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Infonetics: Content Security Gateway Product Market Hits Plateau; SaaS Remains Bright Spot
[June 09, 2014]

Infonetics: Content Security Gateway Product Market Hits Plateau; SaaS Remains Bright Spot


CAMPBELL, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 1st quarter 2014 (1Q14) Content Security Gateway Appliances, Software, and SaaS report, which tracks gateway software, gateway appliances, and SaaS (News - Alert) (software-as-a-service).

ANALYST NOTE

"The content security product market started 2014 the way it ended 2013: staying within two points of flat quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year as money continues transitioning away from standalone web and mail hardware and software to hosted solutions and SaaS," notes Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research. "Virtual appliances are starting to have an impact on the market as well."

CONTENT SECURITY MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

  • The global content security gateway market, including appliances and software, is down 1% between 4Q13 and 1Q14, to $696 million
  • Software accounted for just over a third of content security gateway revenue in 1Q14
  • The see-saw between the top 2 vendors in the content security space continued in 1Q14: Blue Coat took 1st by a whisker, sending McAfee (News - Alert) to 2nd
  • Software-as-a-service (SaaS) revenue for content security gateways reached $174 million in 1Q14, an increase of 26% over the year-ago quarter
    • A key trend in SaaS is the deployment of mixed environments (both product and SaaS), presenting an opportunity for vendors to sell true hybrid solutions
  • Infonetics (News - Alert) expects the SaaS segment of the content security market to reach $1.2 billion in 2018, a 2013-2018 compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15%

CONTENT SECURITY REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' quarterly content security report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for content security gateway software (messaging, web/malware), gateway appliances (messaging, web/malware, integrated), and SaaS (messaging, web/malware). Vendors tracked: Barracuda, Blue Coat, Cisco, Citrix, McAfee, Microsoft, Proofpoint, SonicWall, Symantec, Trend Micro (News - Alert), Websense, others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS



UPCOMING SECURITY RESEARCH

Download Infonetics' 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at www.infonetics.com/login.


INFONETICS WEBINARS

Visit www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events to register for upcoming webinars, view recent webinars on demand, or learn about sponsoring a webinar.

  • NFV: An Easier Initial Target (News - Alert) Than SDN (June 19: Attend)
  • Securely Connecting Users in an Any Time, Any Place, Any Device World (Sponsor)
  • How to Secure Your HetNet (Sponsor)
  • Mitigating the Increasing Threat of Compromised Web Servers (View on-demand)
  • New DNS-based DDoS Attacks Demand Advanced Mitigation Tools (View on-demand)
  • Using Big Data Analytics to Amplify Security Intelligence (View on-demand)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard, [email protected], +1 408-583-3335

N. America (East, Midwest), L. America: Scott Coyne, [email protected], +1 408-583-3395

EMEA, India, Singapore: George Stojsavljevic, [email protected], +44 755-488-1623

Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

ABOUT INFONETICS

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively. View Infonetics' About Us slides at http://bit.ly/QUrbrV.


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