MessageLabs is featured strongly in the IDC Worldwide Messaging Security report 2007-2011 described as "the worldwide leader for hosted messaging security services." The IDC publication is one of the definitive reports in the industry and further underlines MessageLabs leading position in the fast growing messaging security market as well as providing further validation for the Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model.
For the overall messaging security market MessageLabs is ranked Number 4 as seen in Table 1:
In terms of the managed/hosted services sector MessageLabs comes out as the clear market leader with a share of 32%, a long way ahead of the next largest vendor at 20%, as seen in Table 4:
IDC also predicts that the managed/hosted services sector will be the fastest growing form factor as compared to software and appliances, and will nearly treble in size to just under $1.4 billion by 2011 with a compound annual growth rate of 36%, as seen in Table 5:
MessageLabs vision has always been to be the market leader in messaging security services by offering the most accurate services in the market independent of device, platform or location and available 24/7 through a globally distributed software as a service (SaaS) platform. The IDC report further underlines that we are delivering on this vision and that MessageLabs is the clear market leader in one of the most exciting sectors across the IT security industry.
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