Gartner just released their annual report on endpoint security (see: Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, Gartner, 2010)
As you can read in the report, Symantec extended its lead both in terms of vision and ability to execute. What is really notable, however, is the strong statement Gartner made about the future of endpoint security. The reports starts with an indictment, "Malware effectiveness continues to accelerate, while vendors are busy polishing increasingly ineffective solutions and doing little to fundamentally reduce the attack surface and protect users."
Gartner goes on to state, "Signature-based malware detection has been limping along on life support for...