More small businesses are embracing modern technology. This surge in modernization is being fed, in part, by the increasing affordability of today’s computer hardware, mobile devices and cloud-based services.
Surprising small business technology statistics
- 27% of small businesses do not have IT support.
- Just 53% of small businesses have a website.
- 80% of small businesses are still using a manual integration tool.
- Mobile apps save small business employees 725 million work hours per year.
- Small business technology spending increased by 50% in 2015.
- 66% of small business would fail without wireless technology.
- 66% of small business owners rely on mobile devices to manage operations.
- 92% of small businesses are using one or more cloud-based solution.
- Cloud solutions decrease small business workload by at least 42%.
What’s worrying today’s small business owners?
While there are plenty of small business technology needs, those needs are not devoid of any caveats. Today’s small business owner has plenty to worry about. The most common technology concern is: IT disruption.
A recent report revealed some discerning statistics on small business technology worries that many small business owners have. According to the study, 55% of small business owners feel that their current technology solutions are actually “a hindrance to incorporating or adopting new technologies.” Meanwhile, a majority of 65% of small business owners feel that IT disruption will play a strong factor in their tech spending decisions. This coincides with other findings by a study that conclude that 75% of tech influencers at medium-sized businesses are also concerned about IT disruption.
According to Wikipedia, “IT disruption falls” under the same category as “disruptive innovation.” It’s defined as: “A disruptive innovation is an innovation that creates a new market and value network and eventually disrupts an existing market and value network, displacing established market leading firms, products and alliances.
Disruptive technologies require infrastructure
The best and most recent real-life example of disruptive technology would be smartphones. When they arrived, they disrupted a multibillion dollar cellphone and Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) industry, while also introducing technologies like Bluetooth and Mp3 to the mainstream market.
But with newer cloud-based solutions in place, such as Everything as a Service (XaaS), disruptive technology will only affect the small business owner minutely. For instance, Chrome Books have minimal technology under the hood and are really a cloud-tethered device. Without the cloud-based services these newer and economic laptops connect to, they are essentially useless. Disruptive technology does not really affect them because they are connected to the cloud, which is constantly evolving.
Forward-looking small business owners can get on the path to modernization with a smart plan in place. Along the way, it’s wise to partner with a trusted provider that can assess your technology needs and help your business adopt to the best technologies for today and tomorrow.
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