Remote Access Services Market Analysis: Leveraging Remote Control Software Technology to Offer Mobile Users New Access Opportunities

This IDC study examines the emerging remote access services market with a discussion of vendor revenue for CY04 as well as market trends. A vendor competitive analysis and an IDC Leadership Grid of leading vendors are provided. This study also includes profiles of the leading vendors and identifies the characteristics that vendors will need to be successful in the future.

"IDC believes that in the near term there is a strong opportunity for subscriber adoption of remote access services. This initial near-term adoption may spawn strong niche opportunities that could push this service to succeed within specific segments of the mobile user population (such as the day extender, SMB market, and so on) and remain viable in the long term as part of those market areas. However, there are a number of behavioral and technological barriers to cross for this technology to fully explode and receive true acceptance within the enterprise over the long term." — Stephen D. Drake, program director, Mobile Software