The Radicati Group Releases "Hosted E-mail Market - 2006 Market Quadrant"

A Competitive Analysis of Hosted Business E-mail Providers and ISP/Webmail Providers


PALO ALTO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 19, 2006 -- The latest market brief by The Radicati Group, "Hosted E-mail Market - 2006 Market Quadrant," provides a competitive analysis of the Hosted E-mail Market.

Radicati Market Quadrants rank vendors 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 and their market share in that segment. Radicati Market Quadrants provide a comparative viewpoint of the market, and an analysis of each vendor included in the study, including both strengths and weaknesses.

The Radicati Group's "Hosted E-mail Market - 2006 Market Quadrants" covers two segments in the Hosted E-mail Market: Hosted Business E-mail providers, and ISP/Webmail providers. Companies evaluated in the Hosted Business E-mail providers segment include: ACS, ASP-One (Apptix), Everyone.net, Electricmail, Intermedia.net, Mailstreet (Apptix), Mi8 (Apptix), USA.NET, WebCentral (Melbourne IT) and Webmail.us. Companies evaluated in the ISP/Webmail segment include: America Online, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!.

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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 a European office in London, UK and an Australian office in Melbourne.

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