Affinity Index: Collaboration Software

Microsoft Generates The Business
Microsoft Generates The Business
SMB VARs may show Citrix the most affinity, but they show Microsoft the most business, according to IPED's research. Microsoft's dollar-share of all channel-generated written proposals for collaboration application sales in the first half of 2008 was 48.8 percent with an average transaction size of $35,200. IBM was second with a 31.6 percent share, but its average transaction size was a hefty $74,100.

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