Smartbunker has announced the results of an independent survey of 400 SMB IT decision makers. When asked by market research company, Vanson Bourne, whether their organisation struggled to provide the IT infrastructure necessary to host business critical applications, 37% of respondents admitted to difficulties.

Kelly Smith, managing director at Smartbunker, commented, "Provisioning a server to provide acceptable application delivery to an increasingly demanding and de-centralised work force is a highly skilled task. As an SMB gets larger, hosting applications becomes even more difficult as the number and complexity of applications increase. This survey shows that a significant number of SMBs are encountering service delivery issues when they attempt to provision a service in-house."