Money in the Middle - ' Smaller Companies, Bigger Growth'

There's a good reason giants such as Siebel Systems and PeopleSoft are targeting smaller companies-they plan on spending more of their dollars on software.

Infrastructure Software Growth Forecast by Company Size
No. of Employees	2001 (%)	2002 (%)	2003 (%)	2004 (%)	2005 (%)	2006 (%)
100 to 499	27.9	34.1	14.3	29.2	21.8	14.3
500 to 999	-0.4	13.6	15.3	27.9	23.1	14.9
1,000 to 2,499	-7.5	1.8	6.3	9.1	13.2	10.9
2,500 to 4,999	-15.5	-2.3	1.2	4.4	6.2	4.8
5,000 or more	-8.6	-4.4	1.9	-2.0	1.2	4.6
SOURCE: gartner research (february 2003)