While the concept of consolidation is certainly not new to IT organizations,
its application is gradually expanding. This convergence of endpoint security
and endpoint management has grown to include not just servers and other
hardware, but also IT operations and tools.
Evidence of this trend can be heard in hallways and lunch rooms as security
and administrative teams compare notes. They are discovering common
functions, challenges, and strategic goals and have begun to share ideas for
addressing them more efficiently. Other indicators surface in policies
designed to ensure business continuity and regulatory compliance through
sound information protection and management practices. It can be measured as
IT organizations respond to management's directives to control costs... (more)