Hi,
is that analyst firms are there to make statements like that one not to
actually set their
users' budgets, but to help frame conversations.
Indeed.
Actually I think they came off as a bit authoritative and sure of
themselves to call it "framing conversations". Otherwise they would say
that some companies will be shooting for X% bracket because of YZ, should
you? Then maybe they can list their reasons why.
But they won't do that because it also puts a spotlight on the failure of
some current solutions who are made by big companies who buy Gartner
services.
So in 2006, the average will spend 4% to 5%, the pikers and cheapskates
3%-4%, but in
2008 everyone will spend from 5%-8%? Cool!
Guess that is more like a correction due to some new threats and
emerging TJX-powered fears.
Lets remember that back in 2004, content filtering solutions was
basically about parental control.
Really, sounds like an update rather than a correction. For whatever
reason they decided that threats currently have gotten much worse and so
much so that you need to nearly double your spending to handle them. Now
I'm not going to say that the risk scenario shows them to be right because
risk is very subjective but I think it's still way too general of a
statement to apply across the board to all network infrastructures of all
businesses.
-pete.
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