In-Stat: VoIP driving security appliance market

Though voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) can add a number of new features to business telecom systems, vendors and customers face difficult security challenges to realize these benefits, reports In-Stat. The market research firm believes that more than 75% of the companies that have implemented VoIP plan to replace their security appliances in 2006. The security appliance market is poised for strong growth over the next few years, and will reach US$7 billion by 2009, In-Stat predicts.

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