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 Fri, 25 May 2012 13:12:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: What’s a Small Business? http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-1238650 What’s a Small Business? Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:12:09 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-1238650 [...] Infusionsoft is in existence to help small businesses succeed.So, what’s a small business?Is it IBM’s definition of “companies with under 1000 employees and/or less than $500 million in annual revenue?”Is a [...] [...] Infusionsoft is in existence to help small businesses succeed.So, what’s a small business?Is it IBM’s definition of “companies with under 1000 employees and/or less than $500 million in annual revenue?”Is a [...]

]]> By: KEY ON IT » Business Intelligence for SMBs http://smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-1132196 KEY ON IT » Business Intelligence for SMBs Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:54:26 +0000 http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2007/10/ibm-gets-clearer-on-the-smb-market.html#comment-1132196 [...] have taken place over the past year indicating that BI solutions may be within reach of small and mid-sized businesses.  With vendors providing some BI functionally within their core product, and the emergence of [...] [...] have taken place over the past year indicating that BI solutions may be within reach of small and mid-sized businesses.  With vendors providing some BI functionally within their core product, and the emergence of [...]

]]> 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 [...] IBM’s approach to the

]]> 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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