VSBs reported 6 percent more mobile integration than small businesses (defined as 26-99 employees), and 2 percent more than large businesses (defined as 1,500-5,000 employees). These statistics certainly cast doubt on any perceptions that VSBs are confined to antiquated technology or slow to invest in IT.

Mobile technology may not be restricted to businesses based on their size, but there are other key factors to consider. Expertise and resources are the most obvious limitations of VSBs, which frequently don’t have dedicated IT staff to manage technology implementations.

These limitations may lead to a knowledge gap even amongst security-minded business owners. For example, 31 percent of VSBs listed “Securing Mobile/Portable Computing Devices” as one of their top-three IT security priorities for the next 12 months (a rate comparable to the 34 percent adoption rate from the previous 12 months).

But when asked about BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies, where employees use their own mobile devices for business purposes, the survey uncovered a perception-gap based on company size.

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