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Web 2.0 Services Drive E-Mail Client Evolution

Posted on: Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 09:00 CST

The Radicati Group, Inc.'s latest study, "E-mail Client Market, 2006-2010," provides an in-depth look at the market for webmail and desktop e-mail clients. The study examines three segments: desktop e-mail clients, consumer webmail clients, and corporate webmail clients.

According to the study, the worldwide installed base of e-mail clients will increase from about 1.9 billion seats in 2006, to nearly 3.6 billion seats in 2010. This represents an average annual growth rate of 18%, and an overall increase of 91% between 2006 and 2010.

Corporate and consumer webmail clients will drive growth in the e-mail client market over the next four years. New Web 2.0 techniques such as AJAX and DHTML have opened the door for a new breed of webmail clients that offer desktop-like features and improved performance. Consumers and corporate users are increasingly using these clients to complement or replace desktop solutions.

Microsoft has a comfortable lead in the desktop client market with MS Outlook and MS Outlook Express clients. However, the company is facing increased competition from the free Mozilla Thunderbird desktop client, which has developed a strong following, particularly from within the open source community.

To order a copy of the study, or to subscribe to our market research service, please visit our web site at http://www.radicati.com, or call Ruchi Batra at (650) 322-8059.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, 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 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 new investment opportunities.

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

 Contact: Ruchi Batra The Radicati Group, Inc. (650) 322-8059 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=BF93FDAE1061781C  

SOURCE: The Radicati Group, Inc.

Source: MARKET WIRE

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