Server Consolidation Security - Firewall and VPN Solutions for IBM eServers
Today’s on-demand enterprise can gain significant benefits by consolidating servers into their mainframe and midrange systems. Whether an organization uses IBM® eServer® iSeries model 800s or the IBM eServer zSeries® z990, consolidation of servers is now possible, yielding substantial return on investment. Whether it’s mainframes or midrange, organizations can reduce administration, infrastructure, and systems costs significantly by running many virtual servers inside a single eServer zSeries or iSeries machine, instead of using tens or hundreds of x86-architecture based PC servers.
The conversion to server consolidation, although very beneficial to the on-demand organization, is not without concerns. Traditional mainframes and midrange systems were considered very secure. But the introduction of Linux® and Microsoft® Windows® based systems inside these machines, and TCP/IP networking connecting them all together on virtual LANs, introduces the same security concerns that physical servers and LANs have had for many years.
Stonesoft’s StoneGate firewall and VPN solution for IBM eServer zSeries and iSeries provides a unique security solution to address the network security needs of this new architecture design. StoneGate excels in security, manageability, availability and security. This whitepaper will explore the issues surrounding server consolidation on the mainframe and midrange systems, and detail how StoneGate can address the security concerns—providing for a secure, on demand workplace, a significant return on investment and the enablement of new business processes.
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