IBM designs blades to tackle security issues

IBM has designed the BladeCenter PN41 to specifically tackle various security problems. The company informed that while it designed many blades to tackle IT issues such as storage, PN41 was the first ever blade designed exclusively for security. The blade server would be using CloudShield’s deep packet inspection software. CloudShield is the provider of network management and security services.

The BladeCenter PN41 is expected to minimise security threats, including denial-of-service attack and viruses. It would do so by diverting malicious traffic by performing network activity analysis. The blade would also help communication carriers in prioritising and managing network activities such as web traffic and video sharing.

The blade server is aligned with IBM’s TISS (Telecom Integrated Solution for Security). The other components of TISS include IBM Tivoli Security Operations Manager and IBM Proventia Intrusion Prevention. The BladeCenter PN41 can also support applications by Check Point, a security software company. Its head of American services, Michael Anderson, acknowledged that the BladeCenter PN41 has already accelerated security application performance.

Anderson further added that combining of Check Point’s CoreXL and SecureXL technologies with IBM hardware would facilitate handling a greater number of customer connections. The blade prices are not yet declared, though IBM announced that blade will be available in October 2008.

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