With approximately 50 million new small to medium businesses starting globally each year—which is more than 125,000 per day—is it any wonder why the SMB market continues to be the fastest growing market in the IT industry? According to a recent SMB study, global IT spending by SMBs was up 15% year-over-year in Q1 2012. Combine this Read more…
Tags: McAfee Channel, McAfee Rewards, Partner Acceleration Resource Center, SMB, SMB Specialization
You have a million things on your plate and security is likely not at the top of the list. Of course it’s important, but you can’t be an expert in everything and you need to focus on what matters most – growing the business. That’s hard enough to do in this economy, but in an Read more…
Tags: Endpoint Security, SaaS, SMB
As discussed during our Q2 global Town Hall on May 3, (on-demand replay) strengthening partner relevance underpins everything we are doing. From our leadership with Intel to transform the security market with innovative technology, like DeepDefender to our continuous commitment to drive channel partner profitability with the industry’s richest deal registration program, Enhanced Deal Registration. Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, ACE, Change Control, Channels Town Hall, database security, DeepDefender, Enhanced Deal Registration, Gavin Struthers, McAfee Application Control, Mike Decesare, Mike Fey, Network Security, Partner Summit, SIEM, SMB, SMB Extravaganza, Virtual Sales Kickoff 2012
Having just closed my first quarter as the global channels leader at McAfee, I couldn’t be more optimistic about the opportunities for mutual growth in the security market. Now is the ideal time to become a McAfee channel partner. The momentum we are building together already encourages me, especially when you consider our recent industry Read more…
Tags: 2012 Virtual Sales Kickoff, Channel Partner Town Hall, Channel Partners, Channel Program, Channels Town Hall, cloud, Continuing Education, Gavin Struthers, McAfee Partner, McAfee Partner Learning Center, McAfee Partner Program, SMB, SMB Extravaganza, Virtual Sales Kickoff 2012
As we’ve promised, 2012 is all about Investing in, Growing with and Optimizing for you, our partners. And what better way to start than by investing in two key partner enablement advancements, including a new, more robust learning platform and a new, more flexible continuing education approach to earning McAfee annual certifications. If you haven’t Read more…
Tags: 2012 Virtual Sales Kickoff, channel partner, Channel Partners, Channel Program, Gavin Struthers, McAfee Channel, McAfee Partner Learning Center, SMB, SMB Extravaganza, SMB Specialization
The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council is an open global forum, launched in 2006, responsible for the development, management, education and awareness of the PCI Security Standards – including retail standards for data security, payment application data, and pin transactions. As we move forward through our recent economic ups and downs, the PCI Read more…
Tags: PCI Compliance, Security Connected Reference Architecture, SMB
Dear Valued McAfee Channel Partner, As I take a moment to pause and reflect on 2011 I can’t help but think what a year! The past 12 months were filled with momentous occasions and while I’d like to write about all of them, I know it isn’t practical, so let me highlight a few: Intel Read more…
Tags: Accredited Channel Engineer, ACE, Alex Thurber, Enhanced Deal Registration, intel, McAfee Channel, McAfee Partner, Mike Decesare, Partner Acceleration Resource Center, Renee James, SMB, SMB Advisor Tool, SMB Extravaganza, SMB Specialization, thurber, Todd Gebhart
In this week’s blog we continue our channel recognition momentum, showcase an outstanding new SMB tool, talk about the short quarter, and provide resources to learn more about McAfee’s acquisition of Nitro Security, a new certification service, where to find free-trials of McAfee SaaS, get access to Partner Summit keynotes, and highlights from our Q3 Read more…
Tags: Alex Thurber, McAfee Channel, McAfee Channel Partner, McAfee Labs, McAfee Labs Q3 Threat Report, McAfee Partner Summit, mobile malware, NitroSecurity, PCI, PCI DSS, SaaS, SMB, SMB Advisor Tool
In this week’s blog post I highlight: a report that analyzes the emerging risks in automotive system security; enhancements to the McAfee Security Certification Program; why SMB companies need help from McAfee channel partners; a McAfee Partner Summit keynote speaker; a must see on-demand webcast; an upcoming webcast on SaaS and the McAfee Channel Must Read more…
Tags: automotive, data center, data center security, Email & Web Security, Focus11, malware, Marc Olesen, Next Generation, Partner Summit, SaaS, SMB
Last week McAfee was recognized as a company “that came to win;” Alex Thurber invites partners to attend global webcast; we issued a new security threat report; we prepare to talk cloud security; we protect our intellectual property; and similar to the New York Times Best Seller List, I unveil the McAfee Channel Partner Must Read more…
Tags: Alex Thurber, cloud, cloud security, data center, data center security, Deal Registration, IPv6, malware, McAfee Channel, Mobile, mobile security, Smart Grid, smartphones, SMB, Todd Gebhart, VMworld 2011
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