{"id":2069,"date":"2011-04-28T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T15:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2011-04-28T07:00:06","modified_gmt":"2011-04-28T15:00:06","slug":"virtualization-and-security-spending-on-security-grows-as-servers-migrate-to-the-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/virtualization-and-security-spending-on-security-grows-as-servers-migrate-to-the-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtualization and Security: Spending on Security Grows as Servers Migrate to the Cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"

While there has been huge interest and growth in the areas of both cloud computing and virtualization, the enabling technology for cloud computing, the security of these new technologies remains a major concern. \u00a0So, it comes as no big surprise that spending on security for cloud and virtualization technology is a rapidly growing field.<\/p>\n

Managed Security Services<\/a> (MSS), the outsourcing of network security services to a service provider, is one area that is particularly seeing growth. \u00a0A report by Infonetics <\/a>found that spending <\/a>on MSS increased by 12 percent in 2010 and the spend rate is expected to grow by 62 percent over the next five years, reaching $17 billion annual spending by 2015. \u00a0The report notes that much of this growth is attributed to security as related to the cloud, SaaS and virtualization technologies.<\/p>\n

Specific factors that are driving growth in Managed Security Services include:<\/p>\n