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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>UK ISV Blog : SMB</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/archive/tags/SMB/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: SMB</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>A worthwhile read - “Guide to Profitability in SMB”</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/archive/2008/05/16/a-worthwhile-read-guide-to-profitability-in-smb.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:39:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8513112</guid><dc:creator>kirstys</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/comments/8513112.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/commentrss.aspx?PostID=8513112</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;This latest report (Apr 08) on the SMB market from Microsoft has been published with Computer Reseller News and quantifies the market opportunity based on recent AMI-Partners research as well as how to exploit the opportunity. In addition Microsoft resources available are outlined.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;The overall message is that partners who get the market approach right will realise significant opportunities - &amp;#163;22bn anticipated growth in 2008! (AMI-Partners research). As well as quantifying the market opportunity for partners the research uncovers top business concerns for the SMB: competition, profitability, finding/retaining talented employees, and increasing customer satisfaction. The research also shares the fastest growing IT goals for SMB &amp;#8211; hosted applications, better operational management, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and increased communication and collaboration both within and between office locations. A worthy read!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Download the &lt;a href="https://partner.microsoft.com/UK/40058899?PS=95000124"&gt;Guide to Profitability in SMB:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=8513112" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/archive/tags/Partner/default.aspx">Partner</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/archive/tags/MSPP/default.aspx">MSPP</category><category domain="http://blogs.msdn.com/ukisv/archive/tags/SMB/default.aspx">SMB</category></item></channel></rss>