Worldwide Standalone and Embedded Team Collaborative Applications 2005 Vendor Shares: Team Activities Are Everywhere

This IDC study examines the standalone and embedded TCA market for the 2003-2005 period and includes worldwide market size by region and type (standalone and embedded TCA in content management [CM], product information management [PIM], portal, operating environment and other software) and market trends in 2005. This study also provides 2005 standalone TCA vendor revenue market shares by region and an IDC Leadership Grid showing the relative positioning of vendors in the standalone and embedded TCA market. It then compares the different venues available for team collaboration now and in the future. The vendor shares and competitive analysis contained here update those found in Worldwide Team Collaborative Applications 2004 Vendor Shares: Competition Heats Up in Venue Bidding for Team Collaboration (IDC #34036, September 2005). This document adds vendor details to the overall market forecast and analysis found in Worldwide Team Collaborative Applications 2006-2010 Forecast: The Many Paths Leading to Team Collaboration (IDC #201739, May 2006).

"Should team collaboration be a product or a feature? That is the question that vendors and their customers are asking as they watch the number of available standalone team collaborative applications products shrink and see more team collaboration tools pop up in other places such as content management, portals, operating systems, product information management, and other solutions. Workers benefit by having the ability to choose from a wide variety of tools, contexts, and user interfaces." - Mark Levitt, program VP, Collaborative Computing