Market Metrics and Industry Reports Videoconference

Chart: Carson Wagonlit Travel’s Travel Management Institute. (1) Synergy Research Group (www.srgresearch.com) has announced the launch of its VideoConferencing + TelePresence Market Research service, providing quarterly market share tracking and analysis. The worldwide market totaled $1.1 billion in 1H 2010, an increase of 32% over the same period last year. Synergy is forecasting the market to approach $2.5 billion in 2011. "This market has seen a radical shift with Cisco acquiring Tandberg," said Jeremy Duke, Principal Analyst and Founder, Synergy Research Group. "With only two major players in this large and expanding market, we anticipate the market to remain extremely dynamic with new market entrants, partnerships/alliances, and further acquisitions." Top 5 Ranked Vendors- and their Q2 2010 market share were: Cisco/Tandberg 43.4% Polycom 28.8% Huawei 9.1% RADVISION 3.4% SONY 2.0% Synergy Research finds that the videoconferencing market is split rather evenly amongst the top 3 regions of APAC (34%), NAM (33%), and EMEA (30%). APAC is experiencing the strongest year over year growth, posting 55.4%, compared to EMEA's 20.5% and North America's 8.5% growth. Also noted in H1 2010, was very strong growth in Brazil and Mexico driving the Latin American region with year over year growth exceeding 100%. Synergy is tracking the following equipment vendors in its VideoConferencing + TelePresence service: Avaya, Cisco/TANDBERG, HP, Huawei, Kedacom, LifeSize, Magor, RADVISION, SONY, Teliris, and ZTE. (2) The number of Telepresence rooms installed at companies has grown from an estimated 2,000 globally in 2008 to around 3,500 in 2009. The number of rooms installed in hotels and other public spaces in forecast to rise from dozen or so in 2009 to about 100 in 2010 as more providers enter the market, according to a recent report from Carson Wagonlit Travel’s Travel Management Institute.