Messaging security appliance market to reach $400 million by 2009

The Western European messaging security appliance market will reach over $400 million in factory revenue in 2009, says the IDC in their new research study, According to the report, a compound annual growth rate of 54% is expected from 2004 to 2009.

"Benefits offered by appliance solutions, such as ease of deployment and use, simplified management, performance benefits and lower total cost of ownership, will help drive this growth,`` said Oliver Harcourt, senior research analyst for European Enterprise Server Solutions at IDC.

Harcourt says that other factors which will contribute to market growth will be the rise in the number, frequency and sophistication of threats, including spam, phishing, spoofing, viruses, worms and blended threats and compliance issues, which messaging security solutions look to address.

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The New Zealand Telecommunications Carriers Forum (TCF) has released a proposed code of practice that would govern text message-based chatrooms, reports Stuff.

The code, which lays out a mechanism for industry self regulation, was developed at the request of then Associate Communications minister David Cunliffe in October, after it became apparent paedophiles were targeting Vodafone`s Teenzone text chatroom. Vodafone closed the chatroom following the revelation.

Provisions in the draft code include the monitoring of messages, as well as the use of age verification mechanisms to protect children.

According to the code, all messages sent via chatrooms should be monitored, though not necessarily in real-time. Age restricted content must also have age verification in place to prevent it being accessed by children.

Nigerian authorities say that a three-year-old crackdown on 419 scams is yielding results, reports CNN. According to Nuhu Ribadu, head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, cash and assets worth more than $700 million were recovered from suspects between May 2003 and June 2004. In addition, more than 500 suspects have been arrested, more than 100 cases are before the courts and 500 others are under investigation.

Part of the government strategy to combat 419 crimes was to access assistance offered by Interpol, the FBI and other Western law enforcement agencies.