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Software development
The May 2005 Sensis® Business Index found that seven per cent of SMEs engaged in some form of software development in the last two years, with the accommodation, cafes and restaurants sector having the highest level of involvement (16 per cent).
The main reason that SMEs had developed software in the past two years was for their internal use (86 percent). The other reason given by 46 per cent of SMEs that had produced software was that they had done it for external sale. While most software development was for internal, 33 per cent of SMEs estimated that the value to their business Of the software development had been under $10,000, with 32 per cent estimating a value between $10,000 and $100,000 and 22 per cent estimating a value of over $100,000.
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