"The era of providing complete protection simply by installing antivirus software on a PC has long passed. In today's world of sophisticated malware, targeted threats, and multi-stage attacks, security needs to be everywhere," said Dave DeWalt, president and chief executive officer of McAfee. "We're excited to work side-by-side with the world's leading names in technology to deliver on today's security needs."

McAfee and HP ProCurve have created a strategic alliance with the intent to jointly develop and deliver network security solutions. Under this agreement, McAfee and HP ProCurve will build security solutions that combine McAfee's industry leading information security products with HP ProCurve's networking product portfolio. The joint solutions will simplify networking and security from the edge to the network core, delivering uncompromising security protection for companies of all sizes.

"Together, HP ProCurve and McAfee will develop and deliver optimal secure networking solutions with the assurance of successful product interoperability for enterprise and mid-market customers," said Marius Haas, senior vice president and general manager, HP ProCurve. "This agreement demonstrates the ability of HP ProCurve to provide a flexible and standards-based solution to optimize deployment of security solutions for enterprise and mid-market customers."

McAfee has joined the HP ProCurve Alliance, a formal program that enables the creation of networking solutions to provide resellers with pre-qualified, open-standards solutions that have been thoroughly tested and certified for interoperability.

McAfee will work with Intel to take advantage of Intel vPro technology to provide security below the operating system layer on PCs. This forthcoming McAfee technology will provide organizations using PCs featuring Intel vPro technology with improved security and reporting while requiring fewer IT resources.