With heavy hitters like Cisco, Microsoft, and Oracle joining the security market through strategic acquisitions — and some new development — enterprises should get some price breaks on security tools, says Blum, senior vice president and research director with Burton. “The security market is drifting toward lower prices and large, integrated suites,” Blum says, with antivirus and anti-spyware companies converging their products, as well as network security vendors like Cisco and Juniper doing the same on their end, adding features such as network access control to their network devices.