
The software as a service delivery model is poised for adoption across the security industry, with some hosted applications providers tabbing customers' compliance efforts as an emerging driver of the trend.
As Salesforce.com has proved in the CRM (customer relationship management) sector, many business customers appear increasingly willing to consider the move to hosted applications to replace on-premises software.
Some experts and industry players believe that the hosted model is already changing the way many companies manage IT security and compliance operations.
Among those predicting growth of the SAAS model is Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of the Security Technology unit at Microsoft, in Redmond, Wash.
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