SANTA CLARA, USA: McAfee, Inc. on Tuesday announced that it has added several new security vendors to its McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program.

The program now has partners across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific and Japan that are committed to helping customers drive operational savings with McAfee Compatible products.

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Since April 2010, four new members have joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program as Associate Partners, including:

-- BDNA
-- Overtis
-- SunZone
-- Veracode

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In addition, the following seven partners have "McAfee Compatible" solutions and have been promoted to Technology Partner status in the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program. McAfee has worked with these partners to validate their integrations for their adherence to best practices for integrating with McAfee products. This includes five out of the seven partners who joined the program earlier this year in the Single Sign-On category.

-- ActivIdentity
-- AirTight Networks
-- Avencis
-- Imprivata
-- i-Sprint
-- SecureAuth Corporation
-- Pareto Networks

Finally, McAfee has added the following three partners to its Sales Teaming Program. Partners in the Sales Teaming Program complement the McAfee product portfolio, and enable the McAfee sales force and channel to drive more complete security solution relationships with enterprise customers.

-- AirTight Networks
-- MXI Security
-- SecureAuth Corporation

"We're proud of the sustained expansion the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program has enjoyed," said Ed Barry, senior director of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance partner program. "The partner participation and growth we've experienced across all program facets is immensely valuable to our joint customers, and we look forward to continuing to deliver newly integrated solutions to the marketplace."

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