Email Security Market Still Has Room For Strong Growth
The email security market is poised for strong growth over the next several years. It is predicted to reach $3.7 billion by 2009, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com). According to a decision-maker survey conducted by In-Stat, companies are looking for email security products that combine multiple email security and management functions. Although appliances are expected to overtake software as the preferred delivery model for email security solutions, many decision-makers in the survey were undecided about the platform of their near-term purchases. More than 30% of the decision-makers don’t know whether the planned purchase will be software, an appliance, or a hosted service.
A recent report by the high-tech market research firm found the following:
66% of the decision-makers surveyed plan to purchase email security products within the next two years.
Reliability was identified as the most critical factor for purchasing decisions.
Viruses and spam continue to be the top email security concerns among decision makers.
This Market Alert is drawn from the In-Stat report, E-Mail Security: Trends and Spending Plans for US Businesses (#IN0501817LN), which examines email security trends and purchasing plans for email security products. In addition to the results of the dccision-maker survey, the report includes forecasts for email security software and appliances.
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Title: E-Mail Security: Trends and Spending Plans for US Businesses
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