Myersは「UCアプリケーションは 再び回復力を見せており、世界的収益が2014年第二四半期に前年同四半期比で31パーセントの上昇を見せ、拡大する生産性や従業員の柔軟性に応えるツールに対する需要が成長を加速している。」とも続けている。 企業電話通信とユニファイドコミュニケーション市場のハイライト
- 世界的にPBXの収益 (TDM,hybrid,純粋なIP) は2Q14に前年同期比で6パーセント減少しており、経時的にはほとんど変わらない (-1%)。
- 企業の支出は全体的に控えめで、施設の側面での電話通信の品質改良や拡張は あまり優先していない。
- 2Q14のPBXラインの発送は前年同四半期と比べ3%減少。
- IP卓上電話の発送はユニットベースで1Q14と比べ2Q14には4%上昇。
- アジアパシフィックでは2Q14のPBXは前年比で底堅い収益をあげたが、北米は全地域の中で最も困難な四半期となった。
- ユニファイドコミュニケーション (UC) 市場の先導役であるベンダーのMicrosoftは電話通信の最前で成長し続け、2Q14のPBX 収入は(+4%) と三つのベンダーの中で唯一昨年比で増益となっている。
PBX market struggles linger in first half of 2014; Unified communications up 31% from year ago Campbell, CALIFORNIA, August 22, 2014-Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2nd quarter 2014 (2Q14) Enterprise Unified Communications and Voice Equipment report, which tracks PBX phone systems, voice over IP gateways, unified communications (UC) applications, and IP phones. ANALYST NOTE "The trends we reported on the enterprise telephony market in the first quarter of 2014 carried over into the second quarter, with the PBX market continuing to take hits as businesses evaluate cloud alternatives and hold onto existing solutions while investing in unified communications (UC) applications," notes Diane Myers, principal analyst for VoIP, UC, and IMS at Infonetics Research.
Myers continues: "UC applications once again proved their resiliency, with worldwide revenue increasing 31% in the second quarter of 2014 over the year-ago quarter as the demand for tools to provide increased productivity and employee flexibility continues to fuel growth." ENTERPRISE TELEPHONY AND UC MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Globally, PBX revenue (TDM, hybrid, pure IP) sank 6% year-over-year in 2Q14 and is nearly flat (-1%) sequentially
- Enterprise spending remains conservative overall, with low priority being given to telephony upgrades and expansion on the premises side
- 2Q14 PBX line shipments are down 3% from the year-ago quarter
- Unit shipments of IP deskphones grew 4% in 2Q14 from 1Q14
- Asia Pacific posted solid year-over-year PBX revenue growth in 2Q14, while North America had the toughest quarter of any region
- The leading vendor in the unified communications (UC) market, Microsoft, continues to grow on the telephony front and was 1 of only 3 vendors to post year-over-year PBX revenue growth (+4%) in 2Q14