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Campbell, CALIFORNIA, June 25, 2009—Communications market research firm Infonetics Research recently released 1Q09 edition of its Content Security Appliances and Software report. Highlights follow.
ANALYST NOTE
“The content security gateway market managed growth in a quarter that decimated many other IT segments. Network security titan Cisco posted roughly a 20% decrease in overall security revenue, yet an 8% increase in content security revenue. The main reason the content security market is faring well is reactive buying: most vendors confirm that many customers make investments in content security as needed due to problems in the network. In many cases, this lack of planning makes it impossible to stop spending on content security. Other factors driving growth in content security include the increasing popularity of cloud-based services and SaaS, and the need to comply with government security regulations.”
Jeff Wilson, Principal Analyst, Network Security, Infonetics Research
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
- Content security gateway revenue was up 2.2% 4Q08 to 1Q09, hitting $535.7 million
- In 1Q09, McAfee ranks first in worldwide content security gateway revenue (appliances and software), Websense ranks second, and Blue Coat and Symantec are neck and neck for third
- Virtualization and cloud computing are growing trends in the content security market
REPORT SYNOPSIS
Infonetics’ quarterly content security report provides worldwide and regional market share, market size, forecasts through 2013, and analysis of content security gateways, broken out by software and appliances, including messaging, Web/malware, and integrated appliances. The service tracks BlueCoat, Cisco, Citrix, McAfee, SonicWALL, Symantec, Trend Micro, Websense, and others.
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