Comments on: IBM Gets Clearer on the SMB Market http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html Exploring the trends driving small business Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:26:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Omar Kettani http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-451732 Omar Kettani Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:10:16 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-451732 IBM is a very large company and its main focus has always been large accounts. I am not sure how successful IBM could be in exploring the small business market. The small business market is much closer to the consumer market than the corporate market. As a result, I believe that Microsoft with it's consumer brand name is much more likely to succeed in the small business arena than IBM. IBM is a very large company and its main focus has always been large accounts. I am not sure how successful IBM could be in exploring the small business market. The small business market is much closer to the consumer market than the corporate market. As a result, I believe that Microsoft with it’s consumer brand name is much more likely to succeed in the small business arena than IBM.

]]> By: Call it a Small Business, No a Mid-Sized Business, No a Large Corporation : Selling to Small Businesses http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-374557 Call it a Small Business, No a Mid-Sized Business, No a Large Corporation : Selling to Small Businesses Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:40:31 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-374557 [...] IBM’s approach to the SMB market demonstrates even further categorization.  IBM has divided up SMBs into two groups.  One group is 100 to 1,000 employees.  The other group is 1,000 to 5,000 employees, a group that IBM has dubbed SMB-LE (or SMB large enterprise).  Note this IBM sales presentation which defines SMB-LE.  Read more at:  IBM Gets Clearer on the SMB Market. [...] [...] IBM’s approach to the SMB market demonstrates even further categorization.  IBM has divided up SMBs into two groups.  One group is 100 to 1,000 employees.  The other group is 1,000 to 5,000 employees, a group that IBM has dubbed SMB-LE (or SMB large enterprise).  Note this IBM sales presentation which defines SMB-LE.  Read more at:  IBM Gets Clearer on the SMB Market. [...]

]]> By: Bob Roberts http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-368131 Bob Roberts Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:06:06 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-368131 Microsoft has a similar program for small businesses and an even better program if you building small business building products on the Microsoft platform. Microsoft has a similar program for small businesses and an even better program if you building small business building products on the Microsoft platform.

]]> By: Anita Campbell http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-366101 Anita Campbell Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:53:41 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-366101 That's an interesting thought, Steve. "Small" definitely is in the eye of the beholder. - Anita That’s an interesting thought, Steve. “Small” definitely is in the eye of the beholder.

- Anita

]]> By: Steve http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-365607 Steve Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:32:33 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-365607 Anita: This clearly is a problem. It seems to me some leading small business blogger (hint, hint, wink, wink) should propose a set of industry standard size definitions and work with others to have them become standards. Steve Anita:

This clearly is a problem. It seems to me some leading small business blogger (hint, hint, wink, wink) should propose a set of industry standard size definitions and work with others to have them become standards.

Steve

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