Position Based on McAfee's Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- McAfee, Inc.
(NYSE: MFE), today announced that leading research firm Gartner, Inc. has
placed the company in the leaders quadrant in its "Magic Quadrant for
Mobile Data Protection," as published on September 23, 2008.(1)
According to Gartner, vendors listed in the leaders quadrant "have
products that work well for Gartner clients in small and large deployments.
They have long-term road maps that follow and/or influence Gartner's vision
of the developing needs of buyers in the market. Leaders make their
competitors' sales staffs nervous and force competitors' technical staffs
to follow their lead. Their Mobile Data Protection (MDP) products are
well-known to clients, and they encounter little resistance in selling
their products."
Factors contributing to a company's ability to execute include products
and services, overall viability, sales and marketing execution, and
customer experience. Gartner evaluates a company's completeness of vision
by considering in part its market understanding, sales and marketing
strategy, offering or product strategy, business model, and innovation.
"We believe our position in the leaders quadrant further validates
McAfee's commitment to delivering industry leading data protection
technologies," said Gerhard Watzinger, general manager of McAfee's data
protection business unit. "Customers and partners rely on McAfee to provide
defense-in-depth protection to ensure their data is protected against
varying security threats which could disrupt business productivity."
McAfee(R) Total Protection for Data software combines full-disk,
file/folder, and mobile device encryption together with endpoint Data Loss
Prevention and device management/control functionality to provide
integrated protection for data at the endpoint. Customers receive
comprehensive monitoring and protection of all communication channels
including corporate e-mail, personal e-mail, instant messaging, file
transfer, P2P file sharing, Web mail and other applications.
McAfee Total Protection for Data software features:
* Centralized policy management and enforcement
* Strong encryption for laptops, desktops, and devices
* Prevention of unauthorized access to data
* Renders data useless in the event of loss or theft
* Prevents accidental exposure of sensitive data
* Prevents data loss without disrupting legitimate business activities
* Enforces use of only authorized devices
* Regulates what types of data can be transferred to external devices
* Continuous monitoring of user behavior
* Auditing and reporting capabilities to provide total visibility
* Enforcement of regulatory and internal policy requirements
To view the Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, visit:
http://mediaproducts.gartner.com/reprints/mcafee/article4/article4.html.
About the Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused
with permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a
marketplace at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's
analysis of how certain vendors measure against criteria for that
marketplace, as defined by Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor,
product or service depicted in the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise
technology users to select only those vendors placed in the "Leaders"
quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended solely as a research tool, and is
not meant to be a specific guide to action. Gartner disclaims all
warranties, express or implied, with respect to this research, including
any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
About McAfee, Inc.
McAfee, Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is the world's
largest dedicated security technology company. It delivers proactive and
proven solutions and services that secure systems and networks around the
world, allowing users to browse and shop the Web securely. With its
unmatched security expertise and commitment to innovation, McAfee empowers
home users, businesses, the public sector and service providers by enabling
them to comply with regulations, protect data, prevent disruptions,
identify vulnerabilities and continuously monitor and improve their
security. http://www.mcafee.com.
McAfee and/or other noted McAfee related products contained herein 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. Any other non-McAfee related
products, registered and/or unregistered trademarks contained herein is
only by reference and are the sole property of their respective owners. (C)
2008 McAfee, Inc. All rights reserved.
(1) Gartner, Inc., "Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection" by John
Girard and Ray Wagner, Sep. 23, 2008.
SOURCE McAfee, Inc.
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CONTACT:
Erica Coleman of McAfee, Inc.,
+1-408-346-5624, erica_coleman@mcafee.com; or Ian Bain of Red
Consultancy, +1-415-618-8806, ian.bain@redconsultancy.com, for
McAfee, Inc.
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