Hot Markets for 2007 — Prepare for Growth

Alarming in decline from Number 13 to Number 14 is security/protection ($528B, +10 percent; with $7.2B in print, -4 percent). Data/document integrity security ($1.6B to print, +14 percent) is the top security product as hackers and cyber-thieves take over tainted Websites and VML-code-flawed e-mail programs and browsers with large-scale spamming. VeriSign iDefense, Semantec, Microsoft and others are on the defensive.