Security company McAfee announced the availability of Total Protection for Network, a suite of utilities which is supposed to bring another perspective over the networking security, other than the one provided by the applications currently on the market. McAfee Total Protection for Network is currently available in two flavors: for business and enterprises.

"As enterprises deploy advanced network features and capabilities, security challenges are expanded by a complex threat environment that requires additional security solutions. However, administering multiple security solutions has become unmanageable," said Charles Kolodgy, IDC research director for Secure Content and Threat Management.

"Companies looking to simplify network security without compromising network or security performance should consider suite solutions that are integrated and centrally managed. IDC believes that IT professionals value best of suite security solutions because of ease of use, manageability, and performance."

McAfee is quite an important player on the IT security market with millions of consumers in every corner of the world. The company was founded in 1987 and currently has approximately 3900 employees as reported last year. According to Wikipedia, the company reported revenues of $1.31 billion in 2007. Such an image is extremely important when talking about computer security because clients must trust the company in case they're interested in buying the solutions provided by it. That's why Total Protection for Network may be regarded as an innovative tool by both business and enterprise users.

"Our customers tell us they are frustrated with managing so many point products, while the costs of doing so continues to mount," said Christopher Bolin, chief technology officer for McAfee. "With McAfee Total Protection for Network, we are introducing a single solution that protects the data and everything else that transits over a company's network-ending appliance fatigue. By reducing the number of appliances in their environments, organisations save money and contribute to more environmentally friendly computing practices."