McAfee aquires Trust Digital

On June 3, 2010, McAfee completed the acquisition of Trust Digital, a leading provider of enterprise mobility management (EMM®) and security software for Forbes Global 2000 companies.

Trust Digital delivers solutions that help enterprises quickly secure, deploy, and manage smartphones, protecting increasingly mobile workforces. The acquisition enables McAfee to bring industry-leading data protection, network access control, and security reporting and management to smartphones, and deliver the industry’s first comprehensive mobile security solution.

Bringing together best-in-class technologies, the acquisition establishes McAfee as a leader in mobile enterprise security and management, and extends McAfee’s reach beyond the traditional endpoint into the rapidly growing smartphone and tablet market, including iPhones, iPads, and Android devices. Adding Trust Digital’s robust EMM solutions to McAfee’s comprehensive security offerings will:

Extend McAfee data protection, firewall, and network access control to smartphones Deliver centralized security management and reporting for mobile devices, through the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform Enable McAfee security and management on a wide range of smartphone and mobile tablet platforms, including iPhone OS, Android, Web OS, Windows Mobile and Symbian Provide security and device management to both consumers and SMBs through global partnerships Empower enterprises to deploy, secure, and manage smartphone environments, while keeping mobile workforces productive Streamlined security and management for mobile devices

The integration of Trust Digital’s policy and device management into the McAfee ePO platform will allow seamless enterprise mobility management and complete anti-malware protection—regardless of mobile device manufacturer.

“The acquisition of Trust Digital’s industry-leading enterprise mobility management solutions will extend the current McAfee security portfolio beyond the traditional endpoint, addressing the rapidly expanding mobile security market,” said McAfee President and CEO Dave DeWalt. “Trust Digital's industry-leading enterprise mobility management solutions, combined with leading McAfee anti-virus, anti-spyware, host intrusion prevention, policy auditing, and firewall technologies, will enable McAfee to address the mobile workforce by mitigating the risks associated with vulnerable or malicious mobile applications downloaded by employees. Through this acquisition, we believe McAfee can expand its reach into new markets, secure new platforms, and strengthen its leadership position.”

McAfee’s acquisition of Trust Digital brings together the leading product development experts in enterprise mobility management, provides a larger global footprint of sales and services professionals to address customer needs, and ensures a more consistent level of support across multiple product areas from a single vendor. With this integrated approach to mobile security, enterprises can manage and support security policies while cost-effectively delivering new mobile functionality and devices.

“The integration of Trust Digital with McAfee will enable enterprises to rapidly deploy new mobility devices such as smartphones across diverse mobile environments cost effectively and with the highest level of security. Together, we enable IT to say yes to the iPhone and Android,” said Mark Shull, CEO of Trust Digital.

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