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<description>General Internet market research products provide analysis of the latest trends, developments and market data for this industry.  Research information will help you make informed business decisions.</description>
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<title>Western European IP PBX and IP Phone Vendor Shares, 2008</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40435.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study highlights the shipment and revenue market shares for enterprise IP PBX (pure and hybrid) systems, IP telephony lines/seats, and IP telephones for 2008.  "The Western European IP PBX market reached $2.1 billion in 2008 and IP phone revenues were $839.7 million. The economic turmoil showed its impact towards the end of 2008 and caused a slight drop in most vendors' IP line and IP phone shipments in the fourth quarter," says Melissa Fremeijer, research analyst, Western European IP PBX, ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wired Telecommunications Carriers in Australia - Industry Risk Rating Report</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R538-30361.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[  Industry Risk Ratings Synopsis   This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Wired Telecommunications Carriers in Australia industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be 'the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment'.  The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk), risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk).  This approach is new in that it analyses non-financial information surrounding each industry. Industries are scored on a 9-point scale, where 1 represents the lowest risk and 9 the highest. The Industry Risk score measures expected Industry Risk over the coming 12-18 months.   Industry Definition   This industry covers those businesses that primarily provide voice and data services via the use of ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Worldwide Email Archiving Applications 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares: Changes in Buying Behavior But Market Still Strong</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40247.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study discusses competitive developments and vendor performance in the email archiving applications market in 2008 and provides the forecast for 2009-2013.   According to Laura DuBois, research director at IDC, "Users of archiving solutions with broader information management aims continue to demand archiving of content beyond email into a consolidated archive repository. The content types include unstructured file system content and objects within SharePoint repositories. There has also been some early interest in archiving of Web 2.0 content such as content from blogs and wikis."  Vivian Tero, program manager for GRC Infrastructure, also notes, "Archiving and eDiscovery solutions will be the bright spots in an otherwise sluggish technology market in 2009 and 2010. Corporations are responding to the macroeconomic constraints by shifting their costs from capex to opex budgets. The SaaS value proposition such as zero infrastructure; rapid time to deployment; and per-per-use delivery and provisioning of retention, search, and ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Globaltel Media Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Enabling Free Web to Wireless Chat</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40208.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Globaltel Media, a company playing in the enterprise mobile messaging, PC-mobile communications, and mobile marketing markets, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC's expert understanding of the competitive landscape and future outlook, this document highlights company and market information tailored to the investment professional's ]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Worldwide MSBG Market Update</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R97-3409.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[In-Stat has defined a multi-service business gateway (MSBG) as a small, medium, or branch office device specifically designed to serve multiple primary voice, data, and video communication functions.  The MSBG market is comprised of a wide variety of devices, optimized for specific applications, such as secure routing, VoIP gateway and SIP trunking, as well as specialized solutions for the retail and education industries.  

