Infonetics: SDN and NFV to Bring About Shift in Data Center Security Investments

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its latest Data Center Security Products report, which tracks data center security appliances and virtual security appliances.

DATA CENTER SECURITY ANALYST NOTE

“Historically, data centers have been protected by big-iron security solutions and complex webs of security appliances and load-balancing infrastructure,” says Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for security at Infonetics Research. “But as more providers virtualize their data centers and roll out SDNs and NFV, we anticipate a fairly significant revenue transition from hardware appliances to virtual appliances and purpose-built security solutions that interface directly with hypervisors, with SDN controllers via APIs, or orchestration platforms.”

DATA CENTER SECURITY MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• The ported virtual security appliances segment of the data center security market grew 10% in 2013 over 2012, to $437 million
• Meanwhile, sales of purpose-built virtual security appliances totaled $150 million in 2013, up 44% from the prior year
• Cisco, Juniper, and Fortinet are the top 3 revenue share leaders in the data center security appliance market
• Massive interest in SDN- and NFV-compatible security solutions is expected to drive consolidation among established security players, virtualization platform vendors, and specialist vendors
• Infonetics is projecting a cumulative $1.35 billion will be spent on purpose-built virtual security appliances from 2014 to 2018

ABOUT INFONETICS’ DATA CENTER SECURITY REPORT

Infonetics’ biannual data center security report provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for purpose-built virtual security appliances and multiple segments of ported virtual security appliances and data center security appliances. Vendors tracked: Arbor Networks, Blue Coat, Check Point, Cisco, Fortinet, GenieNRM, HP, ISS, Juniper, McAfee, Narus, SonicWall, Sourcefire, Stonesoft, Symantec, Trend Micro, WatchGuard, Websense, and others. To buy the report, contact Infonetics: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp.

RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS

• Infonetics’ June Security research brief: http://bit.ly/1hBfRkz
• Content security gateway market hits plateau; SaaS remains bright spot
• Integrated security solutions gain share in network security market in 1Q14
• Security and data center vendors renew focus on DDoS as attacks multiply; Arbor leads
• Data center security buyers may switch vendors to get high performance now
• Infonetics projects mobile device security software market to reach $3.4 billion in 2018
• Mobile device security taking front stage as businesses try to get tighter grip on mobile gear
• Mobile messaging security market up 70% in 2013

RECENT AND UPCOMING SECURITY MARKET FORECASTS AND SURVEYS

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

• Analyst Note: DDoS Prevention is Red Hot (Apr.)
• DDoS Prevention Appliances (June)
• Mobile Infrastructure Security (June)
• DDoS Mitigation Strategies & Vendor Leadership: North America Enterprise Survey (June)

INFONETICS WEBINARS

Visit https://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 Than SDN (June 19: Attend)
• New DNS-based DDoS Attacks Demand Advanced Mitigation Tools (View on-demand)
• The Increasing Threat of Compromised Web Servers & How to Mitigate It (View on-demand)
• Using Big Data Analytics to Amplify Security Intelligence (View on-demand)
• Protecting Infrastructure Control Systems from Cyber Attacks (Aug. 14: Sponsor)

TO BUY REPORTS, CONTACT:

N. America (West), Asia Pacific: Larry Howard [e-mail] [phone]

N.A. (East, Midwest), L. America, EMEA: Scott Coyne [e-mail] [phone]

Greater China, SE Asia, India: 大中华区 Jeffrey Song [e-mail] [phone]

Japan 日本 Takashi Kimura, TAK Analytics [e-mail] [phone]

South Korea 대한민국 Doug Moon, MBAP [e-mail], [phone]

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.