A REPORT FROM the Yankee Group claimed that 43% of small and medium businesses it surveyed are kept awake at night because they fear depending too heavily on the Vole.

And 72 per cent of the people surveyed said they were looking for other vendors presumably so they can have a good night\ufffds kip.

Yankee said it was surprised at the level of the concern in the sector. Michael Lauricella, an analyst at the firm said that whether it was a five person pizza house or a 400 employee manufacturer, these firms are expressing similar anxieties about Microsoft.