This annual update research report provides a review of technology trends and activities in this nearly US$1 billion market segment.  The report provides updated statistics on SMB and enterprise branch office sites worldwide, US business survey data, as well as US and global MSBG shipment/revenue forecasts by ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Wireless Communications Key Recent Media Coverage, Second Quarter 2009</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R3463-94.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[A hallmark of information and communications systems in the 21st century will be their availability anywhere, anyplace, anytime.  The rapid emergence of such systems has the potential to radically affect modern life as individuals become increasingly untethered from communication mechanisms.  Wireless systems are becoming ubiquitous and encompass a variety of technologies, including cellular telephony, personal communication systems, and wireless local area networks.  The TecTrends Wireless Communications Reporter tracks key recent media coverage of these and a wide range of other topics, including mobile computing, mobile devices, wireless carriers, mobile content, mobile commerce, and wireless security.  
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile Messaging (Market Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-14347.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[SMS is still the king of mobile messaging, although operators are starting to warm towards IM. MMS remains a widespread industry disappointment. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, near and long term drivers, and ratings for all competitors within the Wireless Services - Europe ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Western European Managed IP PBX 2009-2013 Forecast</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-40118.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This study looks at a subsegment of managed network services &mdash; managed IP PBX services &mdash; in Western Europe. In line with the booming managed network services market, the managed IP PBX services market is expected to grow rapidly over the next five years.  "The market for managed IP PBX services will be driven by the rapidly evolving platforms, applications, and new versions that the IP PBX vendors introduce to the market. The increased complexity of the platforms, applications, and new versions will exceed the in-house expertise of most businesses, resulting in increasing demand for managed IP PBX services," said Roosmarijn Cornelissen, research analyst, European Network Life-cycle ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>United Arab Emirates - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R170-1200.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[This annual report offers a wealth of information on the trends and developments in fixed-line and mobile telephony, Internet and broadband and new technologies. Subjects include: 
 Key statistics; 
 Market and industry overviews; 
 Regulatory environment; 
 Major players (fixed and mobile); 
 Infrastructure developments; 
 Mobile voice and data markets; 
 Broadband and Internet markets.  
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>IronPort - IronPort C360 (Product Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-14372.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The IronPort C360 is a leading e-mail security appliance with solid accuracy based on a combination of best-of-breed and proprietary solutions as well as enhanced policy compliance support, and the company now has the backing of Cisco. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Application Server Market Strategies, Worldwide Shares and Forecasts, 2009 to 2015</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R49-467.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[LEXINGTON, Massachusetts (August 28, 2009) - WinterGreen Research announces that it has a new study on application servers. The 2009 study has 611 pages, 244 tables and figures. Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as application servers continue to benefit from the enterprise need to build out e-commerce sites that support a brand. Application servers are used to build a Web page and shopping cart for ecommerce. Application servers offer e-mail, chat, and phone for personalized web reach of product displays and shopping carts. Retailers can use application servers to manage e-commerce and service interactions over the Web using tools that support one continuous relationship. This expansion of application server capability vastly improves the reach of e-commerce sites. Application servers are used for blogs and Internet communications around ecommerce. Developers use efficient automated process to drive new advertising and shopping cart capabilities. Cloud computing application servers to be ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>IP-VPN (Market Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-14138.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The IP VPN market has matured and MPLS NNIs are more commonplace as carriers form global-local alliances to expand reach. Ethernet Layer 2 VPNs have been launched in Europe with the right fit for some customers, but demand for MPLS IP VPNs holds. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, near and long term drivers, and ratings for all competitors within the Business Telecom Services - Europe ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Enterprise PBX (Market Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-14123.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Despite a down economy the enterprise PBX market is dynamic, with new competitors, M&A and partnerships shifting the balance of power. In this highly competitive space differentiation on an applications basis is increasingly important. This report contains a market overview, analyst review, near and long term drivers, and ratings for all competitors within the Enterprise Communications ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>At-Work Internet Usage</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R203-641.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Estimates of the number of US workers who go online from work&mdash;not including people who worked from home or checked e-mail via mobile phones&mdash;range between 65 million and 68 million. At-work Internet users log on for longer hours, visit more domains and own more digital devices than other Internet users.  

The At-Work Internet Usage report analyzes the demographics and behavior of users who log in at their places of employment.   

&ldquo;At-work&rdquo; appears to be almost everywhere.   

Two-thirds of employed adults use the Internet and e-mail at their workplace, and nearly one-half of them do at least some work from home, with 18% working from home every day or nearly every day.   

Being online at work does not mean loafing, either. The more mobile the workforce, the more work they are expected to do. Similarly, social media may be further blurring the line between ]]></description>
<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway includes DLP and policy-based encryption, featuresdeployable on a single appliance. Proofpoint's e-mail security solution is available as anappliance, softwar...</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-13990.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway includes DLP and policy-based encryption, featuresdeployable on a single appliance. Proofpoint's e-mail security solution is available as anappliance, software, virtual appliance or hosted service. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for ]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Safenet Aims Secure Web, Messaging Suite at the Mid-Market (Competitive Intelligence Report)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-14087.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Safenet hopes to carve out a home in the secure web and messaging market among medium-sized businesses that are looking to add a measure of protection against the loss of sensitive data with the launch of a new ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>World Enterprise Telephony Platform Markets</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R1-7347.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The World Enterprise Telephony Market Study provides an in-depth analysis for the Enterprise Telephony Market, which includes traditional telephony (TDM) and IP PBX. This study provides global market share by line shipments and revenues, as well as global forecasts for line shipments and revenues. The study includes NA, EMEA, CALA, APAC. 
 
