[April 13, 2012]

Research and Markets: Analysis of the Unified Threat Management Market and the Impact of Convergence

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0247a167/analysis_of_the_un) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's (News - Alert) new report "Analysis of the Unified Threat Management Market and the Impact of Convergence" to their offering.

UTM integrates multiple security tools into a single network appliance, enabling businesses to deploy enterprise-grade security without the complexity and costs associated with multiple point products. The value of integrated solutions becomes all the more apparent in an environment of advanced attacks, wherein cyber criminals favor blended attacks that use multiple vectors and require more than one security function.

The rising numbers of high-profile breaches and companies' obligation to report them publicly furthermotivate businesses to invest in sophisticated network security products such as UTM. Meanwhile, there is a marked shift toward converged security and networking functionalities, which include quality of service (QoS), Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6), load balancing, and network address translation (NAT).

While the UTM value proposition of all-in-one security is strong, vendors must continue to develop next-generation capabilities to meet evolving business practices and stay competitive against specialized security solutions. Their solutions must prove impenetrable, even when combating many new threat vectors such as Web applications, as traditional security functions are unequal to the task of warding them off. Businesses seek to leverage new technologies to stay competitive but must also accept the associated risks, says the analyst of this research. For UTM vendors, the ability to address these novel threats will determine their success in the market.

UTM products integrate essential security technologies such as firewalls, virtual private network (VPN), intrusion prevention, spam filtering, web filtering, and data leakage prevention. Many businesses find tremendous value in this approach, and UTM solutions are becoming increasingly popular among businesses of all sizes.

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

- Enterprise

- SMB

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Source (News - Alert): Frost & Sullivan

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