Integrated vendors for integrated security

Publication Date	June 2009
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	10
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00791

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Summary

Security products are increasingly being sold as integrarted product suites, sometimes bringing in products beyond the security domain. This report examines how far users want this process to go and the implications for the businesses that buy them.

Content

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- In a nutshell
- The Ovum view
- Does the market want integrated security?
- The argument for and against integrated security offerings
- Business organisation and physical reality limit the appetite for integrated security
- The ideal and the reality are poles apart
- Business objectives
- Security function and domain
- Location and outsourcing
- Platform type
- Why stop with security?
- Vendor lock-in
- The case for integrated security
- Is integrated security a reality?
- What constitutes ???integrated'?
- Security policies
- Under-the-covers integration
- The situation today
- Vendor strategies
- There is no standard vendor strategy
- Starting point
- Culture and business foundation
- Acquisition history