Mar 30 2009 28 mins 1
Endpoint virtualization is one of the hottest emerging technologies for financial institutions, which are looking to maximize secure access to and management of key applications - while also controlling costs.
In this Emerging Technologies Insights panel, we hear from:
Matthew Speare of M&T Bank on how a banking institution leverages virtualization;
Tom Wills of Javelin Strategy & Research on current security trends that impact endpoint virtualization efforts;
Brian Duckering of Symantec on strategies and solutions being employed across industry.
In this 30-minute panel discussion, the panelists discuss successful virtualization strategies for banking institution, offering unique perspectives from the practitioner's vendor's and market researcher's points of view. They also tackle a series of questions on endpoint virtualization, including:
What is the economic imperative for financial institutions to explore virtualization?
What are the biggest security challenges and opportunities from virtualization technologies?
How do virtualization solutions address institutions' concerns about fraud and vendor management?
In what ways do virtualized solutions help institutions meet their objectives to contain costs and maximize security?
About the Participants:
 | Matt Speare is Senior Vice President of Information Technology, M & T Bank Corporation, the nation's 17th largest bank holding company, based in Buffalo, New York. |
 | Tom Wills is Senior Analyst Risk, Security & Fraud, Javelin Strategy & Research, where he leads the firm's strategic risk management, security, fraud, and compliance advisory services. |
 | Brian Duckering is Senior Product Marketing Manager, Endpoint Virtualization, at Symantec. He advocates use of the various virtualization technologies available today to promote higher productivity for end-users and better system manageability and cost reduction for IT. |
 | Tom Field is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years experience in newspapers, magazines, books, events and electronic media. An accomplished public speaker, Field has developed and moderated scores of podcasts, webcasts, roundtables and conferences, and he has appeared on C-SPAN, The History Channel and Travel Channel television programs. |
