The Yankee Group reports that the Internet Security market was $13B in 2005 while Email filtering expenditures are projected to grow from $1.1B in 2005 to $2.8B in 2008. Outsourcing of Email filtering and Anti Virus was $550M in 2005 and is estimated to be over $1B in 2008. In addition, businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees are a ripe market for the growing Web enabled services industry. Interactive collaboration and e-commerce will produce growth rates of up to 45 percent each year for the rest of the decade. Many smaller firms lack the expertise and network capabilities to take advantage of advanced services and are turning to online applications as a quick, low-cost way to remain competitive. The more access to the Internet these companies require, the more exposed their networks are to outside threats.
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