2008 NAC Survey

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2008 NAC Survey
In our third annual overview of the network access control market, a slowing of sales combined with a vendor field poised for consolidation reveals that NAC is finally maturing from gee-whiz tech to a tool with well-understood parameters.

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Enterprise Fixed/Mobile Convergence: A Market View

In our third annual overview of the network access control market, a slowing of sales combined with a vendor field poised for consolidation reveals that NAC is finally maturing from gee-whiz tech to a tool with well-understood parameters.

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About the Author:

Mike Fratto is Managing Editor, Labs, for InformationWeek. He covers network infrastructure and network access control for the publication. He has been with TechWeb for more than 11 years and has extensive experience evaluating enterprise remote access, security, and network infrastructure products. Mike previously was a Senior Technology Editor for Network Computing and Executive Editor for Secure Enterprise. He has been a guest speaker at several conferences, including Interop, MISTI, and the Internet Security Conference as well as local groups. He also teaches a network security graduate course at Syracuse University. Prior to joining Network Computing, Mike was an independent consultant.

Report Table of Contents

• Executive Summary • Research Synopsis
• NAC: Alive, Though Not Kicking
• Shoot For The Stars
• What's Holding NAC Back
• Standards Shakeup
• Why We Do It: Drivers
• Compliance Matters
• Wants, Needs, And Desires
• NAC Vendor Analysis

Excerpt: NAC: Alive, Though Not Kicking

The high expectations surrounding this market were dashed by complexity and elevated implementation costs.Those still considering NAC are driven by compliance needs and the desire for better access control, while many others are pausing to evaluate the next wave of products and technologies.

On the vendor front, not surprisingly, we saw increased interest in the NAC frameworks from Cisco and Microsoft, driven largely by their strong ties to the enterprise.With more than 20 vendors in the NAC market, many of them start-ups competing for the same dollars, consolidation is a near-term reality.

Caymas Systems closed its doors in 2007,Vernier Networks (now known as Autonomic Networks) is looking to get out of the NAC space, and Lockdown Networks closed down in March.

Fifty-five percent are either planning implementations or are in the evaluation process.The share of companies with no plans to use NAC is up as well, though, from 15% in 2007 to 23% in 2008.This is a fairly typical cycle, where early adopters rush to deploy a new technology, followed by a slower period, where more conservative organizations evaluate the products against their needs and spending priorities.

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