This report looks at the market for email security solutions. This market consists primarily of spam and virus control products but also includes add-on services, such as attachment blocking and policy compliance.
This report is primarily quantitative in nature. It estimates:

• The revenues received by vendors from businesses
• The revenues received by vendors from consumers
• The number of business people using the technology
• The number of consumers using the technology
• The number of businesses using the technology

It also provides estimates of the available market:

• The number of business email users
• The number of consumer email users
• The number of businesses that are able and likely to purchase the technology

In each case, estimates are provided for a wide variety of countries, for the world as a whole, and for each of the years from 2005 to 2010, inclusive.

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Important Questions Addressed by This Report Include:

• What is the size of this product opportunity?
• How do revenues divide between appliances, software solutions, and hosted services?
• What countries represent the greatest opportunity?
• Where should sales and support offices be located?
• What are the largest markets
• How much money is there to be made in India and China?
• Which country markets are becoming saturated?
• Which countries will grow the most?
• How many large businesses are there in each of the largest economies?
• How people work in medium sized organizations the largest economies?

Table of Contents

Executive Summary
    Summary of Key Points
Introduction
  Definition and Scope of Revenues
    Anti-Spam Services
  Segmentation
    Software and Appliances
    Hosted Service Providers
    Business vs. Consumer
    OEM or Licensed Technology
Market Size
  Revenues by Sector, 2005-2010
    Revenues Will Level Off
    Proportion of Annuity Revenue Will Increase
    Appliances Are Gaining Ground … for Now
    Business Users Will Increase
    Consumer Revenues Are More Complex
  Market Size by Number of Users
    Business Users
    Consumer Users
  Geographic Information
    Business Revenues by Region
    Consumer Revenues by Region
    Business Users by Country
    Consumer Users by Country
Market Planning
    Number of Workers by Country
    Number of Email Users by Country
  Number of Business Organization: Selected Countries
    Additional Data
Observations
    Desire for Single-Vendor Purchasing Is Increasing
    Revenue Growth Will Slow
    Appliances Have Become More Popular
    The Line Between Appliances and Software Has Blurred
Development Method
  Our Approach
  Shortcomings and Adjustments
    Adjustment of Vendor Data
    Revenues vs. Bookings
    Lack of Data From Publicly Held Vendors
    Revenues Not Limited to Anti-Spam
    Employment Data

Who Is This Report Suitable For?

The report is designed for vendor management, trying to assess this market and the opportunity it presents. It is also valuable in order to project product revenues on a country-by-country basis, and assign sales goals.