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Data Center Security –The Increasing Requirements for Data Center-Class Performance

Data Center Security ProductsBiannual Worldwide and Regional Market Share, Size, and Forecasts: Excerpts

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Data centers have increasingly distinct security and performance requirements from traditional enterprise fi rewalls

and edge security use cases. Fortinet’s unique strengths based on ASIC-driven hardware acceleration and

consolidated security architectures have led to industry-leading capabilities in performance and throughput,

scalability, high-speed ports and port density, including the release of the world’s fi rst device to exceed 1 Tbps

of fi rewall throughput. This leadership has resulted in rapid growth to becoming a leading vendor for data center-

class appliances from the enterprise to leading telecommunications and service providers.

In the following report from Infonetics Research, Principal Analyst Jeff Wilson discusses the data center market

and adoption drivers for fi rewalls, integrated security, and other appliances. Wilson introduces criteria for data-

center class capabilities, and discusses the leading vendors who are poised to deliver on the new requirements.

Data Center Security – The Increasing Requirements for Data Center-Class Performance

As organizations shift to becoming increasingly knowledge-driven businesses, the data center continues to grow in size and importance, accelerated by initiatives such as cloud, big data and SaaS. This is leading to rapid increases in network bandwidth and refresh of networking and fi rewall hardware.

As organizations shift to becoming increasingly knowledge-driven businesses, the data center continues to grow in size and importance, accelerated by initiatives such as cloud, big data and SaaS. This is leading to rapid increases in network bandwidth and refresh of networking and fi rewall hardware.

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Data Center Security Products Biannual Worldwide and Regional Market Share, Size, and Forecasts: 1st Edition

Report Excerpts

May 2014

By Analyst Jeff Wilson

INFONETICS RESEARCH REPORT EXCERPTS

Data Center Security Products: Excerpts Reprinted with permission from Infonetics Research. © 2014 Infonetics Research, Inc.

Table of Contents

TOP TAKEAWAYS 1

DATA CENTER SECURITY APPLIANCES: GROWTH LIKELY PEAKING IN 2014 1

Overall Market: 2013 and 2014 Strong for Data Center Appliances 1

Manufacturer and Market Share Analysis: Cisco Continues to Lead, but There Are Many Challengers 3

DATA CENTER SECURITY APPLIANCE ROADMAP 5

Service Provider Survey Results 5

REPORT AUTHOR 6

ABOUT INFONETICS RESEARCH 6

REPORT REPRINTS AND CUSTOM RESEARCH 6

List of Exhibits

Exhibit 1 Data Center Security Appliance Revenue by Category 2

Exhibit 2 Data Center Security Appliance Market Share 4

Exhibit 3 Data Center Security Appliance Roadmap 5

1 Data Center Security Products: Excerpts Reprinted with permission from Infonetics Research. © 2014 Infonetics Research, Inc.

TOP TAKEAWAYS

Enterprises and service providers are upgrading data centers to support huge increases in traffic and handle the massive waves of attacks they face every day; they’re investing in data center security solutions now because they need to increase overall security throughput, increase their ability to handle

● Revenue for data center security appliances was up 9% in 4Q13 from 3Q13, rising to $645.4M, and it will hit $2.9B by CY18, a 5-year CAGR of 5%.

● Market share for security appliances in the data center fairly closely mirrors overall market share for security solutions, with Cisco leading in 4Q13, followed by Juniper, Fortinet, Check Point, and McAfee.

DATA CENTER SECURITY APPLIANCES: GROWTH LIKELY PEAKING IN 2014

Overall Market: 2013 and 2014 Strong for Data Center Appliances

Revenue for data center security appliances was up 9% sequentially in 4Q13, rising to $645.4M, and it will hit $2.9B by CY18, a 5-year CAGR of 5%. The market will continue strong through 2014, but transformation in data center infrastructure will start to cause tectonic shifts in the revenue makeup for data center security.

The data center security appliance data presented in this service covers products deployed in data center environments, including integrated security appliances, secure routers, IPS appliances, web and mail security gateways, and DDoS prevention systems. The security products deployed in data centers tend to be higher-end, but not all data center security appliances are large $100K+ devices; there are small and mid-sized data centers that use lower-end gear than someone like an Amazon or Google, there are many commercial hosting environments with colocation facilities or per-customer appliances. Roughly 60-70% of the revenue for integrated appliances tracked here are what the industry would consider data center class ($30K and up, 40G+ aggregate throughput, etc.). DDoS shows the most growth but is also the smallest segment by far.

