Protecting the organization's laptops and desktops is a crucial and never-ending battle for many IT professionals. Evolving security threats have led to a proliferation of security tools, increasing IT costs and systems management headaches. Infrastructure and operations pros facing these challenges with their PC environment should take advantage of emerging management and security suites from vendors like Microsoft and Symantec to stem costs, simplify operations, and increase the overall security posture of machines and their associated data.