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Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, stated in a white paper entitled, "Security for Virtualization: Finding the Right Balance" that companies are intrigued by the attractive value proposition that virtualization presents, however, the challenges related to managing traditional agent-based and agentless virtual assets significantly limit potential benefits. The white paper also stated that the 'right protection' overcomes the failings of legacy protection solutions, with an approach that mirrors that of virtualization itself - flexible, adaptable, scalable and capable of delivering fast ROI and providing the right balance between protection and performance, stated
According to a Forrester survey, 85% of companies have either implemented server virtualization, or are planning to do so. A study by a leading analyst also supports the rise of virtualization in the marketplace, predicting that 50% of x86 architecture server workloads will be virtualized by the end of 2012. At the same time virtualization is becoming a standard practice, the security of those virtualized environments is lagging behind. In fact, another report claims that '...in 2012, 60% of virtualized servers will be less secure than the physical servers they replace'.
Kaspersky Lab also revised the benefits of Virtualization with security mentioning the following:
- Cost containment: Virtualization reduces the overall hardware footprint, reducing hardware expenditures, floor space, power consumption, management requirements, etc.
- Speed: Virtualization increases the speed of IT by delivering new capacity on demand. This agility can ultimately result in greater competitiveness of the entire business.
- Stability: Simpler, standardized, redundant systems lead to greater resiliency, ensure better system availability, enabling employees to be more productive whenever and wherever they work.
- Centralized management: Virtual systems can be created instantly, and managed and configured centrally reducing administrative and support costs.
- OS migrations: In virtual environments, these are easier and faster, and ultimately require less ongoing maintenance.
Kaspersky Lab recently announced the release of its latest security technology to ensure businesses will "Be Ready for What's Next." Kaspersky Security for Virtualization - built from the ground-up by Kaspersky Lab's internal team of security experts - is focused on protecting evolving corporate IT infrastructures from malware and cybercriminals.
Please visit us on the following link for more information: http://me.kaspersky.com/en/beready?
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the largest antivirus company in Europe. It delivers some of the world's most immediate protection against IT security threats, including viruses, spyware, crime ware, hackers, phishing, and spam. The company is ranked among the world's top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users. Kaspersky Lab products provide superior detection rates and one of the industry's fastest outbreak response times for home users, SMBs, large enterprises and the mobile computing environment. Kaspersky® technology is also used worldwide inside the products and services of the industry's leading IT security solution providers. Learn more at www.kaspersky.com. For the latest on antivirus, anti-spyware, anti-spam and other IT security issues and trends, visit www.securelist.com.
For further information please contact:
Cynthia Darwish, Account Manager, GolinHarris, Dubai: +971 50216 3352
Sousie Babekian, Account Executive, GolinHarris, Dubai: +971 50 5950735
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