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Internet Research Group Releases Newest Security Report:
“The Microsoft Security Strategy”
Los Altos,
Calif., May 26, 2005 –
The Internet Research Group (IRG) today announced that it has published its
latest report on Microsoft’s security strategy.
“Bill Gates gave
the opening keynote at February’s RSA 2005 conference and said that
Microsoft was going to spend roughly $2B a year in R&D directly related to
security,” noted Peter Christy, co-founder of IRG and author of the report.
“This is the largest single R&D investment in the information technology
security industry. Where will this money be spent and what is the impact on
vendors, enterprises and consumers?”
This new study
titled The Microsoft Security Strategy describes the overarching
security fabric that Microsoft is planning, the high-level motivations
behind this plan and the potential change this will have on the way
businesses, consumers and competitors view computer and network security.
“Gates and Ballmer are quite articulate about their customers’ security
needs and issues,” noted Christy. “In the past when Microsoft finally
understood an issue they ended up doing interesting things. We expect that
to be the case here.”
The study is available now. The
Table of Contents
may be downloaded by clicking here.
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About Internet Research Group --
The Internet Research Group (IRG)
provides market research and market strategy services to product and service
vendors. IRG services combine the formidable and unique experience and
perspective of the two principals: John Katsaros and Peter Christy, each an
experienced industry veteran. The overarching mission of IRG is to help
clients make faster and better decisions about product strategy, market
entry, and market development. IRG is located in Los Altos, CA and can be
contacted by phone at 650-559-6222, via the Web at
www.irg-intl.com or via e-mail at
jkatsaros@irg-intl.com. Katsaros and Christy recently published a book
on these topics (Getting It Right the First Time – Praeger, 2005
www.gettingitrightthefirsttime.com ).
Editor’s note: Peter Christy is available to
provide background discussion, quotes or references for articles related to
network infrastructure and security.
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