McAfee, Inc. Extends Deployment Assistance Program to Include Secure Content Management Appliances
McAfee(R) Provides 60-Days of Technical Assistance to Ensure Successful Testing, Installation and Deployment of Secure Content Management Appliances
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE), the leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, today announced that it has extended its Deployment Assistance Program to customers and select McAfee(R) SecurityAlliance(TM) partners deploying McAfee's new family of Secure Content Management (SCM) appliances. The 60-day Deployment Assistance Program offers technical support and deployment assistance to ensure companies are successful in testing, evaluating, installing and deploying the McAfee Secure Web Gateway, McAfee Secure Messaging Gateway, and McAfee Secure Internet Gateway solutions.
"Delivering customers a solution to protect against worms, spyware, spam, and phishing is just one piece of the puzzle," said Lambert Walsh, senior vice president of Worldwide Technical Support and Customer Service at McAfee, Inc. "The Deployment Assistance Program makes certain our customers correctly install and successfully deploy the products in their environment, so they fully utilize and maximize their security investment right from the start."
"McAfee's Deployment Assistance Program has significantly minimized the need for support follow-up soon after the customer's deployment," said Brian Cosker-Swerske, CIO at Evigi Technologies. "As a SecurityAlliance partner we work together with McAfee through the entire process, so that our mutual customers experience the highest levels of McAfee's product performance beginning from day one."
The McAfee Secure Content Management (SCM) appliances provide comprehensive protection against spyware, inappropriate Web content, potentially unwanted programs, phishing, spam, known viruses, worms and Trojans, and can be centrally managed by the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator(R) (ePO(TM)) for unified management of anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-phishing and content filtering solutions from the desktop to the gateway. The McAfee Secure Content Management appliances offer:
-- Unparalleled built-in spyware prevention -- Industry's most
comprehensive network-based spyware prevention, protecting against
spyware, dialers, keyloggers, backdoors, and other potentially
unwanted programs.
-- Integrated Web filtering -- Best-in-class Web filtering solution
(powered by Secure Computing's SmartFilter(R) under optional license
agreement) eliminates unauthorized Web access and improves Web
security.
-- Unified enterprise-class management -- Unified management of anti-
virus, anti-spyware, anti-phishing and web filtering solutions from
the desktop to the gateway through a single management console,
McAfee ePO.
-- Real-time, streaming anti-spam updates -- Streaming anti-spam and
anti-phishing updates deliver industry-leading protection.
The Deployment Assistance program is available immediately to customers and McAfee SecurityAlliance partners that are interested in evaluating or implementing McAfee Secure Content Management appliance technology. For additional information on the program please contact your sales or channel account manager.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California and the global leader in Intrusion Prevention and Security Risk Management, delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the world. With its unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers home users, businesses, the public sector, and service providers with the ability to block attacks, prevent disruptions, and continuously track and improve their security. www.mcafee.com
NOTE: McAfee, SecurityAlliance, and ePolicy Orchestrator are registered trademarks or trademarks of McAfee, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the US and/or other countries. McAfee Red in connection with security is distinctive of McAfee brand products. All other registered and unregistered trademarks herein are the sole property of their respective owners.
Source: McAfee, Inc.
CONTACT: Siobhan MacDermott of McAfee, Inc., +1-408-346-3783, or
Siobhan_MacDermott@mcafee.com
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