Industry pundits are advising tech leaders to keep an eye on what's happening within the security marketplace as vendors continue to merge and acquire each other, morphing product lines and likely leaving some enterprises in the lurch during acquisition transition or dropping the relationship completely. The consolidation trend is the major force in play, but experts also note that there is a "convergence" happening within products. Physical security is melding into products traditionally meant for information technology needs.
For more on top security trends:
- read this article [1] at CSO
Links:
[1] http://www.csoonline.com/read/030106/vendor_megatrends.html