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Worldwide Messaging Security 2009-2013 Forecast Update and 2008 Vendor Shares: Is Virtual a Reality?</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R104-39747.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ This IDC study examines the messaging security market for the period from 2007 to 2013, with vendor revenue and market growth forecasts. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2007 and 2008, and a five-year growth forecast for this market is shown for 2009-2013. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2007 and 2008.  "As the world economy continues to struggle with the current economic recession, companies of all shapes and sizes are downsizing their workforces and their budgets," said Brian Burke, program director for IDC's Security Products program. "IDC believes that as organizations look for ways to cut hardware costs and simplify IT management, virtual security appliances have become a very attractive platform of choice for organizations looking to save money in today's uncertain economic ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Verizon Wireless' Nationwide plans that emphasize messaging continue to appeal to a wide segment of its consumer base. By spearheading the voice-data-messaging bundles, Verizon Wireless has managed...</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-13906.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Verizon Wireless' Nationwide plans that emphasize messaging continue to appeal to a wide segment of its consumer base. By spearheading the voice-data-messaging bundles, Verizon Wireless has managed to lock in data revenue and increase ARPU. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>The Battle for Voice and SMS Over LTE Looms</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R388-3254.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Network operators with plans to roll out LTE have some big decisions to make regarding support for their core revenue services,
voice and SMS. Inaction will lead to industry fragmentation and hinder LTE ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Messaging for Capital Markets - Two Camps Emerge (Analyst Insight)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R313-52364.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[ Introduction   This report looks at the two divergent strategies of accelerating messaging for low latency with FPGAs or of using new architectures in software-only solutions, discussing their relative merits   Scope   Messaging technology  Capital markets   Highlights   The current stage in the evolution of low-latency messaging technology is that of a confrontation between software-only or FPGA-accelerated appliances, but this phase itself looks transitory. Nehalem and the increasingly robust 10GbE make RDMA look ever more promising for the longer term.   Reasons to Purchase   Gain insight into how vendors are seeking to accelerate messaging for the capital markets  See where the next trend will be, beyond ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Mobile Marketing &amp; Advertising 2009: Challenges and Opportunities</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R331-152.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[When compared to other forms of advertising (print, Internet, TV, radio, direct mail), mobile is likely growing at a much faster rate because it is considered more cost effective, personalized, and results-driven. Mobile Marketing & Advertising 2009: Challenges and Opportunities examines the current mobile marketing and advertising market, evaluating methods companies are using to effectively leverage it as a platform to enhance brand awareness and increase sales effectiveness. The report examines the leading suppliers to the mobile marketing industry and analyzes how their products are impacting the way consumers opt-in to cell phone-delivered marketing messages and increasingly use their phones to search for, and even purchase, products and service.  

This report provides forecasts and analysis on the global perspective of mobile advertising and marketing, which includes product placement in games, sponsored video, premium content and branded applications. It also provides a forecast for each different mobile type and opportunity. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>T-Mobile - Two-way Text Messaging, Picture &amp; Video Messaging (Product Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-13626.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[T-Mobile is shedding its cost-leader status via adjustments to existing plans and new unlimited data/messaging bundles encouraging usage rather than savings. These initiatives will help lock in revenue, which is critical in tough economic times. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Utilizing the Social Media Marketing Channel</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R290-712.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[Social media is becoming more ubiquitous in society. Most in the business world are already adept at using LinkedIn to connect with colleagues, while reporters are now telling people to follow their TV channel on Twitter for breaking news. Marketers are also utilizing social media and mobile technologies to reach people when trying to build relationships with new and existing customers. From product attention to customer retention, social media is becoming a popular marketing channel and more successes are coming to light. This analysis will highlight where social media is best used, as well as some recent real-world social media marketing ]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Siemens Enterprise Communications - HiPath 4000 (Product Advisor)</title>
<link>http://www.mindbranch.com/products/R759-13599.html</link>
<description> <![CDATA[The HiPath 4000 is the workhorse of Siemens' telephony product line, and is a highly scalable, application-rich offering that migrates from legacy PBXs. The company, however, is gradually shifting emphasis to the HiPath 8000 system. This report contains insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, list of buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. This report is useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products, or as a source of competitive intelligence for ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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