Cisco Regains Top Spot in IPS Market
Cisco Snatches Q3 Security Market Share from its Competitors
By jheary on Sat, 12/19/09 - 4:40pm.The latest analyst market share data for the security space has been released and it appears Cisco has made some gains. The biggest news is that Cisco regained the top spot in the IPS market one quarter after it was stripped away by McAfee. Here are some of the highlights contained in the analyst information for 3rd quarter 2009.
IPS
The battle for the top spot in IPS continues to be a close. Cisco edged out McAfee in Q3 for the crown, but IBM ISS is still right there in their peripheral vision. Source: Infonetics
Network IDS/IPS Market Share Q3 CY’09
Cisco – 25%
McAfee – 22%
Followed, in order, by IBM ISS and Tipping Point to round out the top 4.
Top Security Vendors
Here are the top 4 Security Vendors based on Network Security Market share. Cisco is almost 3x larger than its closest security competitor.
Source: Infonetics Network Security Marketshare, 3QCY’09
Cisco – 35%
Juniper – 13%
Checkpoint – 11%
McAfee – 7%
SSLVPN
In the SSLVPN market, Cisco sits at the number three spot behind Juniper and Checkpoint. According to Infonetics, Cisco did gain some market share in Q3. Source: Infonetics
Security Appliances
In the "Network Security Appliance and Software Market Share – Q3 CY’09" Cisco leads the pack with 35% share. Following in order are Juniper, Checkpoint, Nortel, Nokia, … However, the other category makes up the second largest share after Cisco. Source: Infonetics
Integrated Security
As is probably little surprise, Cisco continues to dominate in the integrated security market (i.e. secure routers) with 71.2% share. Following in order are Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, Enterasys. Source: Infonetics
How important are these analyst reports to your buying decisions? Do you think they are important or just hype?
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