McAfee reorganises business

Security giant McAfee has decided to reorganise its business units and products into four key areas in an attempt to unify and simplify its offerings and better support its customers.

As of yesterday, McAfee will offer products and services in four key areas: endpoint security, network security, content security, and risk and compliance.

Each unit's raft of products will still hook up to the ePolicy Orchestrator management platform or the firm's cloud-based system, and will still benefit from McAfee Labs' Global Threat Intelligence network, the firm said.

"Businesses are looking for solutions to business issues, not just point products," said Dave DeWalt, president and chief executive of McAfee.

"By aligning with these business issues, and providing a comprehensive approach that includes products, technology and delivery methods, we aim to provide the best customer experience in the industry."

Now, customers like consolidation. The trend in the security industry for some time now has been consolidation of vendors and products within vendors' portfolios, largely driven by customer demand.

It remains to be seen though whether this reogranisation by McAfee will be welcomed by customers. Security professionals are not big fans of change, and changes like this often lack substance on closer inspection.