Analyst firm rates industry heavyweights.
Analyst firm
Forrester
has released a report on ‘Client Security Suites’, naming
McAfee
as the leading brand in the field.
Symantec
and
Sophos
are both described as ‘viable alternatives’, but lack some features, including network access control and administration tools, needed to keep up with
McAfee
‘s comprehensive offerings, which
Forrester
expects to continue leading the way.
Panda
and
F-Secure
have good technology, but apparently lack the vision and resources to keep up with the larger players.
Panda
is said to be doing well in the smaller business arena, and its ‘strong architecture’ should bring success in future, while
F-Secure
offers ‘a little bit of everything’.
Kaspersky
is labelled ‘a leading anti-malware vendor’, while
Trend Micro
‘s firewall lacks functionality and
CA
is playing catch-up.
A full summary of the report is
here
, with links to further detail on individual vendors and the chance to buy the full report, for a mere $995.
Posted on 28 September 2006 by
Virus Bulletin
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