There will be an estimated 302 million corporate mailboxes worldwide by year end 2003 and Microsoft Exchange is estimated to power 35% of these.

There will be an estimated 302 million corporate mailboxes worldwide by year end 2003 and Microsoft Exchange is estimated to power 35% of these. In terms of revenues, Exchange is expected to generate $988 million in sales in 2003, growing to $1.7 billion in 2006.

Research and Markets have announced the addition of the "Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Market Analysis" report to their offering.

This study provides an analysis of the market for Microsoft Exchange and Outlook in 2003 and its potential growth over the next four years. It provides a detailed analysis of current market installed base in terms of business sizes, regions, versions, etc, along with four year forecasts. This report also examines the features, strategies, strengths and weaknesses of Excha nge 2000 and its future release, Exchange 2003. Finally, the study includes in-depth Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) information of Microsoft Exchange 2000, based on independent research in Q1 2003.

The revenue projections and market share figures in the following sections do not include revenues from systems integration or professional services. All market numbers, such as market size, forecasts, installed base, revenue information, and any financial information presented in this study represent worldwide figures, unless otherwise indicated. All revenue numbers are expressed in $USD.

The information and analysis in this report is based on primary research conducted throughout 2003. It consists of information collected from vendors and users within global corporations via interviews and surveys. Secondary research sources have also been used, where appropriate, to cross-check the information collected. These include company annual reports and market size information from various market segments of the computer industry.

There will be an estimated 302 million corporate mailboxes worldwide by year end 2003. We estimate that Exchange will power about 35% of these.

In terms of revenues, Exchange is expected to generate $988 million in sales in 2003, growing to $1.7 billion in 2006.

Microsoft Exchange is most prevalent in the insourced market, but has begun to make inroads in the world of outsourced messaging as well.

A wide variety of competitors, however, are more aggressively targeting Exchanges market share, including Lotus Software (IBM), Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and a host of smaller vendors with low-cost solutions.

North America currently accounts for the majority of Exchanges installed base (about 45%). Over the course of the next four years, however, we expect other regions to grow more swiftly, leaving North America with about 38% of the Exchange installed base in 2006.

MS Outlook and MS Outlook Web Access (OWA) combine to account for approximately 96% of the email clients used by Exchange customers in 2003. Other" clients that are sometimes used with Exchange include Eudora (Qualcomm) and a range of smaller products developed by independent vendors.

We estimate that by the end of this year, there will be approximately 323 million Outlook clients in use.

Of these, half (162 million) will be part of an Exchange-based messaging environment. The other 50% of Outlook clients will use a non-Exchange backend, which includes most outsourced messaging services, irrespective of whether they are powered by Exchange or not.

The upcoming version of Microsoft Exchange is Exchange 2003 Server, previously code-named Titanium." A beta version of the product is already available, but generally availability is not expected until the middle part of the year. The latest version of Outlook, Outlook 11, will be released alongside Exchange 2003, as well.

Exchange 2003 is aimed at addressing the most pressing current messaging needs of corporations. TCO, security, and mobility, in particular, are heavily requested needs of corporations today.

We believe the improvements to Outlook in Outlook 11 and Outlook Web Access will be well received in the marketplace. Outlook Web Access has continually increased in popularity; the new security features, spell checking, and other usability improvements will help secure its position as the top web-based corporate email client.

Whereas today we see two MS Exchange versions with sizable penetration (Exchange 5.5 and Exchange 2000), we expect three versions to hold a significant share of the MS Exchange population in 2006-Exchange 2000, Exchange 2003 (Titanium), and Exchange (Future).

There are still a large percentage of Exchange users on Exchange version 5.5 (~65%). The introduction of Exchange 2003 will spark a sense of urgency for many of these users to upgrade their systems. While most 5.5 users will ultimately decide on Exchange 2000 or Exchange 2003, others may opt to go with a competing messaging solution in order to avoid the accompanying Windows upgrade and the inevitable future Microsoft upgrade schedule.

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the MS Exchange and MS Outlook, including:

1. Exchange and Outlook Market Data and Four-Year Forecasts

- Worldwide Mailboxes

- Deployment by Business Size, by Region

- Deployment by Versions, by Region

2. Exchange Product Direction

- Exchange 2000 and 2003 Product Features, Strategy

- Strengths/Weaknesses

3. Exchange Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

- Based on Q1, 2003 data

This report is intended for Investors, Corporate Customers and Suppliers who need to make informed decisions about the Messaging industry.

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REPORT DATA SUMMARY:

Microsoft Exchange and Outlook Market Analysis

Number of Pages: 94

Category: Computing & Technology

URL: www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/35258

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