PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/27/12 -- The latest market brief by The Radicati Group, "Messaging Platforms for Service Providers - Market Quadrant, 2012" provides a competitive analysis of the Messaging Platforms for Service Providers market. Messaging Platforms for Service Providers are highly scalable messaging platforms that are designed for demanding service provider environments, which can range from hundreds of thousands to millions of subscribers. According to the report, worldwide revenues for the Messaging Platforms for Service Providers market will reach $1.1 billion at year end 2012 and grow to over $2.8 billion by 2016.

Radicati Market Quadrants(SM) 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(SM) provide a comparative viewpoint of the market, and an analysis of each vendor included in the study, including both strengths and weaknesses.

Messaging Platform for Service Provider vendors evaluated in this Market Quadrant include: Atmail, CommuniGate Systems, Critical Path (CP), IceWarp, Ipswitch, Microsoft, Open-Xchange, Openwave Messaging, Oracle, Rockliffe, and VMware Zimbra.

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About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group is a leading research and technology consulting firm focused on all aspects of email, security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, instant messaging, unified communications, social networking, and more. The company delivers both quantitative and qualitative research, including detailed market size, worldwide installed base and forecast information, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist in the selection of 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 identify new investment opportunities.

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