Cisco's recent acquisition of e-mail security firm IronPort has pushed the networking giant into direct competition with MessageLabs as well as traditional antivirus vendors such as Symantec, McAfee and Trend Micro.
Microsoft's plans to launch an antivirus application will improve overall Internet security, a leading competitor conceded.
Microsoft plans to focus on rapid acquisitions to quickly build its security capabilities, the company said this week.
Microsoft has spent billions of dollars in recent years to secure its software. Now it's payback time.
Microsoft should be concentrating on securing Windows so it no longer needs an anti-virus product instead of trying to squeeze established AV vendors out of the market, according to Gartner.
Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.
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