Cisco and Microsoft had been on level footing for the past two quarters in enterprise collaboration infrastructure, but now the former has pulled away to become the market leader, according to Synergy Research.
Both companies have an impressive enterprise collaboration portfolio, however other survey data suggests Microsoft isn’t in the position it wants to be. Last month a report from harmon.ie found that while Redmond was the “undisputed” leader for separate apps, such as SharePoint and Office 365, this didn’t translate into organisations using its other tools, such as Lync and Yammer, in an integrated solution.
The figures from Synergy however suggest that Cisco and Microsoft is well ahead of industry rivals Avaya, IBM and Polycom:
