McAfee, Inc. Named One of "Coolest Cloud Security Vendors" by Everything Channel's CRN

McAfee, Inc. today announced that Everything Channel's CRN has named it one of the "20 Coolest Cloud Security Vendors." The top Cloud Security Vendors include CRN's top 20 picks of the coolest cloud security vendors helping to foster the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) phenomenon and drive it forward in 2010.

In September, McAfee completed the acquisition of MX Logic, a SaaS e-mail and Web security company. This acquisition helped bolster the McAfee portfolio which now includes email and Web protection, email continuity and archiving services, endpoint protection and vulnerability management, and added 40,000 new customers and 1,800 channel partners. Additionally, early this year McAfee launched a new version of its McAfee(R) Total Protection Service, providing integrated endpoint, email and Web protection from the cloud.

"This accolade validates the effort that we have put forth to create the most complete and comprehensive Security-as-a-Service suite," said Marc Olesen, senior vice president and general manager, McAfee Software-as-a-Service. "With ten years of experience in providing SaaS based security solutions, McAfee has a huge leg up on the competition. We are pleased to see that our investment in SaaS paying off."

The list was based on nominations from Solution Providers rating technology, channel influence, effectiveness and visibility along with business and sales impact. The final selections were made by a panel of Everything Channel Editors.

Winners were announced online at www.Channelweb.com and were featured in the January 25 issue of CRN.

About McAfee Inc.

McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee is committed to relentlessly tackling the world's toughest security challenges. The company delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure systems and networks around the world, allowing users to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the web more securely. Backed by an award-winning research team, McAfee creates innovative products that empower home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling them to prove compliance with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and continuously monitor and improve their security. http://www.mcafee.com

About Everything Channel (www.everythingchannel.com, www.channelweb.com)

Everything Channel, headquartered in Framingham, MA, is a technology marketing and sales solutions company. Through its "Complete Technology Channel Solution," Everything Channel offers the right business tools to accelerate technology sales. From branding and recruiting to marketing and sales, Everything Channel offers technology marketers the unmatched breadth and depth of global brands and market intelligence combined with unparalleled audience loyalty and credibility serving all technology sales channels through an extensive database. Everything Channel provides innovative field sales and marketing solutions to the sellers of technology to achieve measurable and significant results.

About United Business Media Limited

UBM (UBM.L) focuses on two principal activities: worldwide information distribution, targeting and monitoring; and, the development and monetisation of B2B communities and markets. UBM's businesses inform markets and serve professional commercial communities -- from doctors to game developers, from journalists to jewelry traders, from farmers to pharmacists -- with integrated events, online, print and business information products. Our 6,500 staff in more than 30 countries are organised into specialist teams that serve these communities, bringing buyers and sellers together, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. For more information, go to www.ubm.com.

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