CAMPBELL, CA — (Marketwire) — 07/20/11 — Market research firm today released excerpts from its new , which analyzes and ranks the top web security-as-a-service (SaaS) providers.
“There is a tight race for leadership among the top 5 web security SaaS providers — Cisco, McAfee, Symantec, Websense, and zScaler. The difference between 1st and 5th place in our vendor matrix comes down to small variations in brand presence, security profile, strategy, capabilities, and financial stability. These factors are valued differently from buyer to buyer, making for some very interesting competition between vendors,” notes , principal analyst for security at .
leads Infonetics- web security SaaS provider scorecard overall, in large part because of its strong product offering with unique features, such as integration with Cisco routers
tie for 2nd right behind Cisco, each scoring stronger or weaker than the other in some areas
and , respectively the only standalone web security player and the sole SaaS-only player in the top 5, have the potential to remain strong players in the web security SaaS arena, though both will have trouble matching the security profile and brand presence of Cisco, McAfee, and Symantec
Providers ranked in Infonetics- include and , with additional commentary on other web security SaaS providers such as and . The leadership scorecard identifies providers- strengths and weaknesses, and ranks the top web security SaaS providers based on criteria critical to determining market leadership, including security brand presence, security profile, financial stability, market strategy, and service capabilities. A was published by Infonetics in May 2011. Both scorecards are part of Infonetics- market size and forecast service, which will be published again September 8, 2011.
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Jeff Wilson
Principal Analyst, Security
Infonetics Research
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