Content and application delivery providers ranked

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: DENISE DUBIE ON NETWORK OPTIMIZATION
06/14/05
Today's focus: Content and application delivery providers
ranked

Dear security.world@gmail.com,

In this issue:

* Top providers of secure content and application delivery
  technology
* Links related to Network Optimization
* Featured reader resource
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Today's focus: Content and application delivery providers
ranked

By Denise Dubie

As industry watchers predict secure content and application
delivery technology to grow more important to enterprise network
managers, three vendors are vying to bring customers on board.

According to a recent report published by IDC, the secure
content and application delivery market grew about 15% from 2003
to 2004, and products in the area "have evolved from primarily
supporting the performance of Internet traffic into a platform
customers use to increase the performance and security of the
applications they deliver to end users." IDC says the technology
- which can provide bandwidth optimization benefits, serve as an
Internet gatekeeper and secure networks with content filtering
tools - is becoming a necessary element in network
infrastructure.

Just a few vendors are capitalizing on the need. In fact, the
top three vendors account for about 87% of the market. Network
Appliance, Blue Coat and Cisco lead the $235 million market for
secure application delivery, with 32%, 30% and 25% market share,
respectively. Stratacache claims 6% of the overall market,
Microsoft pulls in 4%, and the remainder falls into the "other"
category.

Of the three leaders, Blue Coat experienced the most growth from
2003 to 2004 with a 77% jump in year-over-year revenue to bring
the vendor to more than $70 million. Network Appliance reported
about $75 million in revenue and Cisco came in at just about $60
million.

IDC credits Network Appliance's top spot with its "diversified
customer base that includes large enterprise and service
providers." IDC says the company will use its storage expertise
to gain more momentum in this market. As for Blue Coat, this
"up-and-coming vendor to watch" uses its proxy technology to
provide secure and resilient network architecture to customers,
IDC says.

Cisco's success comes from a variety of technologies that
address this area, such as software distribution, Internet
gateways and IP video delivery. IDC says Cisco is focusing on
wide-area file services technology to better its market
position.

As for the future, the uptake in remote and branch office
applications, VoIP and storage networking will only serve to
increase demand for secure content and application delivery
technologies, which could cause the market to grow to $330
million by 2009, IDC says.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Application mgmt. vs. application acceleration, Part 2
Network World, 04/21/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2583

Application mgmt. vs. application acceleration, Part 1
Network World, 04/19/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlnetop2584
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To contact: Denise Dubie

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers network and systems management
for Network World. Reach her at <mailto:ddubie@nww.com>.
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This newsletter is sponsored by Concord Communications
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Technologies

Network and systems technologies have an important new role -
helping networked systems live up to new business realities.
With growing and shifting demands, network executives are
balancing business goals with prioritizing IT projects. Read
about the 'Future of Management', 'IT Service Management',
'Managing Security', and 'Best Practices'.
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