Content Security Gateway Appliances, Software, and SaaS (2013 Edition)

CONTENT SECURITY MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

1.       Infonetics forecasts the SaaS segment of the content security market to grow to just over $1 billion by 2017

2.       The global content security gateway appliance and software market declined 1.4% between 1Q13 and 2Q13, to $689 million

3.       Blue Coat ranks 1st in content security gateway revenue market share, followed, in alphabetical order, by Cisco, McAfee, Symantec and Websense

4.       In the emerging SaaS segment, Microsoft takes an early lead, with Symantec, McAfee, Cisco and Proofpoint also positioning well in 2Q13

CONTENT SECURITY REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics’ quarterly content security report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2017, 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, Websense, and others.

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 2

FD-LTE RULES THE WORLD ............................................................................................. 3

W-CDMA to HSPA+ to LTE network remains mainstream migration scenario ....................................4

LTE-Advanced trials are going gangbusters ……...................................................................................6

VOICE SERVICES OVER THE LTE RAN ARE GAINING SERIOUS MOMENTUM .............. 7

IMS is the universal VoLTE platform ................................................................................................8

2G and 3G service shutdown is not on the agenda .........................................................................10

Single radio voice call continuity (SR-VCC) availability lost a bit of momentum . . ...................................11

. . . And LTE data and voice roaming is in limbo ..............................................................................11

INCREASING ARPU IS NO LONGER AMONG CHIEF LTE DRIVERS; WE’RE BACK TO BASIC LONG-TIME DRIVERS! ........................................................................................... 13

Asked in an open-ended question, the drivers are similar and interrelated.....................................15

Barriers continue to wane, only VoLTE immaturity pops up and that is a core issue .........................17

Standard compliance is a key LTE requirement . ..............................................................................18

. . . because use of and investment in current cellular data technology remains steady .......................20

MME SCALABILITY WITH HIGH NUMBER OF SESSIONS REMAINS TOP EPC EQUIPMENT FEATURE .............. 22

eNodeB are expected to feature high throughput and high capacity ................................................23

MACROCELLS RULE AND HETNET CONTINUES TO GATHER MOMENTUM ............... 25

Even for 3G network expansion, thinking is spread across HetNet variants ....................................26

ERICSSON, NOKIA SIEMENS NETWROKS ARE PERCEIVED AS TOP LTE EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS ....... 28

Again, manufacturers installed differ from our 1Q13 market share findings .....................................29

Service provider familiarity with manufacturers ..............................................................................31

Price performance is manufacturers’ chief selection criterion ..........................................................32

Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, and Huawei are seen as strong players ................................33

BOTTOM LINE ................................................................................................................... 35

METHODOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHICS .......................................................................... 36

Respondents are influential in the purchase decision . . . ..............................................................36

. . . and account for 36% of worldwide revenue and 41% of capex .................................................37

Mobile operators and incumbents are predominant, and the geographic distribution is more balanced than in previous years .....................................................................................................................38

Year to year sample comparison .....................................................................................................39

Like last year, the sample is skewed toward 3GPP .........................................................................39