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As companies prepare to refresh the first generation of virtualised IT infrastructure, a forum of Australian industry experts has reminded CIOs that the benefits of a consolidated hardware footprint may be great but successful virtualisation must go hand-in-hand with strict risk management procedures if vulnerabilities in security, power, data management and disaster recovery are to be avoided.

Business security solutions vendor, WatchGuard Technologies, has made two new appointments to its sales and marketing team, further boosting support for the company's regional channel partners and end users in Australia and New Zealand.

Australian public and private sector organisations are under greater pressure in 2011 to protect against data loss compared to last year with 52 per cent of IT security managers citing compliance with regulation and legislation as a key driver for security investment in the next 12 months.