This IDC study examines the messaging applications market from 2007 to 2009. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2009.
"IDC believes that the worldwide messaging applications submarket is poised for a slight rebound in 2010," says Erin Traudt, research director for IDC's Enterprise Collaboration and Social Solutions program. "Messaging technologies are increasingly converging into other offerings; however, these point solutions play an important role in providing flexibility and choice for IT departments, which have to create and manage an array of solutions for their internal customers."