Gartner forecasts security troubles: Keep your options open when buying software.

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The article focuses on the mandatory requirement of security software for companies which faces an Internet community of hackers and criminals by Gartner Inc. analyst in the U.S. According to Peter Firstbrook, research director with Gartner, switching vendors make financial sense, and with security vendors, companies may have more leverage when renegotiating deals. However, the companies are making a change to distribute software, test new products and educate users. Moreover, licenses for desktops and electronic security services are calculated but server license costs are based on number of central processing units.