Abstract
This IDC study covers the forecasts for the period 2008-2012 for Western
European security software. The situation is rather complex in this area. From
one side, the global downturn forces organizations to be cost-savvy and look
for better use of their budgets. In the other hand, security is not disputable
in a period of turmoil. The specific market of security software for Western
Europe is under dual pressure. One trend calls for clear budget restraint and
constraint, one other trend calls for budget respect, even budget growth given
the threats.
"Organizations made the clear choice of not reducing security software spending
massively" said Eric Domage, program manager for Western European security
software "for two main reasons. Security budgets have never been enormous and
are already reduced to the bone, so it is almost impossible to reduce them. The
other reason is that nobody wishes to take the responsibility for crunching the
IT security budget, given the consequences."
The market situation is explicit: security software markets will grow
positively in 2009 onwards, even if the growth is almost half of what was
expected.
"In addition to a clear contraction of growth, security budgets' shift to
services will be accelerated by the situation. Licenses and maintenance are
getting too complex to manage, so organizations search for simpler ways to
generate affordable security. Security services will take some major amount or
business out of the security software market 2009 and further on."
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