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Content security gateway sales up 4% in 3Q07
Sales of content security gateways are growing
steadily, up 4% in 3Q07 to $392.3 million, following a 7% increase in 2Q07,
according to Infonetics Research's latest "Content Security Appliances and
Software" report.
Sales of content security gateway appliances topped content security
software sales for the first time last quarter, and are expected to
continue outpacing software sales at an even faster pace in the next few
years, the report says.
"The content security market is ripe with players large and small, some
with very focused product lines and strategies, and others with broad
offerings, all working to serve a very real need to secure networks of all
sizes and improve employee productivity," said Jeff Wilson, principal
analyst for network security at Infonetics Research.
Other highlights from the report:
-- Sales of content security appliances and software together will grow
to $2.4 billion in 2010
-- Worldwide appliance revenue is forecast to increase more than 50% in
2007 over 2006
-- Unit growth in the appliance segment is ahead of revenue growth in
3Q07, as average revenue per unit is declining steadily
-- Symantec leads in overall content security gateway revenue market
share, followed by Trend Micro, BlueCoat, and McAfee
-- BlueCoat leads the fast-growing content security appliance segment;
Trend Micro continues to lead the software segment
Infonetics' quarterly content security report provides market size,
forecasts, and analysis for content security gateways, broken out by
appliances vs. software. The service tracks Barracuda, BlueCoat, Cisco,
Citrix, CP Secure, eSoft, F-Secure, IronPort, McAfee, Secure Computing,
SonicWALL, Symantec, Trend Micro, Websense, and others.
Download report highlights at www.info.infonetics.com. For sales, contact
Larry Howard, vice president, at larry@infonetics.com or +1 (408) 583-3335.
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market
research and consulting firm specializing in data networking and telecom.
Services include quarterly market share and forecasting, end-user survey
research, service provider survey research, and service provider capex
analysis.
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