SMB IT Spending Plans for 2011]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT spending plans for small and midsize businesses will focus on improving the efficiency of IT environments in 2011. Many organizations have become complacent and are not focused on growing their business. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: BRIC SMBs Getting Closer to Adopting Cloud Computing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research examines the attitudes and preferences of small and midsize businesses in Brazil, Russia, India and China toward cloud-computing services and describes how vendors can leverage such knowledge to accelerate the adoption of cloud services in the market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Why Small-Business Storage Is a Tough Sell]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Selling storage systems to small businesses is tough because small businesses typically don't have a large storage demand and find client/server internal storage sufficient. This report leverages selected user survey results to highlight what is missing and what can be improved by storage providers. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Worldwide Small-and-Midsize-Business Spending on Cloud and the Data Center]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A large-scale study of enterprise IT spending was conducted from April 2010 through July 2010 to discover enterprise IT spending plans for 2010 and 2011. This report analyzes data by company size around cloud services and data center topics. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SWOT: Totvs, Enterprise Application Software, Worldwide, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Totvs is a rapidly growing enterprise software vendor that has grown to become one of the largest providers of ERP applications. While management has executed well, competition from larger global vendors will further test the company's ability to execute. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: Varying Trajectory for Midmarket Public Cloud Usage Across Vertical Industries, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Responses in a recent Gartner survey on the technology-related trends and buying behaviors indicate that 7% to 29% of midmarket companies plan investments in industry-specific software as a service in the next 12 months, led by the transportation and education sectors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Dataquest Guide: Gartner's New SMB Segmentation and Methodology]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner recently reviewed its global segmentation of the small-and-midsize-business market and, as a result, changed the definition of SMB for Latin America, EMEA and Asia/Pacific. This report explains our methodology, the revised definitions and how they will affect research.  ]]></description>
		
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   			<title><![CDATA[ User Survey Analysis: SMBs in Australia and China Want to Use Desktop Virtualization to Improve Business Agility]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner conducted a survey to find out the current implementation and opportunities of HVD among small or midsize businesses in Australia, China and India. ]]></description>
		
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