This IDC study examines the mobile device management (MDM) enterprise market for the period from 2007 to 2012, with vendor revenue trends and market growth forecasts. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2007, with trends from 2007 and 2008. A five-year growth forecast for this market is shown for 2008–2012. A vendor competitive analysis, with vendor revenue and market shares of the leading vendors, is provided for 2007.

"Growth in the mobile device management enterprise market for 2007 remained marginal for what should be a high-growth market, at 9% year-over-year growth and accounting for just over $243 million, with growth slowing throughout 2008 and 2009," said Sean Ryan, research analyst with IDC's Mobile Enterprise Software program. "However, this market is poised for stronger growth, upon market recovery, as converged mobile device (CMD) shipments remain strong, awareness of mobile device management grows, and enterprises look to mobilize more applications."