Tuesday, November 25, 2008
McAfee Expands Through Acquisition
McAfee and Secure Computing has reached an agreement to merge. I follow McAfee because I strongly recommend their hosted security package, Total Protection Service. I and McAfee believe that this acquisition will enhance their product offerings and base. Secure Computing has developed appliances and hosted services for filtering email and limiting Internet access.
A controversial portion of the company's business is providing software to the countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia. They use the software to block Internet access to pornography, political dissent, and religious dissent. The Dallas Morning News has a great story about the struggle between censoring Internet access and circumventing those roadblocks in tyrannical regimes.
Limiting Internet access has become paramount for nearly every business large or small. With the amount of entertainment and distractions available on the Internet it is a valid concern. A couple of years ago it was concerns about pornography and shopping. Today with the quick adoption of online applications the distractions could range from banking to paying bills to catching up on TV shows.
A controversial portion of the company's business is providing software to the countries of Iran and Saudi Arabia. They use the software to block Internet access to pornography, political dissent, and religious dissent. The Dallas Morning News has a great story about the struggle between censoring Internet access and circumventing those roadblocks in tyrannical regimes.
Limiting Internet access has become paramount for nearly every business large or small. With the amount of entertainment and distractions available on the Internet it is a valid concern. A couple of years ago it was concerns about pornography and shopping. Today with the quick adoption of online applications the distractions could range from banking to paying bills to catching up on TV shows.
Labels: mcafee, Secure Computing, security
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