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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Systems/Enterprise:
NETWORK ASSOCIATES, IBM TO DELIVER
ON-DEMAND COMPUTING
Network Associates Inc, a leading provider of intrusion prevention
solutions,
announced a partnership with IBM to deliver on-demand computing capabilities.
As part of IBM's Orchestration and Provisioning Automation Library (OPAL), the
Network Associates McAfee intrusion prevention technology will integrate with
IBM's Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator to allow users to automate
the provisioning of McAfee security functionality. Network Associates is the
only security vendor included in IBM's OPAL initiative.
"IBM recognizes that cyber-security is a top priority for businesses and we
turned to industry leader Network Associates to support our OPAL initiative,"
said Sandra Cooper, vice president of marketing for IBM Tivoli. "Through this
partnership we will deliver enhanced security functionality to our customers
to protect them against vulnerabilities and threats."
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Computer security threats are continuing to increase in complexity and
frequency and it is essential for organizations to deploy comprehensive
security functionality. There is an increased demand for computing power when
security technologies are active, such as during an attack. Through this OPAL
initiative, Network Associates will provide customers with the capability to
proactively and automatically apply resources as needed for the McAfee
VirusScan and McAfee Entercept intrusion prevention technology to protect
customers' mission critical systems and applications. The integration with
McAfee VirusScan and McAfee Entercept will be available in the second half of
the year.
"With computer security attacks such as the recent Mydoom virus
proliferating
globally within minutes, customers need to be able to proactively manage the
multi-layered security infrastructure required to ensure network and business
availability," said Vincent Rossi, senior vice president of product management
for the McAfee System Security Group at Network Associates. "Building on the
integration of Network Associates' leading intrusion prevention technologies
with the IBM Tivoli Intelligent ThinkDynamic Orchestrator, we are working with
IBM to develop workflows that will allow customers to automatically provision
security infrastructure to minimize the impact of an attack and protect their
systems and networks."
The goal of IBM's OPAL initiative is to foster an ecosystem of partners to
share IT best practices and collaborate on building a broad portfolio of
workflows for storage, network infrastructure, server platforms, applications
and middleware, as well as workflows for specific industries such as banking
and finance, retail, healthcare or government. OPAL also includes an online
catalog that serves as a collaborative network where business partners and
customers can share and obtain information on workflows that have been
reviewed and validated by IBM. The inclusion of Network Associates' McAfee
Security intrusion prevention technology enhances the value of IBM's on-demand
initiative and reduces customers' risk and total cost of ownership.
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