“The estimated market value is about EUR13 million this year. Usually surveys include everything there is to the security of a company when discussing the IT security market, but we are mainly looking at the antivirus part of it.”
The entire IT security solutions market includes antivirus, back-up, data loss prevention and network management solutions.
A trend on the market at the moment is to develop solutions to protect mobile devices – smartphones and tablets, which are used for both personal and business purposes.
“The progress of smartphones is really fast and along with it come the threats. Mobile devices are now part of the hardware a person gets when taking a job with a corporation. “
People can now access data from their mobile phones, which means they connect to the intranet. Under the circumstances, the network administrator in a company has to extend security policies beyond the laptops and workstations in the network, to mobile phones, Sipciu added.
Sales of smartphones most likely exceeded 2.5 million units last year, while tablet deliveries stood at 800,000 units. Most of them are running Google Android, which is more exposed to threats because of the many existing versions customized by each electronics manufacturer for its own terminals.
Eset developed and launched a consumer solution for Android powered devices last fall. The solution is also part of the new generation of Eset security products for business customers – the sixth version of the Eset Endpoint Security suite, which targets small and large companies alike.
Eset has an about 20% share of the Romanian market, Sipciu said. Its biggest rivals in this country include BitDefender and Kaspersky.
Axel Soft IT Group is aiming for at least 10% growth this year, relying on the sales of the new version of the Eset business suite.
Revenue stood at EUR2.4 million in 2014, an increase of about 15% on 2013. Sale and distribution of Eset licenses generate 90% of Axel Soft IT Group’s revenue. Most licenses, about 70%, go to corporate customers, while the rest to consumers.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)