Videoconferencing poised for rapid growth

International Data Corporation (IDC) expects global enterprise adoption of videoconferencing to accelerate, driving revenues for videoconferencing equipment from $1.9bn in 2009 to more than $8.7bn in 2014. IDC believes technology capability and market awareness, bandwidth availability, and interoperability will shape the enterprise videoconferencing market over the next five years. 'Ultimately, enterprises must consider videoconferencing in the same context as larger IT initiatives and service delivery, such as virtualization, unified communications, and how video will be used beyond conferencing,' Jonathan Edwards, research analyst, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure, said.