The Radicati Group Releases "Unified Communications - Market Quadrant, 2008"

A Competitive Analysis of On-Premises Unified Communications Solutions


PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - December 9, 2008) - The Radicati Group, Inc. has released a new market brief on the On-Premises Unified Communications Market, which analyzes the market's highly competitive landscape.

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, with both strengths and weaknesses.

The Radicati Group, Inc. segments the Unified Communications market into four segments: On-Premises UC products, UC Platforms for Service Providers, Hosted Business UC Services, and Telecom UC Services. This study focuses only on the On-Premises UC products segment. Vendors in this segment come from three distinct backgrounds, PBX and telephony system vendors, messaging software vendors, and voicemail/fax system vendors.

Vendors evaluated in the report include Active Voice, Alcatel-Lucent, Avaya, AVST, Cisco, CommuniGate Systems, Genesys Telecommunication Laboratories, IBM, Interactive Intelligence, Microsoft, Mitel Networks, Nortel Networks, Siemens AG, and ShoreTel.

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 (650) 322-8059.

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 offices in London, Hong Kong, and Melbourne.

Contact Information: Contact: Lauren Reardon The Radicati Group, Inc. (650) 322-8059