SMBs add up to big data, big purchasing power and big IT.
Small businesses may be small in size, but they make up for it with their larger-than-life impact.
SMBs have been referred to as the "engine of the economy," [2] and according to this infographic from the Spiceworks community [3], they're also the uninterruptible power supply of IT. Totaling in at about 18 million SMBs worldwide, this group of organizations carries significant weight, influence and power.
Here are a few eye-popping stats from the Spiceworks infographic [3]:
- 197 million people are employed by SMBs.
- $3 billion is spent on technology every day by SMBs.
- 6.5 billion e-mails are sent by SMBs every day.
- 185,353,532.92 gigabytes of data are being stored by SMBs.
- 7,000,000 IT workers manage the IT that keeps SMBs running.
Check out the full infographic from Spiceworks [3] below.
