Recent news for IT consultants is that the revenues obtained through the sale of security software increased by 15 percent in 2005.  Market researchers claim that this percentage increase was motivated by developments within the antivirus market.

In 2004, the revenues were $6.4 billion, whereas last year they rose to $7.4 billion.  Antivirus software purchased by IT consultants and business owners on its own produced a revenue of $4 billion, which was 54.3 percent of the total.

Organizations continued to spend money on security in 2005 and analysts expect that the industry will grow significantly in the next few years as IT consultants help businesses comply with government and other regulations.

The security field was led by Symantec last year, and the company was responsible for over 32 percent of the revenue globally in 2005.  Similarly, the company was responsible for about 54 percent of sales in the antivirus sector.  McAfee was next in line with a market share of 12 percent, followed distantly by Trend Micro at 8.5 percent, CA at 6 percent and IBM at 4 percent.  The security field continues to be a hot market for IT consultants. 

Blogged By:  Computer Consulting 101