Why Cisco Is Widening Its Lead In The Collaboration Market

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Premise-Based Market Leaders

Cisco Market Share: 28 Percent

Microsoft Market Share: 17 Percent

Avaya Market Share: 8.5 Percent

Cisco hit a five-year peak of 28 percent share for on-premise-based UC&C solutions, nearly 11 points higher than second place Microsoft in the space. Duke said Cisco continues to pull away from the competition because "its ability to execute on a cloud-like architecture with its premise-based call servers."