Security remain the biggest concern for database managers and businesses overall, as it's a critical aspect in data collection, housing and sharing. So IBM of course is trying to do everything it can to make that pain point less painful.

IBM's new Virtual Protection System is aimed at detecting rootkits, an increasing malicious threat to virtual data centers. The software sits just outside a virtual database to stop nasty intruders and serves as a bouncer (though IBM likes the more gentleman's term of 'doorman') for making sure nothing gets in that shouldn't get into the system.

On the efficiency side, you just need one program to protect all your virtual data machines.

But that's not the only new virtual data center tool from IBM. Big Blue has also debuted a Trusted Virtual Data Center service that helps enterprise IT single out jobs for specific machines.

I'm truly starting to believe that IBM should change the "I" from International to Innovative given its consistent accomplishments in building tools that data center admins and businesses need.