In keeping with the spirit of the SDM “Going Green” issue this month, the question posed above seems appropriate and the answer appears to be yes. I am a big believer in major trends, or “unshakable facts” as I like to call them. These are usually global in nature and have impact across countries and cultures that cannot be explained away as part of a personal or business bias.
The BIG Three: cloud computing, social media, and mobility would fall into this category of “unshakable facts,” or more to the point, “it’s going to happen whether you like it or not.” The impact on the converged security market, today and moving into the future, will certainly experience this in spades — the biggest of the big three being the cloud. Thankfully, based on its growth projections, the cloud shows green economies of scale.