F-Secure Update

Here’s a quick update on F-Secure, a leading virus control vendor:

The biggest virus control vendors are Symantec, McAfee, and Trend. There then follow several important vendors, such as F-Secure, Sophos, and Panda.
Main offerings: anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, parental control, and anti-spam. Spam control is mainly through partnerships–malware control is the core expertise.
Publicly held, profitable, $105 million revenues in calendar 2007, growing at around 30% annually.
Around 60% of revenues come from consumers–almost all through service providers.
Around 40% of revenues are from sales to business.
Almost all sales come through channels–resellers or service providers.

F-Secure’s major differentiators are:

Its great strength is a hosted service that’s suitable for service providers. Special customization features provide for reduced help desk calls and reduced customer churn.
Many major service mobile operators and ISPs are clients.
Support for smart phones.