On-Premises Unified Communications Market Installed Base Growing at a Rate of 27% a Year

A New Study by The Radicati Group Shows Healthy Growth for UC Solutions Targeting Business Customers of All Sizes


PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - November 26, 2007) - The latest study by The Radicati Group, "On-Premises Corporate Unified Communications Market, 2007-2011" provides market size, four-year forecasts, technology trends, and competitive information for the On-Premises Corporate Unified Communications market. The report also includes vendor market share broken out by Region and Business Size.

Unified Communications solutions provide voice, messaging, collaboration, and presence management capabilities that can be accessed and managed from a single interface. UC solutions allow knowledge workers to more effectively deal with the onslought of information coming from different communication channels, such as e-mail, IM, voicemail, etc.

While take up of UC solutions has been slow in the past, due to high prices and the overall complexity of effectively integrating with existing IT and telecommunications infrastructures, the UC market is seeing renewed growth, fueled in part by the entry into the market of Microsoft and IBM.

UC vendors are expected to collect about $652 million in worldwide revenues in 2007, growing to over $1.4 billion in 2011.

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

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides both 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 new investment opportunities.

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

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