Radicati: Business Social Software Finding Growing Traction Amongst Many Organizations

Huge market opportunity ahead …

A new study from The Radicati Group, Inc. explores an emerging market providing more innovative means to collaborate and share information.

The Radicati Group, Inc.’s latest study, “Business Social Software Market, 2007-2011,” offers an analysis of the market for Business-class Social Software. It divides the market into two segments: Business Social Software Suites, and Business Social Software Specialists. It provides market size, installed base and revenue market share, four-year forecasts, and much more.

The report defines this market as being comprised of technologies that are often referred to as “Web 2.0,” such as wikis, blogs, and social networking, amongst others. While these technologies initially became popular in the consumer sector, vendors such as Microsoft and IBM offer platforms such as Microsoft Office SharePoint Server and IBM Lotus Connections to meet growing demand for these solutions in corporate sectors.

According to the study, their benefits include the ability to provide an interactive platform for collaboration. For example, wikis and blogs give readers the ability to provide feedback and interact with authors, rather than establishing disconnected silos of information.

The Radicati Group forecasts that the overall Business Social Software market is expected to grow from $920 million in 2007, to $3.3 billion in 2011.

Source: Radicati.com

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Peter de Haas
Peter de Haas

Peter wordt gedreven door de grenzeloze mogelijkheden van technologische vooruitgang en heeft meer dan 35 jaar ervaring op het snijvlak van business en IT. Gedurende zijn carrière heeft hij talloze ontwikkelingen zien opkomen en de impact ervan op organisaties en mensen van dichtbij meegemaakt. Met een scherp oog voor het vinden van oplossingen waar anderen obstakels zien, heeft hij zich ontwikkeld tot een vertrouwde expert in digitale transformaties.

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  2. Ed,
    I now your not a Radicati fan ;-)and that sure is a shameful prediction looking at it now.
    Nevertheless I’ve seen other analysts do similar predictions as well.
    Radicati seems to have changed their view on blogging, which on the other hand still needs to prove itsself as becoming a viable enterprise tool …

  3. I found this comment by Michael Dell. He made this about 10 years ago :
    “ORLANDO, Florida–When it comes to the state of Apple Computer, everyone has an opinion.
    And at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo97 here today, the CEO of competitor Dell Computer added his voice to the chorus when asked what could be done to fix the Mac maker. His solution was a drastic one.
    “What would I do? I’d shut it down and give the money back to the shareholders,” Michael Dell said before a crowd of several thousand IT executives. ”
    http://www.news.com/Dell-Apple-should-close-shop/2100-1001_3-203937.html
    Who would have guessed huh …
    Makes you wonder, isn’t there a site with these types of historical statements ?

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