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What you need to know about security software
By Mihaita Bamburic
2012-28.06
What does security software even mean now? It?s such a vast concept that it can cover everything from file scanning to parental controls and everything in between. It pretty much covers everything except someone telling us, "Don?t do that, you?re going to regret it!"
It is the most quickly evolving type of software that we run on our computers, but it hardly gets noticed.
But that?s the purpose of security software: to do its job in the background and to never ask us for anything. It keeps its mouth shut, and we don't end up with a hijacked system.
The software security business is not a tough place to be. There?s a lot of hard work involved, and plenty of beta testing, but it?s very profitable. In 2011, Symantec had $1.75 billion in revenues with profits of $240 million, an 85% increase over the $132 million in the previous year. At the same time, Kaspersky increased their profits by 25%, which made up an estimated 18% of global security software sales.
From the financial perspective, that's a pretty solid place to be.
For more details, please read : http://betanews.com/...urity-software/
By Mihaita Bamburic
2012-28.06
What does security software even mean now? It?s such a vast concept that it can cover everything from file scanning to parental controls and everything in between. It pretty much covers everything except someone telling us, "Don?t do that, you?re going to regret it!"
It is the most quickly evolving type of software that we run on our computers, but it hardly gets noticed.
But that?s the purpose of security software: to do its job in the background and to never ask us for anything. It keeps its mouth shut, and we don't end up with a hijacked system.
The software security business is not a tough place to be. There?s a lot of hard work involved, and plenty of beta testing, but it?s very profitable. In 2011, Symantec had $1.75 billion in revenues with profits of $240 million, an 85% increase over the $132 million in the previous year. At the same time, Kaspersky increased their profits by 25%, which made up an estimated 18% of global security software sales.
From the financial perspective, that's a pretty solid place to be.
For more details, please read : http://betanews.com/...urity-software/