Our forecast for data center security appliances is divided into 4 product categories (shown in the chart below). The most obvious trend is the growth peak in 2014;however, though growth slows, we still forecast YoY growth through 2018 (meaning only growth is declining, not the overall market).The largest market is integrated appliances, followed by IDS/IPS, content security gateways (web and mail) and DDoS appliances. The content security gateways show the least growth long term, but they are the backbone of data center security, and advancements in performance and the availability of products tailor-made for data centers, as well as tighter coupling between hardware appliances, virtual appliances, and server software help all segments continue to grow through 2018.


Exhibit 1 Data Center Security Appliance Revenue by Category

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$1,400

CY14 CY16 CY18

Rev

enue

(US$

M)

SSL VPNIDS/IPSContent security gatewaysPurpose-built virtual security appliancesVPN/firewall


The key drivers for data center security appliances are:

● The need to upgrade hardware appliances to new physical interfaces (10G, 40G, 100G)

● The need for higher aggregate throughput (40G and up, but in some cases approaching 1 terabit)

● The need for massive performance increases in connection rate and concurrent connections for key web/data center protocols (like TCP); in many cases, data centers’ connection performance needs have increased 10x in the last 2 to 3 years, and their firewalls are having a hard time keeping up

● A growing need for lower-latency data center security solutions in latency-sensitive environments, like financial data centers, and any data center serving real-time communications applications

● The need to integrate some security functions at high speeds in small to medium-sized data centers (consolidating firewall, IPS, and DDoS in a platform that supports 5G to 10G aggregate throughput)

● Deployment of high-end appliance solutions that are aware of or can interface with virtualized security solutions and/or SDNs/NFV

● Availability of new products that are specifically focused on data center security (like F5’s data center firewall solution) or offer significantly better performance than previous generations of products

Manufacturer and Market Share Analysis: Cisco Continues to Lead, but There Are Many Challengers

Market share for security appliances in the data center fairly closely mirrors overall market share for security solutions. Cisco has a broad product portfolio (selling integrated appliances, IPS, and content security) and has the sales and support infrastructure (as well as a deep interest in data center business outside of security) to serve data center customers well. Over a year ago Cisco announced a bevy of new data center security solutions, and they closed the Sourcefire acquisition, which will give them a full line of next generation firewall and IPS hardware, which they will aim directly at the data center as well.

Cisco led data center security appliance revenue market share in 4Q13. Juniper was in second place, and. Fortinet took the third spot with, (after announcing a new line of extremely cost-competitive, high performance data center solutions in the fall which have been doing quite well for them). Check Point jumped up to fourth, and McAfee rounded out the top 5.

Fortinet takes third due to their strong position in many mid-sized data centers and strong price/performance position (their recently launched 3700D has been wildly successful in some high-profile data center deals).


Exhibit 2 Data Center Security Appliance Market Share

0%

40%

1Q13 2Q13 3Q13 4Q13

Rev

enue

(%)

Cisco Juniper Fortinet Check Point McAfee


DATA CENTER SECURITY APPLIANCE ROADMAP

Exhibit 3 Data Center Security Appliance Roadmap

Before 2009 2009-2014 2015-2018Purpose-built data center firewalls with high performance for key data center protocols and attacks are available from a range of vendors and have mainstream data center acceptance, but major shifts in data center infrastructure drive revenue growth toward virtual appliances and SDN/NFV compatible software solutions

High-end firewall, IPS, and DDoS, and web/mail security appliances used in data centers, but not purpose built for data center deployment

Vendors investigate specific needs for the data center for hardware appliances as well as look at integrating hardware appliance and virtual appliance solutions, and begin to make plans for SDN and NFV, but continue accelerating investment in hardware appliances

Service Provider Survey Results

In December 2013, we published a report based on interviews with 24 of the largest and most influential cloud/hosting providers around the globe, titled Data Center Security Strategies and Vendor Leadership: Global Service Provider Survey. Key findings that were directly applied to the market sizing and forecast in this service include:

● 96% of respondents are driven to deploy new solutions by the need to upgrade to high speed network interfaces on their security appliances to match the upgrades that have happened in their switching infrastructure, and 100% are driven by the need for security solutions with aggregate performance that matches their data center network performance; 100% also need new solutions for DDoS.

● Even more than their enterprise counterparts, service provider respondents favor a multi-layered model for deploying security in the data center; over 70% of respondents are already using hardware appliances, virtual appliances, and server software.

● Respondents deploying virtual security appliances what to have equal levels of security in physical and virtual environments, and are looking for new layers of security to protect against new types of threats.


REPORT AUTHOR

Jeff Wilson

Principal Analyst, Security

Infonetics Research

+1 408.583.3337 | [email protected]

Twitter: @securityjeff

ABOUT INFONETICS RESEARCH

Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting analyst firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.

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