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Brian E. Burke
Program Director, Security Products

Team: Security and Business Continuity
Security Products and Services
Brian Burke is the Program Director of IDC's Security Products service. He conducts in-depth primary research and provides insight and analysis on a variety of evolving security markets. Mr. Burke delivers critical market intelligence to technology vendors, IT professionals, and the financial community. His areas of expertise include, but are not limited to: Messaging Security, Web Security, EndPoint Security, Consumer Security, Data Loss Prevention, and Information Protection and Control (IPC). Mr. Burke's coverage within the Security Products service includes security appliances, security software, and security hosted services.

Mr. Burke is a frequent speaker at many security industry conferences, including RSA. He is also a regular contributor to numerous business and trade publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, BusinessWeek, Boston Globe, San Jose Mercury News, Washington Post, Fortune, ComputerWorld, Network World, InfoWorld, and others.

Prior to his current position, Mr. Burke was an inquiry analyst in IDC's Software Research Group. In that role, he was responsible for a wide-range of coverage, including Infrastructure Software (Security, Operating Environments, System Management Software), Enterprise Applications (ERM, CRM, ASP's), and Application Development and Deployment (Application Integration, Information and Data Management, Application Design and Construction Tools).

Prior to joining IDC, Mr. Burke worked for GartnerLearning (a division of Garter, Inc.) as Manager of Client Care. Mr. Burke has a B.A. from Westfield State College.

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Zscaler Announces In-The-Cloud Web Security
Brian E. Burke
Aug 2008 - Doc # lcUS21374408      IDC Link
On August 4th, Zscaller announced the immediate availability of its "in-the-cloud" security services. Zscaler was started by security industry veteran Jay Chaudhry, wh ...
Symantec: A Clear Vision for a Cloudy Day
Brian E. Burke
Jun 2008 - Doc # lcUS21297608      IDC Link

Symantec recently hosted its annual Vision conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. In conjunction with Vision, Symantec also hosted its Worldwide Industry Anal ...


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Purewire: Web Security as a Service
Brian E. Burke
Nov 2008 - Doc # 214913      Vendor Profile
This IDC Vendor Profile features Purewire Inc., an emerging vendor in the Web security-as-a-service market. This document analyzes Purewire's range of Web security services, Purewire's strategy, and developments in the market. ...
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Worldwide Web Security 2008–2012 Forecast and 2007 Vendor Shares
Brian E. Burke
Aug 2008 - Doc # 213700      Market Analysis
This IDC study examines the Web security market for the period from 2006 to 2012, with vendor revenue and market growth forecasts. Worldwide market sizing is provided for 2006–2007, and a five-year growth forecast for this mark ...
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Appearances

IDC at RSA 2008 - The Impact of Security as a Service
San Francisco, CA United States
April 08, 2008

Securing the Enterprise Through Network Access Control (NAC) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
United States
December 20, 2007