McAfee Increases Focus on Growing SMB Market

McAfee Increases Focus on Growing SMB Market

New SMB Security Solutions and Channel Programs Bring Cost-Effective
and Easy-to-Use Solutions to Small and Medium Sized Businesses

SANTA CLARA, CA - May 10, 2012 - McAfee today announced increased focus
and updated security solutions specifically designed to meet the needs
of today’s small to medium sized businesses (SMBs). According to AMI
Research, the worldwide market for security solutions in the SMB segment
is about $5.1B growing at a CAGR of about nine per cent annually*.
McAfee will offer SMBs the same level of protection as enterprises in an
easy to manage solution that is tailored for the needs of
cost-constrained SMB budgets. Because the channel is critical for growth
within this market, McAfee has designed a program that accelerates
growth, offers marketing support and includes great sales incentives -
all with increased profit for SMB partners.

SMBs are in a unique situation when it comes to defending themselves
against the rising tide of cyber threats that cover the business and
technology landscape. They can’t afford high-priced IT and security
talent on site; they can’t afford a breach that threatens their very
existence and they know that the space they occupy is going to attract
more, not less, attention from the hacker community. Additionally, the
proliferation of mobile devices driven by the need for any time, any
place access to company data and service is adding to the enormous
challenge of keeping these companies secure with limited IT resources.

“SMBs face the challenge of increased threats including spam,
phishing, viruses and Web attacks that can easily disrupt the network
and the livelihood of the business,” said Gavin Struthers, senior vice
president of worldwide channels at McAfee. “Without constant updates,
security software becomes obsolete. Keeping the business continuously up
to date requires total protection against known and unknown threats.
McAfee understands the unique needs of the SMB.”

SMB Channel Focus
Millions of SMBs are in search of a trusted security advisor
representing tremendous growth potential for McAfee and its partners.
Over the past year, McAfee has made several strategic investments to
provide channel partners the innovation, differentiation and simplicity
required to accelerate growth and drive mutual profitability in the SMB
market. McAfee provides partners a comprehensive SMB offering that
includes:

● McAfee Tailored SMB Solutions - From Security-as-a-Service (SaaS)
to on-premise suites covering email, Web and endpoint security, McAfee
provides custom designed solutions built specifically for the SMB.

● McAfee SMB Specialization - Allows partners to take advantage of a
full range of enablement tools, turnkey marketing programs and exclusive
profitability programs. Since the program launched nine months ago,
McAfee has recruited more than 2,000 SMB Specialized channel partners
worldwide.

● McAfee SMB Deal Registration - Offers partners up to 25 per cent in
enhanced margin and a four-hour approval commitment. Launched just nine
months ago, the SMB Deal Registration program experienced a nearly 50
per cent increase from the previous quarter in registered deals in Q1
2012.

● McAfee Rewards - Compensates partner sales representatives for
selling qualified McAfee SMB products. For Q2 2012, the SMB Extravaganza
Rewards program has tripled its payout for eligible SMB products.

● McAfee SmartMarketing™ - Available in June 2012, this new
e-commerce marketing platform will allow McAfee partners to quickly and
easily download and co-brand demand generation marketing assets,
including the assets for the McAfee SMB solutions launched today.

SMB Solutions
McAfee security suites for SMBs safeguard a business’ desktops, file
servers and email servers - with the convenience and ease of maintenance
of a single, integrated SaaS solution.
 With an eye towards the
importance of the SMB space, McAfee has added significant functionality
to the latest version of SaaS Endpoint, giving customers tremendous
scheduling flexibility in the downloading of crucial security updates.
This way, the updating process is not disruptive and takes place during
off-peak hours. McAfee has taken a good, better and best approach to
packaging the solutions for SMB customers and now provides the following
suites:

● McAfee SaaS Endpoint Protection Suite - Defends the devices on your
network on all attack routes - this all-in-one flexible security
protection gives SMB customers the freedom to deploy security on their
terms

● McAfee SaaS Endpoint and Email Protection Suite - Adds protection
from malicious email content before it enters the network, email
continuity to ensure uninterrupted access to email and client-side Web
category filtering

● McAfee SaaS Total Protection Suite - Adds email encryption and
pre-built compliance libraries to protect sensitive data and meet
compliance requirements and cloud-based Web filtering for antivirus,
anti-malware and category filtering to ensure unwanted content never
makes it into the network

McAfee offers SMBs the same level of desktop and network protection as
enterprises but with a solution tailored for SMBs, complexity and cost
is more simplified. McAfee understands SMB constraints and has developed
the most comprehensive security solutions in the industry. McAfee
business security software delivers complete antivirus, anti-malware,
email protection and other critical security designed for the SMB
customer.

For more information go to: www.mcafee.com/smb

About McAfee
McAfee, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC),
is the world's largest dedicated security technology company. McAfee
delivers proactive and proven solutions and services that help secure
systems, networks, and mobile devices around the world, allowing users
to safely connect to the Internet, browse and shop the Web more
securely. Backed by its unrivaled Global Threat Intelligence, 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.
McAfee is relentlessly focused on constantly finding new ways to keep
our customers safe. http://www.mcafee.com

McAfee Canada is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, with regional
offices across Canada. The company's Consumer Software Research and
Development facility in based in Waterloo, Ontario.

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For more information, please contact:
Maxine Cheung/Andrew Gouveia
StrategicAmpersand Inc. (for McAfee Canada)
maxine@stratamp.com/andrew@stratamp.com
McAfeePR@stratamp.com
(416) 961-5595