At the top of the Latin American CIO priority list, security continues to drive investment in software. IDC's Latin America Semiannual Security Software Tracker® provides subscribers with complete market statistics, trends, and forecasts to uncover and exploit the continued opportunity in this market. Vendors including CA Technologies, Check Point, IBM, McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro, among others, will be able to measure their performance in a given period and also understand their competition, major trends, and areas for improvement as they will have historical data view by company size, vertical industry, type of license, and channel.

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in revenue.

Technologies and subtechnologies:

• Identity and access management
• Secure content and threat management
• Security and vulnerability management software
• Other security software
• Market value, share, and forecast in U.S. dollars and local currency

Segmentations:

• Channels: Direct (direct outbound and direct inbound) and indirect (VAR, system integrator, distributor, retail, Internet, other reseller, and others)
• Vertical markets: Manufacturing, finance, government, telco/media, commerce, services, home, oil/gas/mining, utilities, and education
• Company size segments: Home, small office, small business, medium-sized business, large business, government, and education
• Type of license: New licenses and upgrade or maintenance
• Specific country highlights

Geographic Scope

• Latin America (Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America) (Note: Peru can be included as an add-on.)

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include three years of historical data and an additional five years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the regional and country levels.

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a semiannual basis with tools such as pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

• Preliminary top 5: Week 11 after period closes
• Preliminary top 10: Week 12 after period closes
• Historical data: Week 13 after period closes
• Forecast data: Week 14 after period closes
• PowerPoint presentation
• Interactive briefing
• Historical and forecast analysis: Week 16 after period closes