The global security appliance market had a bumper 2015, IDC reports-- annual revenues total $10.6 billion, a 9.9% increase, while shipments reach a record high of 2.33 million units with 8.1% growth.
EMEA accounts for 26% of WW 2015 revenues with an annual increase of 2.9% compared to 2014.
The last quarter of the year was also positive-- global revenues are worth $2.95bn (a 9.3% Y-o-Y increase) and shipments are up by 6.2% Y-o-Y to 635281 units. \
Driving such results is the Unified Threat Management (UTM) sub-market, one showing record 2015 revenues of $4.85bn, 18.5% increase over 2014 and the highest growth among all sub-markets for the year. The Firewall and Intrusion Detection and Prevention categories also had a positive 2015, with growth reaching 9.2% and 7.9% respectively, while VPN and Content Management revenues are down by -17.2% and -2.2%.
"The high growth in many appliance markets is an encouraging sign for IT security appliance vendors, IDC concludes. "With continued talk of going virtual, many customers still desire on-premise hardware solutions."
