McAfee is teaming up with HP ProCurve, Intel and VMware to
deliver improved security for HP ProCurve networking products,
Intel business PC platforms and the VMware virtualisation
platform.
"The era of providing complete protection simply by installing
anti-virus software on a PC has long passed. In today's world of
sophisticated malware, targeted threats, and multi-stage attacks,
security needs to be everywhere," said Dave DeWalt, president and
chief executive officer of McAfee.
McAfee and HP ProCurve have created a strategic alliance with
the intent to jointly develop and deliver network security systems.
Under this agreement, McAfee and HP ProCurve will build security
systems that combine McAfee's information security products with HP
ProCurve's networking product portfolio.
The pair said the joint systems will simplify networking and
security from the edge to the network core, delivering security
protection for companies of all sizes.
McAfee will work with Intel to take advantage of Intel vPro
technology to provide security below the operating system layer on
PCs.
This forthcoming McAfee technology will provide organisations
using PCs featuring Intel vPro technology with improved security
and reporting while requiring fewer IT resources.
Specifically, McAfee will use Intel vPro technology to allow IT
departments to discover and remediate security problems on PCs
outside of business hours, and report the health of the PC back to
McAfee's ePolicy Orchestrator management console.
Building on its existing relationship with VMware, McAfee said
VMware will ship McAfee VirusScan Plus software with VMware Fusion,
VMware's desktop virtualisation product for running Windows
applications side-by-side with Mac applications on any Intel-based
Mac.
The deal means that VMware Fusion customers will receive
anti-virus, anti-spyware and Windows firewall software from McAfee
at no additional cost.