IT Security Shifts The Highest Gear For Q1 2012

Zooming in from Q4 of 2011, at the end of Q1 2012, the world of ICT saw that security was the biggest momentum in the whole industry, garnered a 6.36% of press releases.

It was followed by consumer IT which achieved a 4.88% while the third is cloud computing with 4.38% of press release excitement.

Hence, the biggest five trends recorded so far are:

1. Security – 6.36%
2. Consumer IT – 4.88%
3. Cloud Computing – 4.38%
4. Mobile – 3.95%
5. Other trends – 3.89%

In terms of companies, Oracle was the most aggregive in terms of product offerings and other media importance by gaining 3.46% while HP came in second with 2.53% and Microsoft third with 1.91%. The top five companies who were most aggressive in terms of press marketing are:

1. Oracle -3.46%
2. HP – 2.53%
3. Microsoft – 1.97%
4. IBM – 1.85%
5. Symantec – 1.67%

While cloud computing is supposed to be the biggest industry mover of 2011, Q1 2012 saw Big Data as a newer and more aggressive contender. Big Data complements cloud computing, storage and business analytics, offering more intelligence and automation for the supposedly information overflow phenomenon. It is not something new, however this time the technology is getting cheaper and more useful for business case.

As for security, the biggest news was the hacking incident of Symantec’s product which saw attempts from hackers to release source code of Symantec’s product which was obtained illegally.

Vendors pushed focuses towards security for the mobile platform and it was reported that security threats are getting more ferocious, complicated and sophisticated.

Meanwhile, IBM presented state-of-the-art enterprise security solution which promises ultimate protection for enterprises.