[March 07, 2013] Research and Markets Adds Report: Unified Communications and Collaboration Market 2012-2016 Tweet Mar 07, 2013 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Research and Markets announced the addition of the "Unified Communications and Collaboration Market 2012-2016" report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: The need for UCC has never been greater, as the growth of the mobile workforce has led to the need for workers to communicate regardless of their location or device, and the rise of video communication and tools such as social software have created new ways for people to interact. The worldwide Total or UC-capable market for premise-based UC was $12.23 billion in 2011, up 8 percent from 2010, growing to $20.76 billion by 2016. The component with the highest growth is conferencing/collaboration, with a 17 percent CAGR. Turning to the Net or True UC market, revenues were $2.7 billion in 2011, up 20 percentfrom 2010, and expected to grow to $8.47 billion by 2016. The conferencing/collaboration component remains the fasted growing, with a 50 percentC AGR. Companies Mentioned - IBM - Microsoft - Skype - Aastra - ADTRAN - Alcatel-Lucent - OpenTouch - Avaya - Cisco - Digium - Mitel - NEC - Univerge 3C - ShoreTel - Siemens Enterprise Communications - OpenScape - Toshiba - Zultys - Aspect - Zeacom - AVST - Esna Technologies Report information: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wk3zdm/unified ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]