Yesterday I saw an announcement that Trend Micro is going to cease selling the InterScan Messaging Security Appliance (IMSA), InterScan Web Security Appliance (IWSA), and InterScan Gateway Security Appliance (IGSA) in favor of software appliances and managed services. Pretty interesting development for such a major player to retreat from a hardware strategy but it is such a cluttered market with so many undifferentiated offerings that it must make business sense for them. If a Chinese company can’t make money selling hardware, where presumably labor and hardware costs are so much lower, then I think this a real harbinger for the industry.

[tags]trend micro, email security[/tags]