* Open source software and Web services belong together
* The risk to data sitting in databases, and how to protect against it
* Virtualization brings security and flexibility
* How open source software can meet data center requirements
* Vendors use Linux and open source software in data center technology
* The individual pieces that make up identity management
* The three kinds of externalization and their effects on data centers
* Modern data centers have ‘porous perimeter’ - with specific security issues
* Web Services Resource Framework brings together grids, Web services
* Data Center Markup Language promises to be extremely useful