Scope of the Report
The report entitled “Global Board Portal Market: Size, Trends & Forecasts (2018 Edition)†provides an in-depth analysis of the global board portal market with analysis of market size and growth. The analysis includes addressable market, market by volume, market share by business type and by segment (external and in-house).
The report encompasses a brief regional analysis of North America, Western Europe, South East Asia, Middle East and Rest of the World market in terms of volume, addressable market and penetration rate. North America is the largest market for board portal globally.
Furthermore, the report also assesses the key opportunities available in the market and summarizes the dynamic forces that are and will be accountable for growth of the industry. Growth of the global board portal market has also been forecasted for the period 2017-2021, taking into consideration previous growth outlines, growth drivers and the existing and forthcoming trends.
A brief company profiling of major market players namely Passageways (OnBoard), SHERPANY (Boardroom), Leading Boards, Diligent and NASDAQ (Director Desk), have been provided in the report on the basis of aspects like business overview, financial overview and business strategies adopted by respective companies.
Country Coverage
North America
Western Europe & South East Asia
Middle East
Rest of the World
Company Coverage
Passageways (OnBoard)
SHERPANY (BoardRoom)
DiliTrust (Leading Boards)
Insight Venture Partners (Diligent)
NASDAQ (Director Desk)
Executive Summary
A board portal is a secure online tool for the directors of an organization to access their key corporate documents. In recent years, board portals have progressed from being a luxury item used by a few early adopters to a necessary communication and collaboration tool. A board portal offers private and privileged access to board materials, and provides tools that make preparation of key documents and organization of meetings easier for administrators. The board portal is used on a number of devices such as tablet and mobiles so that it can be readily available at any time.
The board portals can be segmented by delivery modes as well as delivery models. Board portal software can be used through Android, i-pad web based tools or windows. Vendors offer their products in the market through one of these mediums. A delivery model refers to the approach taken for delivering enterprise software mainly used while referring to a software application. Three primary delivery methods are used for enterprise software, namely, licensed model, software as a service (SaaS) model and a hosted model.
The board portals can be segmented on the basis of Generations as well into Gen 1.0, Gen 2.0, Gen 3.0 and Gen 4.0. Over the generations, the board portals have become much simpler, technically advanced and have become more of digital assistants to the board members.
The Gen 4.0 board portal is an expectation that what an ideal board portal should be like. The acceptance and use of board portal have increased significantly over the years. The global portal addressable market is anticipated to grow at a significant growth rate over the forecasted period i.e. 2017 to 2021. The factors driving the global board portal market are increasing security concern in the organization, better collaboration between directors, lower cost of board portal solutions, growing trend of paperless board meetings, etc. Yet there are some challenges which this market faces, such as balancing security issue, regulatory compliance, lack of skilled workforce, etc.
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
2.1 Overview of Board Portal
2.1.1 Features of Board Portal
2.1.2 Board Portals: Aspects of Board Portals
2.2 Board Portal Delivery Mode
2.2.1 Board Portals by Delivery Mode
2.3 Board Portal Delivery Models
2.3.1 Board Portals by Delivery Models
2.3.2 Comparison of Enterprise Software Model and SaaS
2.4 Board Portal Generation
3. Global Market Analysis
3.1 Global Board Portal Market Analysis
3.1.1 Global Board Portal Market by Value
3.1.2 Global Board Portal Addressable Market
3.1.3 Global Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type
3.1.4 Global Board Portal Market by Volume
3.1.5 Global Board Portal Volume by Business Type
3.1.6 Global SMEs/Emerging Businesses Board Portal Market by Volume
3.1.7 Global SMEs/Mid-Market Board Portal Market by Volume
3.1.8 Global Board Portal Market by Segment
4. Region/Country Analysis
4.1 North America Board Portal Market Analysis
4.1.1 North America Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type
4.1.2 North America Board Portal Market Penetration Rate by Business Type
4.1.3 North America Board Portal Volume by Business Type
4.2 ROW Board Portal Market Analysis
4.2.1 ROW Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type
4.2.2 ROW Board Portal Market Penetration Rate by Business Type
4.2.3 ROW Board Portal Volume by Business Type
5. Generation 4.0 Board Portal Market Analysis
5.1 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market Analysis
5.1.1 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume
5.1.2 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market Volume by Segments
5.1.3 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Geography
