Virtualization continues to make a name for itself across today's IT landscape. What was once introduced as a server consolidation technology designed to reduce hardware, power and cooling costs has evolved into what many consider an essential data center technology as unstructured data continues to pile up.

And while virtualization can be leveraged to improve a growing number of IT processes, there are still a handful of critical functions that must be brought up-to-speed in order to keep pace with the demands found in today's virtual environments.

This white paper takes a look at one of these areas - data protection. Discover the criteria for a successful data protection strategy in today's virtual environments, explore key questions to ask yourself regarding your existing security strategies, learn about challenges regarding scalability and application performance and more. Read on for additional info.