Firms urged to rethink spam strategy

Enterprises must protect themselves from likely shake-up in vendor market

IT managers should rethink their spam filter strategy as the market is expected to experience dramatic vendor consolidation this year, Gartner has warned.

According to the analyst group, fewer than 10 of the 40 vendors in the market will still be in business by 2005.

And current firewall, antivirus and web filtering vendor technology fails to meet enterprise requirements, while companies that do offer viable products are smaller and have a limited track record.

News source: Vnunet.com