PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - August 3, 2009) - The latest study by The Radicati Group, "Hosted Email Market, 2009-2013," offers an in-depth analysis of the worldwide market for both business and consumer hosted email solutions. The study includes market trends, installed base and revenue market share by hosting provider, four-year forecasts, breakouts by region, business size, and email platform supported.

The study categorizes the Hosted Email market according to three segments: Hosted Business Email Providers, ISP/Webmail Providers, and Managed Email Providers. Microsoft Hosted Exchange is a rapidly growing sub-segment of the Hosted Business Email segment.

The economic downturn has brought renewed interest in Hosted Business Email services, as more businesses reassess their current email infrastructure in a desire to cut costs.

Email is also an integral part of everyday Internet use by consumers, leading ISP/Webmail providers are striving to increase stickiness by offering mobile support, easy connectivity to social networking sites, and integrated real-time messaging.

This study includes an analysis of leading market players: AOL, Apptix, CenterBeam, Ceryx, Electric Mail, Google, Hostopia, IBM, Intermedia, Microsoft Online Services, mindSHIFT, NaviSite, Rackspace, SherWeb, USA.NET, Yahoo!, and others.

To order a copy of the study, or to subscribe to our market research service, visit our website at http://www.radicati.com, or call Todd Yamasaki at (650) 322-8059.

About The Radicati Group, Inc.

The Radicati Group covers all aspects of email security, email archiving, regulatory compliance, wireless technologies, web services, identity management, instant messaging, unified communications, VoIP, and more. The company provides both quantitative and qualitative information, including detailed market size, installed base and forecast information on a worldwide basis, as well as detailed country breakouts.

The Radicati Group works with corporate organizations to assist them in selecting the right products and technologies to support their business needs, as well as with vendors to define the best strategic direction for their products. We also work with investment firms on a worldwide basis to help them identify and assess new investment opportunities.

The Radicati Group, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, with offices in London, Hong Kong and Melbourne.

Contact Information: Contact: Todd Yamasaki The Radicati Group (650) 322-8059