/C O R R E C T I O N -- Frost & Sullivan/


LONDON, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- 
In the news release, "Legislation and Productivity Concerns Drive the 
Investments in European Content Security Market" issued on 25 Jun 2007 
08:00 GMT, by Frost & Sullivan  over PR Newswire, we are advised by a 
representative of the company that in the 2nd paragraph, the 2nd figure 
should read US$3.35 billion rather than US$3.35 million, as originally 
issued inadvertently.

Complete, corrected release follows:

European content security market is gathering pace, particularly with
enterprise security gaining priority due to the ever increasing need to
protect critical information from the emerging threats and attacks.
Furthermore, employee productivity is becoming an area of focus and in the
recent past, Europe has also been reviving its legislative directives,
necessitating greater investments in security. These factors, coupled with
the growing consolidation, are like to provide entry and exit options for the
investment community.

New analysis from Frost & Sullivan
(http://www.financialservices.frost.com), European Content Security Market -
Investment Analysis and Growth Opportunities, reveals that revenues in this
market totaled US$1.80 billion in 2006, and are likely to reach US$3.35
billion in 2010.

If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides
manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of
the latest analysis of the European Content Security Market - Investment
Analysis and Growth Opportunities, then send an e-mail to Joanna Lewandowska,
Corporate Communications, at joanna.lewandowska@frost.com with your full
name, company name, title, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address.
Upon receipt of the above information, an overview will be sent to you by
e-mail.

"The European security industry at large is in the limelight, as growing
signs of market maturity in the North American region have heightened the
focus on the less mature European and the growing Asian markets" notes Frost
& Sullivan Senior Research Analyst Raja Srinivasan. "Regulatory compliances,
employee productivity concerns, and the growing demand for proactive
solutions to counter new and innovative security threats are all expected to
drive content security investments across Europe."

Among market segments, while the anti-virus segment remains
the largest, e-mail filtering has also managed to achieve widespread demand,
driven mainly by media exposure to spam and the existence of some well
established participants in the region. As for Web filtering applications,
although the European region did not appreciate them initially, it has now
understood the importance of such applications as the dependency on Internet
has become inevitable. As a result of this transition, the Web filtering
segment is likely to register the fastest growth within the European content
security space.

With regard to the challenges, distribution still remains an
area of concern as a majority of established content security companies are
U.S.-based. Besides, Microsoft's ambitious plans for expanding its presence
in the security space, especially in the consumer segment, have alarmed other
security vendors.

"Unlike its North American counterpart, the European content
security market is highly fragmented and this presents significant commercial
challenges for new players wanting to enter the market," says Raja.
"Moreover, Microsoft's entry into the marketplace is expected to increase
pricing pressures as the company has the capacity to draw customers with more
competitive prices."

Distribution challenges could encourage more mergers and
acquisitions in the market place as large companies prefer to grow
inorganically through acquisitions, to bolster their reach in the market. A
similar trend in consolidation is likely in the near future, across the
security value chain, as vendors are forced to gain access to resources and
enhance their market penetration. These trends could, in turn, offer
lucrative exit opportunities for the investment community.

European Content Security Market - Investment Analysis and
Growth Opportunities is part of the Software FBA Subscription, which also
includes research on investment analysis and growth opportunities in the
following markets: world communication software industry, world Web
collaboration market, world supply chain management market, and North
American content security market. All research services included in
subscriptions provide detailed market opportunities and industry trends that
have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants.
Interviews with the press are available.

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visit http://www.frost.com.

Contact:
    
    Joanna Lewandowska
    Corporate Communications - Europe
    P: +48-(0)22-390-41-46
    E: joanna.lewandowska@frost.com
    
    Patrick Cairns
    Corporate Communications - Europe & Africa
    P: +27-21-680-3274
    F: +27-21-680-3296
    E: patrick.cairns@frost.com
    
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    Corporate Communications - Southeast Asia
    P: +603-6204-5878
    F: +603-6201-7402
    E: sarah.lourdes@frost.com
    
    Nimisha Iyer
    Corporate Communications - South Asia, Middle East
    P: +91-22-4001-3431
    F: +91-22-2832-4713
    E: niyer@frost.com
    
    Jorgelina Peciña
    Corporate Communications - Latin America
    P: +54-11-4777-9951
    F: +54-11-4777-0071
    E: jorgelina.pecina@frost.com
    
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    P: +86-210-247-2403
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    E: dwhite@frost.com
    
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    Corporate Communications - Australia & New Zealand
    P: +61-2-8247-8900
    F: +61-2-9252-8066
    E: sharmin.jassal@frost.com

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