McAfee and Riverbed Technology have expanded their partnership to deliver Web 2.0 security capabilities on the Riverbed Services Platform (RSP). This partnership underscores the two companies' commitment to delivering best-of-breed, comprehensive security coupled with wide area network (WAN) optimization solutions for distributed enterprises. The McAfee Web Gateway solution delivers comprehensive security for all Web 2.0 traffic, and coupled with Riverbed Steelhead appliance, enables a superior level of proactive Web 2.0 protection from headquarters to branch offices.
The RSP is a virtualized, extensible data services platform integrated with the Steelhead appliance hardware that allows customers to deploy multiple best-of-breed edge services that formerly required dedicated servers. Customers can deploy virtualized applications, such as McAfee Web Gateway Security, directly on the RSP to further minimize the hardware infrastructure footprint at the branch office, thereby reducing operational overhead. The new joint solution complements the existing McAfee Firewall Enterprise software, which is currently available on the RSP. By leveraging the best-of-breed solutions from McAfee and Riverbed in a single appliance, enterprises are able to deliver accelerated data and application access to users while protecting critical information and infrastructure from security threats.
David Scholtz, Senior Vice-President, Worldwide Strategic Alliances, McAfee, said, "To prevent malicious Web attacks and data leakage, organizations need a new level of control and by adding McAfee Web Gateway to the Riverbed and McAfee Enterprise Firewall solution, customers now have the most comprehensive security solution in a WAN optimization platform available."
"Riverbed enables its customers to consolidate edge services at the branch office, helping organizations to reduce the IT footprint in the branch, simplify IT management and reduce costs while still delivering LAN-like application performance to distributed employees,"said Venugopal Pai, Vice-President, Global Alliances, Riverbed. "By running McAfee Web Gateway security on the RSP, enterprises experience these benefits along with the ability to proactively protect themselves against the threats that attack systems via social media and other Web 2.0 applications."
