As virtualization’s ability to optimize resource pushes its adoption throughout data centers and critical infrastructure, firms must start reality checks on their virtual security. Network mangers must move to centrally manage role-based identity and access, control machine-to-machine access, and monitor all activities on the host operating system and guest VMs.

Juniper Networks’ APAC Enterprise Solutions Director, Kang Eu Ween, believes network security will increase in 2009 as operations rely on the Internet to do more with less.

"CIOs and CTOs have little time to spend on reviewing the various security solutions available in the market, but enterprises should care about their security solutions because the threats today pose a much bigger risk than ever before." Goh Chee Hoh, Managing Director, Trend Micro, Asia South and Hong Kong

The year 2009 is expected to be a challenging year for the information security industry as a result of the aftermath of the global financial crisis.

What will the year ahead hold for information security? Learn about the likely trends -- from dealing with questions of enterprise virtualization and SaaS security, to Web application security, to compliance issues.

Check Point has announced a new line of appliances providing businesses dedicated devices for multi-layer, multi-domain virtualized security.

The general public may think that mainframe computing is a thing of the past, but expert Michael Cobb reviews why the mainframe is still the cornerstone most large IT projects.

Symantec's 2008 State of the Data Center report found that data center managers are caught between two conflicting goals – more demanding user expectations and higher levels of performance, yet reducing costs remain the primary objective for the data center. The report also found that data center staffing remains problematic, servers and storage continue to be underutilized and disaster recovery plans are out of date.

According to a recent Gartner Inc. research report, 60% of virtual machines will be less secure than their physical counterparts through 2009. Michael Cobb explores the challenges of securing a mixed infrastructure of physical and virtual machines.

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) is launching a global hosting service that creates office PC environments that are securely accessible from anywhere using a USB key.