5.2 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market: Segment Analysis
5.2.1 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Enterprise Segment by Volume
5.2.2 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Mid-Market Segment by Volume
5.2.3 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 SMB Segment by Volume
5.3 Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market: Geographical Analysis
5.3.1 North America Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume
5.3.2 Western Europe and South East Asia Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume
5.3.3 Middle East Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume
5.3.4 Rest of the World Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume
6. Market Dynamics
6.1 Growth Drivers
6.1.1 Increasing Security Concern in Organizations
6.1.2 Rising Demand for Digital Document Management
6.1.3 Better Collaboration between Directors
6.1.4 Growing Trend of Paperless Board Meetings
6.1.5 Lower Cost
6.1.6 Introduction of Free Trials
6.1.7 Increasing Awareness of the Board Portal
6.1.8 Developing Healthcare and Education Infrastructure
6.2 Challenges
6.2.1 Balancing Security Issue
6.2.2 Regulatory Compliances
6.2.3 Unskilled Workforce
6.3 Market Trends
6.3.1 Cons of Not Installing Board Portal
6.3.2 Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
6.3.3 Board Portal for Mobile Phones
6.3.4 Smart Bots
6.3.5 Technology Upgradation
6.3.6 Application of Artificial Intelligence in Board Meetings
6.3.7 Need of Efficient Corporate Governance
6.3.8 Rising Use of SaaS Model
7. Competitive Landscape
7.1 Feature Comparison of Major Players
7.2 Price Comparison of Major Players
8. Company Profiling
8.1 Passageways (OnBoard)
8.1.1 Business Overview
8.1.2 Business Strategy
8.2 SHERPANY (Boardroom)
8.2.1 Business Overview
8.2.2 Business Strategy
8.3 DiliTrust (Leading Boards)
8.3.1 Business Overview
8.3.2 Business Strategy
8.4 Insight Venture Partners (Diligent)
8.4.1 Business Overview
8.4.2 Financial Overview
8.4.3 Business Strategy
8.5 NASDAQ (Director Desk)
8.5.1 Business Overview
8.5.2 Financial Overview
8.5.3 Business Strategy
List of Figures
Figure 1: Board Portals by Delivery Mode
Figure 2: Board Portals by Delivery Models
Figure 3: Generations of Board Portal
Figure 4: Comparison of Board Portal by Generation
Figure 5: Global Board Portal Market by Value; 2016-2021E (US$ Billion)
Figure 6: Global Board Portal Addressable Market; 2016 (Million)
Figure 7: Global Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type; 2016
Figure 8: Global Board Portal Market by Volume; 2016-2017 (Thousand Units)
Figure 9: Global Board Portal Market by Volume; 2018-2021 (Thousand Units)
Figure 10: Global Board Portal Market Volume by Business Type; 2016 (Units)
Figure 11: Global SMEs/Emerging Businesses Board Portal Market by Volume; 2016-2021E (Thousand Units)
Figure 12: Global SMEs/Mid-Market Board Portal Market by Volume; 2016-2021E (Thousand Units)
Figure 13: Global Board Portal Market by Segment; 2017E
Figure 14: North America Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type; 2016 (Thousand)
Figure 15: North America Board Portal Market Penetration Rate by Business Type; 2016
Figure 16: North America Board Portal Volume by Business Type; 2016 (Units)
Figure 17: ROW Board Portal Addressable Market by Business Type; 2016 (Thousand)
Figure 18: ROW Board Portal Market Penetration Rate by Business Type; 2016
Figure 19: ROW Board Portal Volume by Business Type; 2016 (Units)
Figure 20: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume; Sep17- Dec18; (Number of Units)
Figure 21: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market Volume by Segments; Sep17 (Percentage, %)
Figure 22: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Geography; Sep17 (Percentage, %)
Figure 23: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Enterprise Segment by Volume; Sep17- Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 24: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 Mid-Market Segment by Volume; Sep17- Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 25: Global Board Portal Generation 4.0 SMB Segment by Volume; Sep17-Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 26: North America Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume; Sep17-Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 27: Western Europe and South East Asia Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume; Sep17-Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 28: Middle East Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume; Sep17-Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 29: Rest of the World Board Portal Generation 4.0 Market by Volume; Sep17-Dec18 (Number of Units)
Figure 30: Passageways (OnBoard) Features
Figure 31: Leading Boards Clients
Figure 32: Diligent Revenue; 2010-2015 (US$ Million)
Figure 33: Diligent Revenue by Region; 2015
Figure 34: NASDAQ Revenue; 2011-2015 (US$ Million)
Figure 35: NASDAQ Revenue by Segment; 2015
Table 1: Desirable Access Aspects for Board Portal
Table 2: Comparison of Enterprise Software Model and SaaS
Table 3: Global Board Portal Addressable Market; 2017-2018
Table 4: Feature Comparison of Major Players’ Products in Global Board Portal Market
Table 5: Price Comparison of Major Players’ Products in Global Board Portal Market
