Monday, 25 February 2008

Frost and Sullivan Names Websense as Web Filtering Leader in AP

Analyst group Frost & Sullivan has named Websense, a global growth consulting company, as the leader in Web content filtering for the Asia Pacific (APAC) market.

Following its acquisition of SurfControl in October 2007, Websense said it now has a 36.8 percent share of the USD 61.5 million market.

"Websense, the market leader in the 2005 APAC Web filtering market, acquired their strongest market competitor SurfControl in an acquisition that is expected to solidify Websense's market presence in APAC and offer it a stronger momentum in the SMB segment," said Edison Yu, Research analyst, ICT Enterprise Division, Frost & Sullivan.

"The acquisition by Websense is expected to create a potent market participant that can comprehensively offer content protection to SMB, large enterprises and carriers."

Frost & Sullivan predicts the Web content filtering market in APAC will grow from revenues of US D61.5 million in 2006, to USD264.3 million in 2013.

The study titled "Asia Pacific Secure Content Management Market 2006" by Frost & Sullivan analyst, Edison Yu, discusses that recent Web content filtering market traction has been driven by heightened awareness among enterprises of the perils of uncontrolled Web access and ineffective bandwidth. Frost & Sullivan forecasts this market to grow at a robust CAGR of 23.1 percent in the next seven years, as enterprises focus more attention on the management of external Web-based threats.

"We continue to build and develop Web, messaging and data security solutions to protect our customers and their confidential data. Thanks to Websense ThreatSeeker(TM) technology, we can be sure that Websense continues to preemptively address today's emerging security challenges," said Tim Lee, vice president APAC, Websense.