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IDC on messaging applications market
After cooling off in 2002-2003, worldwide messaging applications market revenue is expected to more thandouble to nearly $2.4 billion by 2007, according to IDC.
After cooling off in 2002-2003, worldwide messaging applications market revenue is expected to more than double to nearly $2.4 billion by 2007, according to IDC. Email servers and related products will remain the strongest revenue generator in this market for some time to come. But the strongest growth will come from instant messaging, instant messaging management, and presence applications, whose revenue is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 30% from 2002-2007.