People have become multi-screeners who use smartphones, tablets, computers or even TVs to get online. According to F-Secure’s Consumer Broadband Survey 2012 (6,400 broadband subscribers from France, the UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, Brazil, India and Japan) 65% of people have more than one device. The choice of device depends on the place, context and time people have on their hands. Many activities are performed either sequentially or in parallel on various devices which defines new requirements for software.
Users create and share content 24/7.The volume of user generated digital content is expected to continue to increase rapidly during coming years, driven by digital photos, videos and music. 89% of people (F-Secure Broadband Consumer Survey, 2012) want all their content on all their devices and look for services to share, store and control their personal data. Parks Associates forecasts that operators providing security, storage and sharing value-added services have a revenue opportunity of $1.03b 2012, increasing to $4.82b during 2015.
The majority of people do not trust the safety of cloud services according to F-Secure’s Broadband Consumer Survey. However, the need for Internet security and different kinds of safe Content Cloud servicesis increasing. It opens new opportunities for security and safe Content Cloud service providers who have built trust over years and have a solid track record.
From the press release, "F-Secure Corporation - Interim report January 1 - December 31, 2012."
