New data from Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) highlights similarities and differences in IT trends between enterprises (500+ employees) and SMBs (small and midsize businesses with 1-499 employees). Here are some key takeaways:
- Nearly two-thirds of enterprises (64%) plan to raise IT budgets vs. 45% of SMBs.
- Tech buying challenges will continue in 2022. Enterprises are more worried than smaller companies about provisioning and supporting remote employees and security breaches.
- 21% of enterprise IT budgets will go to managed services in 2022, compared to 14% in SMBs.
- All organizations will reinvigorate spending on emerging tech, but enterprises are significantly more likely to invest in futuristic solutions than their smaller counterparts.
- Most enterprises (61%) plan to increase the size of their IT department in 2022, compared to only 30% of SMBs.
