Illuminas Net Impact Study reveals SME’s technology investments

Canadian small and medium enterprises are taking a “big business” approach to their technology investments and becoming more sophisticated, according to findings released today from the Net Impact SME Canada 2006 study.

“Year after year of research among large organizations has shown that the diffusion of information and communication technology (ICT), from sophisticated network infrastructure to highly customized enterprise applications, has almost reached a saturation point. The technology manufacturing sector, academics, integration consultants and researchers have preached the importance and benefits of investing in technology infrastructure and businesses got it. Yet it is not clear whether the same benefits from ICT reaped by large enterprises are being experienced within the small and medium enterprises…” Download PDF