US small and medium business (SMB) technology consumers are increasingly allocating a larger proportion of their spending to cloud-based services, according to a new research by AMI-Partners.
The research revealed that the proportion of spending to cloud-based services was 10% in 2010, and is projected to increase to more than 15% in 2015.
In addition, as the migration into the cloud accelerates, SMB buyers are expected to show a strong inclination to purchase bundled cloud offerings as opposed to a stand-alone application.
AMI employee Donald Best said a significant segment of US SMBs prefer to deploy multiple cloud services in order to achieve flexibility, ease of IT management, and lower CAPEX.
"This is also driving an evolution in the channel ecosystem, as communications service providers and hosts increasingly offer bundles including productivity suites and other cloud-based applications," Best said.
The research highlighted that 38% of US SMBs have indicated a strong preference for obtaining Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as part of a package/bundle, versus only 11% who are interested in a single service.
Further, one-third of US SMBs are interested in bundling multiple hosted infrastructure and remotely managed services offerings, versus 9% of firms who only want a single service.
