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McAfee Total Protection for Small Business -- Advanced Named VARBusiness Best Midmarket Product of the Year

SB Informer
Friday, August 18, 2006; 02:45 AM

McAfee, Inc. announced that McAfee(R) Total Protection for Small Business -- Advanced, the industry's first truly integrated security protection system that provides desktop, server and e-mail protection with a Web-based console for reporting and management, was named a VARBusiness Best Midmarket Product of the Year by CMP Media's VARBusiness magazine.

The bi-weekly magazine that provides strategic insight to technology integrators solicited input from information-technology (IT) vendors and solution providers to determine which products and services were best for midmarket customers -- companies with between 100 and 999 employees. Entries were considered and reviewed by VARBusiness editors who selected only 45 of more than 350 nominated products.

McAfee Total Protection for Small Business -- Advanced is featured and profiled in the special August 7 VARBusiness "Best of the Midmarket" issue.

"Our readers tell us that the middle market is one of the fastest-growing IT categories today," said Robert C. DeMarzo, VARBusiness publisher. "McAfee Total Protection for Small Business -- Advanced is one that best meets that segment's needs."

"McAfee Total Protection for Small Business -- Advanced has been designed for McAfee SecurityAlliance(TM) partners to service the mid-sized market by building on our heritage of delivering security in a managed service model, ensuring an always-on, always up-to-date environment for our mutual customers," said Dave Dickison, senior vice president, North American Channels. "This recognition is particularly gratifying because it validates that McAfee has delivered a product that meets the needs of this market while providing an excellent opportunity for our partners to offer their value-added services and comprehensive security from a single vendor."

For the past 19 years, VARBusiness' strategic resources have been the gateway to the solution-provider community. VARBusiness (www.varbusiness.com) provides unique strategic business and technology insight for solution providers through industry-defining research, in-depth editorial, channel events and innovative Web services, enabling these IT professionals to make educated decisions for their businesses, partnerships and customers. VARBusiness has been the recipient of numerous industry awards for both editorial content and design.

McAfee Inc. (www.mcafee.com), 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.

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