"Messaging Platforms for Hosted Email Providers - Market Quadrant 2008"

A Competitive Analysis of the Market for Messaging & Collaboration Platforms for Hosted Email Providers


PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - March 5, 2008) - The Radicati Group, Inc. has released a new market brief on the "Messaging Platforms for Hosted Email Providers" segment of the Messaging & Collaboration market, which analyzes the market's highly competitive landscape.

The Radicati Group, Inc. segments the Messaging & Collaboration market into three distinct segments: on-premises Enterprise Messaging & Collaboration platforms, Hosted Email Services, and Messaging & Collaboration Platforms for Hosted Email Providers. This study focuses only on the Messaging & Collaboration Platforms for Hosted Email Providers market segment; these platforms are used by Hosted Email Providers to offer Hosted Email services to subscribers.

Radicati Market Quadrants rank vendors in this market based on a four quadrant system, which includes "Mature Players," "Specialists," "Trail Blazers," and "Top Players" quadrants. Leading players in each market segment are ranked based on the features and functionality of their solution, as well as their market share in that segment. Radicati Market Quadrants provide a comparative viewpoint of the market, and a brief analysis of each vendor is included in the study, including both strengths and weaknesses.

Companies evaluated in the report include CommuniGate Systems, Critical Path, Gordano, IBM, Ipswitch, Kerio, Mailsite, Microsoft, Mirapoint, Open-Xchange, Openwave, Sun Microsystems and Zimbra.

To order a copy of the study, or for additional information please visit our web site at http://www.radicati.com, or call (650) 322-8059.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of e-mail security, e-mail archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products and technologies to support their business needs, as well as with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. We also work with investment firms on a worldwide basis to help them identify and assess investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, Hong Kong, and Melbourne.

Contact Information: Contact: Sara Radicati The Radicati Group, Inc. (650) 322-8059