McAfee has announced that membership in the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance has reached 103 partners, a significant milestone in the evolution of its technology partnering programme. McAfee has also added the Single Sign-On (SSO) market category to its Security Innovation Alliance programme and has signed many of the top SSO vendors into this category.   Since January 2010, eight new members have also joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program in the existing market category of Associate Partners. In addition, three partners now have “McAfee Compatible” solutions and have been promoted to Technology Partner status in the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance programme.

 Finally, McAfee has also welcomed five partners to its Sales Teaming Programme. Partners in the Sales Teaming Programme complement the McAfee product portfolio, and enable the McAfee sales force and channel to drive more complete security solution relationships with enterprise customers.“McAfee continues to see significant growth in its Security Innovation Alliance programme across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia,” said Ed Barry, Senior Director of the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance partner programmenology strategy and we continue to deliver jointly interlocked solutions to mutual customers. As a result, McAfee continues to provide more extensive capabilities than can be delivered by any single security vendor.”