Revenue of security software in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) is expected to exceed the 1.7 billion USD mark in 2010, IDC said.

Thus, within 4 years, the revenue of system protection applications will more than double the current level (805 million USD by the end of 2005).

2010: Security software revenue will reach 1.7 billion USD images 1 According to the IDC report, the budget for security software, including anti-virus and spam programs, will be affected by strong regional economies such as China and India.

" These will be the countries with the highest demand for security software in the region within the next 5 years ," IDC said. " Great demand in these markets will lead to overall regional growth ."

IDC also predicts that the security market will increase by more than 15% per year on average, from now until 2010.

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