Growing 17% in Latin America in 2007, storage software manages and ensures the accessibility, availability, and performance of information stored on physical storage media. Twice a year, IDC's Latin America Semiannual Security Software Tracker provides subscribers with complete market statistics, trends, and forecasts to uncover and exploit the continued opportunity in this market. Vendors will be able to measure their performance in a given period and also understand their competition, major trends, and areas for improvement.

This product covers the following segments of the Latin America security software market:

• Market value and shares by country, license type, vertical industry, horizontal (company size) segment, and distribution channel
• Semiannual data, with historical information from 2006
• Five-year annual forecast
• Countries - Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and the rest of Latin America; Peru optional once a year
• Functional markets - secure content and threat management, identity and access management, security and vulnerability management, and other security software

Throughout the year, this product will address the following topics:

• Market value, share, and forecast in U.S. dollars and local currency
• Vertical markets - manufacturing, finance, government, telco/media, commerce, healthcare, oil/mining, utilities, and education
• Company size segments - enterprise, large, medium sized, small, small office, education, and government
• Type of license - new licenses and upgrade or maintenance
• Specific country highlights

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What is the opportunity in the security software market in Latin America?
2. How will this market continue to grow over the next five years in Latin America?
3. What are the most successful strategies used by security software vendors in Latin America?
4. Which security software modules represent the greatest portion of existing revenue, and which have the greatest growth potential?
5. What vertical and horizontal segments are driving growth of this market in Latin America?

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

IDC's Latin America Semiannual Security Software Tracker examines how security software vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the market. This product reviews the strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the security software market, including CA, Check Point, IBM, McAfee, Symantec, and TrendMicro.

Subscribers to this product receive semiannual delivery and IDC support, including:

• Excel analysis tool
• PowerPoint presentation
• Interactive briefing
• Schedule (Week #16): Historical and forecast analysis published

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

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