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effectiveness, operational efficiency and financial performance. The report was sponsored by
SAP, the world's leading provider of business software solutions, as part
of its efforts to advance the study and understanding of small and midsize
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everyone begins to recover and rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. This is evidence of an
extremely pragmatic and business-driven approach to technology choices. SBTI also provides
technology developers and vendors with market intelligence and knowledge to
ensure the development of products that meet the needs of small businesses.

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C. Local Area Networks (LANs) (78 percent) and broadband
Internet access (82 percent) are pervasive, but only a fraction of small
businesses use networked applications to acquire and analyze data from
multiple functions of the business or to communicate and collaborate with
supply chain partners. About 50 percent of small businesses have found
substantial competitive advantage in the uses of these types of software
applications, even if as many as 40 percent feel today's solutions do not
fully meet their requirements.sbtechnologyinstitute .

About the Small Business Technology Institute

The Small Business Technology Institute (SBTI) is a non-profit, public
benefit corporation that fosters the adoption of information technology
among small businesses. SBTI provides information technology awareness,
education, consulting , and support services to businesses with 1 to 300
employees, with a focus on disadvantaged categories .

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Integrated business systems and automated
processes are no longer the exclusive domain of large companies, according
to a report by the Small Business Technology Institute (SBTI), a non-profit
organization that fosters technology education and adoption among small
businesses.

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According to the report, titled "The Future of Integrated Business
Management Applications in the Small Business Market"
(http://www.htm), integrated Business
Management Applications interact with the critical functions of the
business, providing managers with the key benefit of accessing
comprehensive, consistent and timely information across their entire
operation. The
study also confirmed only 7 percent of small businesses have currently
deployed fully integrated business management applications such as small-
scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), indicating a great opportunity
for the development of integrated business management applications tailored
for this market.

-- Small business owners, CEOs and presidents are the decision makers for
technology choices in their companies.

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support to the individuals and families affected by Hurricane Katrina in the
Gulf Coast region of the United States.acmoore. These solutions are the key to enabling small
business managers to evolve to an analytical , data-driven management style,
where decisions are based on an accurate view of present and future needs,
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Technology Adoption Trends Suggest Bright Future for Business Management
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-- Demand is growing rapidly for technology tools to help small
businesses acquire, store and analyze data from all their functions.

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This 2004 study employs the Small Business Technology Institute's
Technology Adoption Index, a sophisticated model that assesses the position
of small businesses in the technology adoption lifecycle.

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C. Moore operates arts and crafts stores that offer a vast assortment of
traditional and contemporary arts and crafts merchandise for a wide range of
customers. making efforts to
bring together their financial, marketing and operational systems. Qualified survey
respondents were 1,083 small businesses in the United States with 1-300
employees and less than $100M annual revenues.

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Knowledge and product fit are the
most critical factors in driving successful technology adoption.
Principals are most often the decision makers and they tend to rely heavily
upon their personal knowledge and traditional media sources (89 percent),
but also place growing importance on alternative resources, such as the
opinion of their peers (85 percent) , other users (47 percent), value added
resellers (16 percent) and consultants (37 percent).

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intelligence from the Small Business Technology Institute at
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Survey respondents underscored that cost
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Management Applications represent a radical shift in the way small
businesses integrate disconnected systems, automate manual processes and
improve business performance.

-- Cost is the leading driver of Business Management software purchasing
decisions among small businesses.sbtechnologyinstitute .org or call
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Moore will be shipping $250,000 of activity kits
and craft supplies for distribution to children in shelters in the Baton Rouge
area.
"These children have suffered loss and devastation at the hands of this
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"To compete and grow in the global economy, small businesses need to make
informed decisions based on a timely and integrated picture of what's
happening throughout the company, and until now , these capabilities were
out of reach," said Andrea Peiro, CEO and practice director of Market
Intelligence for the Small Business Technology Institute.
For more information, visit http://www.