Re: home firewall market segment share

From: zenner (zenner_at_pacbell.net)
Date: 03/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 18:58:58 GMT

Check Point does have the largest market share...for corporate
level/enterprise firewalls. Their cost and licensing process has kept them
from making inroads below the Mid-level company market. Not to mention the
steep learning curve caused by the high degree of flexibility (read
complexity) in configuring and installing the premier product FW-1/VPN-1.

They seem to be addressing the lower tier mid-level and niche markets with
the purchase of ZoneAlarm, less complex configuration choices in FW-1/VPN-1
(Vpn1-net, vpn1-pro and simplified vs. traditional mode configuration modes)
plus dedicated firewall appliances, sold both by partners and in-house
platforms.

If they could just address the cost and licensing issues....?

"auro" <ipserv@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:37d70410.0403131748.2a9dfa59@posting.google.com...
> Does anyone have data on home firewall market segment share (zone
> alarm, kerio, etc).
>
> Is anyone working with companies to add ports for streaming media
> srevers on PCs. 

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