Internet Research Group Publishes New Report on Microsoft Exchange 2007 Migration

Press release issued last Friday. I have not seen the original report, but the press release itsself gives quite some detail. It highlights Exchange market position (dominance), requirements and cost related to upgrading and the impact on the market / industry. Last but not least it also highlights the change in Exchange from “plain email” to Unified Communications …

… Internet Research Group (IRG) today announced the release of a new report on Microsoft Exchange 2007 — The Exchange 2007 Market Adoption Analysis Report. With the release of Exchange 2007 within the next six months, enterprises are developing plans for migrating their email infrastructures. This report takes an advance look at the spending decisions which are likely to be part of an Exchange 2007 upgrade and the resulting industry-wide implications. The included forecast and analysis show that cumulative organizational spending on Microsoft Exchange 2007 migration will exceed $50B. The report details the dimensions and complexity of that migration. …

… “Microsoft Exchange dominates the landscape of enterprise email systems and the upcoming migration to Exchange 2007 is the most important change in the market that will occur during the next five years,” noted John Katsaros, co- founder of IRG. “The move to Exchange 2007 is complex and enterprise managers will reconsider every aspect of their email systems as they re- engineer their messaging infrastructures.”…

… “Previous releases of Exchange dealt more with improving the scaling and robustness of Exchange,” noted Peter Christy, co-founder of IRG. “Exchange 2007 incorporates compelling functionality for users like advances in telephony and mobile integration and value for the groups managing mail as well. All of this will assure that evolution to the new release stays at the forefront.”…

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