Brocade® (NASDAQ:BRCD) and McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today
announced that they have completed the next phase of a strategic
partnership created to deliver a broad set of fully interoperable,
simplified network-based security solutions through joint channel
partners. McAfee and Brocade have developed a series of jointly
designed, end-to-end network security solutions with advanced
functionality, including fully automated threat response and
enforcement, firewall load balancing and a broad set of intrusion
prevention capabilities.
To help fully equip partners with the necessary tools to
profitably sell these joint solutions, Brocade and McAfee have
rolled out comprehensive channel marketing and sales enablement
programs. These programs feature detailed use cases and
multifaceted awareness campaigns to help partners identify customer
challenges and design network security solutions for enterprise IT
environments.
“As a major technology provider for the federal market, we
clearly recognize that IT security is paramount to the solution
providers and government end users we serve,” said Skip Liesegang,
vice president of the Government Channels Division at immixGroup,
Inc. “The work that Brocade and McAfee have done regarding the
roll-out of these solutions to the channel exemplifies the high
level of foresight and dedication from both companies to bring
comprehensive network security solutions for a wide range of
networking environments that enable federal agencies to reduce IT
complexity and operational costs.”
To deliver greater customer value, Brocade and McAfee have
focused on optimizing network management integration functions
between their leading-edge product sets to enhance the scalability
and resiliency of threat protection, defend against intrusion
attacks and bolster firewall capabilities. These solutions enable
customers to:
- Simplify management of network
and security appliances by enabling IT staff to remotely control
network and security devices. With Brocade IronView® Network
Manager (INM), administrators can discover and monitor network
health and the topology of McAfee security devices via a single
user interface.
- Invoke automated network
responses to security events by enabling the network infrastructure
to take policy-based actions - as close to the source of attack or
point of violation as possible – to thoroughly isolate the issue
and prevent network impact. Using open standards-based network
management protocols, Brocade INM automatically responds to
security events generated by McAfee network access control,
intrusion prevention and firewall solutions.
- Maximize firewall performance,
availability and scalability by utilizing advanced server load
balancing capabilities to help ensure high levels of network
availability with Brocade ServerIron® ADX Series Layer 4-7 switches
operating with McAfee firewalls. This solution also enables
administrators to remove or add firewalls without interruption of
service or cumbersome network reconfiguration, resulting in
simplified network management and increased uptime.
- Maintain secure, highly
available networks by using McAfee intrusion prevention systems
(IPS) to inspect Brocade network traffic and validate its content
to help prevent malicious activities. McAfee IPS seamlessly
interoperates with Brocade networking technologies to support all
Ethernet interface configurations.
“The pairing of Brocade’s industry-leading networking
technologies with the comprehensive portfolio of McAfee security
products presents customers with unprecedented levels of end-to-end
threat protection,” said Alex Thurber, senior vice president of
Worldwide Channels and Commercial Sales at McAfee. “Pulling from
the strengths of both companies, this strategic partnership has
resulted in new joint solutions that leverage network intelligence
to provide simplified monitoring and management of IT security in a
way that has never been done before.”
The continued proliferation of feature-rich applications,
coupled with the increase in the number of personal computers and
mobile devices, is placing an unprecedented amount of pressure on
IT organizations to protect their mission-critical enterprise
information assets. In addition, as organizations begin the
transition towards highly virtualized infrastructures to support
cloud-enabled environments, the network is becoming the aggregation
point where information is stored and managed.
As a result of this shift, organizations need to protect and
secure their networks with validated solutions that reduce IT
complexity, are scalable and enable deeper management
functionality. The pairing of Brocade leading-edge networking
products with the extensive security capabilities of McAfee
provides customers with a simplified, pretested way to protect
their network infrastructure and helps provide channel partners
with a way to deliver comprehensive, scalable network security
solutions that address customer needs.
“Brocade and McAfee are not only committed to developing
best-in-class network security solutions, but we are also steadfast
in jointly defining the channel routes-to-market for these
solutions,” said Barbara Spicek, vice president of Worldwide
Channels at Brocade. “Through this partnership, Brocade and McAfee
are united through a common vision to provide opportunities for the
channel to increase profitability via the delivery of simplified,
open standards-based network security solutions.”
Availability
The solutions are being delivered under a multiyear partnership
between Brocade and McAfee through select value-added resellers. To
learn more about Brocade and McAfee joint technology solutions,
visit www.brocade.com/mcafee. For more information on Brocade
enterprise network security solutions, visit
www.brocade.com/networksecurity.
Additional Resources
Video – Barbara Spicek of Brocade and Alex Thurber of McAfee on
the partnership’s value to the channel: http://bit.ly/c2bdld
Video - Brocade CEO Mike Klayko and McAfee CEO David DeWalt on
the Brocade and McAfee strategic partnership:
http://bit.ly/bP5Ktj
Video - McAfee’s Manish Gupta on the technical benefits of the
partnership: http://bit.ly/cbWOCx
Video - McAfee as a network security customer:
http://bit.ly/cn5cuf
Press Release – “Brocade and McAfee Enter Strategic Partnership
to Deliver Comprehensive Network Security Solutions”:
http://bit.ly/bknJ5c
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 Brocade
Brocade (NASDAQ:BRCD) develops extraordinary networking
solutions that enable today’s complex, data-intensive businesses to
optimize information connectivity and maximize the business value
of their data. For more information, visit www.brocade.com.
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