The IBM Enterprise Security Radars (Vendor Focus)

Introduction

This brief analyses the strengths and weaknesses of IBM's enterprise security offering. IBM is rated according to its market impact (based on revenues), user sentiment (based on customer perceptions) and technology.

Scope

• Technology: an assessment of IBM's technology based on specific attributes and the availability of certain features.
• User sentiment: tracks end-users' impression of IBM's products based on a survey of over 300 enterprise security users.
• Market impact: measures IBM's market impact based on its revenues and financial performance.

Highlights

The enterprise security market is highly fragmented and dynamic. Enterprises cannot rely on one vendor for all their IT security needs, but are increasingly interested in simplifying the procurement and management of security deployments.

The aim of this report is to provide enterprises with a guide that can assist them in choosing a security partner to help them implement their primary security solutions before deploying secondary solutions from other vendors.

Reasons to Purchase

• Gain detailed knowledge of IBM's strengths with regards to technology, user sentiment and market impact.
• Enterprise security vendors can benchmark their own performance in various key criteria against IBM's.
• Enterprise IT managers will gain valuable insight to improve their enterprise security purchasing decisions.