Network (in)security; IT companies look to benefit from businesses increasing spending to protect computer systems.(security business expected to increase; preparing for virus attacks)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Crain's Detroit Business, January, 2002 by Dietderich, Andrew

Spending on computer-network security may increase as much as 43 percent nationally this year, creating a potential boon for local technology companies that saw business drop off sharply in 2001. Detroit area technology companies say they have been receiving a flood of calls from businesses reacting to the events of Sept.

11 and to the effects of viruses such as Code Red and Nimda that hit computer systems last summer. Bloomfield Hills-based Advanced Computing Technology Inc. said revenue in the last quarter of 2001 from its security business increased by $2 million or 50 percent, compared with the last quarter of 2000. ``Before the summer, there were thousands of worms and viruses that really no one cared about,'' said Timothy Bates, managing director of...

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