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Strategies: NetScreen, Cisco Shift to Network Security Super-Device |
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By Alison Diana
E-Commerce Times
December 20, 2003
Both NetScreen and Cisco have partnered with Trend Micro, a longtime developer of network antivirus and Internet content security software, to add Trend Micro's capabilities to their products.
Recently, many traditional firewall vendors have been adding more capabilities, such as antivirus and antispam, to their security offerings.
This all-in-one approach has both proponents and opponents. Proponents say more all-inclusive security devices can simplify the all-too-complex life of an IT manager. On the negative side, opponents note that if a business purchases an all-in-one solution, it cannot ensure it is buying best-of-breed technology in every area.
This debate is taking place in a fast-growing market. By 2005, sales of firewall hardware and software will reach US$2.5 billion, according to Meta Group. Infonetics Research is even more bullish. Early this year, the research firm predicted worldwide firewall revenue will reach $3.8 billion by 2005, up from $1.7 billion in 2001.
In December 2003, Fortinet unveiled the FortiGate 800 Antivirus Firewall, the latest addition to its Antivirus Firewall product line, which debuted in May 2002. In addition to features that were present in earlier versions -- including ICSA-certified antivirus, worm and Trojan protection; ICSA-certified IPsec VPN; ICSA-certified intrusion detection; Web content filtering; and traffic shaping -- Fortinet added intrusion prevention and antispam capabilities.
We're having huge success with that [line], said Rick Kagan, vice president of marketing at the Sunnyvale, California-based firewall vendor, in an interview with the E-Commerce Times. He noted that Fortinet has sold more than 20,000 Antivirus Firewall units.
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