The Radicati Group, Inc. Releases "Hosted Email and Collaboration Market, 2012-2016"

PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - Aug 8, 2012) - The latest study by The Radicati Group, "Hosted Email and Collaboration Market, 2012-2016," offers an in-depth analysis of the worldwide market for both business and consumer cloud-based (i.e. hosted) email and collaboration solutions. The study includes market trends, installed base and revenue market share by hosting provider, four-year forecasts, breakouts by region, business size, and platform type.

The study also includes an in-depth analysis of market adoption of Microsoft Hosted Exchange, Microsoft Office 365 and Google Apps. The demographics of organizations migrating to cloud-based email and collaboration services has shifted dramatically over the past year, whereas previously SOHOs and SMBs were the main customers of Hosted Business Email and Collaboration solutions, mid-market and larger organizations are now aggressively moving to the cloud. Additionally, most providers are able to offer enhanced services that include: security, encryption, archiving, instant messaging (IM), wireless email management, productivity suites.

The study includes an analysis of leading business providers: AppRiver, Apptix, Ceryx, Google, IBM, Intermedia, Microsoft, NaviSite, Rackspace, USA.NET, and more, as well as key consumer providers: AOL, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!.

To order a copy of the study, or to subscribe to our market research service, visit our website at http://www.radicati.com, or call Todd Yamasaki at (650) 322-8059.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group is a leading technology research and advisory firm focused on all aspects of email, security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, instant messaging, unified communications, social networking, 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 in the selection of 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 identify new investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, UK.