1:00 - 2:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time

As security becomes ever more important to businesses of all sizes, vendors are increasingly turning to channels to get their products to end users. Especially in the SMB, channel partners are the trusted advisors of many businesses and play an important role in the IT decisions they make. In this session, IDC's Chris Christiansen, Christina Richmond and John Grady analyze the latest Channel Panel Security Survey to determine:

• The state of the security market. What are key trends in 2008 and the future?
• What security vendors are seeing the most traction in the channel?
• What are the channel's preferences for security technologies, margin points, features, and customer demand?