Small-to-medium businesses (SMBs)—companies with 100–499 employees—are projected to increase their IT spending at rates that are higher than the overall market. Most SMBs also intend to increase their ratio of new investments to overall IT spending. These trends reflect business growth initiatives. The most prevalent initiatives include deploying major new software applications and replacing or upgrading existing applications. To support these initiatives, SMBs will be seeking to upgrade or replace their servers and storage.

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