McAfee Inc. appoints COMPUTERLINKS as value added distributor for MEA region

Leading Security Technology Company Expands Presence and Partner Network in the MEA region

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 23^rd February 2009 - McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) has announced the appointment of COMPUTERLINKS, one of the leading IT distributors globally, as a Value Added Distributor (VAD) for the Middle East and Africa region. Moving forwards, COMPUTERLINKS will work with a comprehensive range of McAfee solutions, primarily in the areas of data protection and risk and compliance, and will also deliver training, support and professional services to McAfee's resellers across the Middle East.

The main objective of this partnership is to extend McAfee's presence and solutions across different markets in the region. COMPUTERLINKS will be actively expanding and building upon McAfee's existing channel network by recruiting local partners across the region, providing regional expertise and know-how. COMPUTERLINKS also brings to McAfee its strong industry reputation and established relationships, and a proven track record of working with key decision makers in the enterprise and corporate sectors.

Daan Hakkert, Regional Director of Channels, Emerging Markets, McAfee, comments: "We are currently building upon our partnership with COMPUTERLINKS to extend our solutions offering further within the Middle East & African markets. The partnership with COMPUTERLINKS will help offer a range of key benefits to resellers, including training and support, providing further support to our resellers. With their focus on security and a shared vision, we are confident that COMPUTERLINKS will replicate this success in Middle East and Africa, buoyed by their experience and industry know-how."

"We believe that there is a strong brand synergy between McAfee and COMPUTERLINKS, and that this, combined with our global presence and local expertise, gives us a winning formula," adds Lee Reynolds, managing director, COMPUTERLINKS, Middle East and Asia. "We are working closely with the McAfee team to help expand their local presence by creating further customer service points in some of the key markets across the region. Overall, our main objective is to work with McAfee to help them to attain a balanced channel partner program across the region, with an emphasis on recruiting experienced partners in key markets across the Middle East and Africa."

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About COMPUTERLINKS
COMPUTERLINKS is one of the leading value added distributors for international top manufacturers in information technology. As the link between the manufacturers and resellers, COMPUTERLINKS smooth the path for the successful distribution of intelligent IT solutions from the areas of e-security and e-business. COMPUTERLINKS evaluate and market the latest hardware and software products, which complement one another and can be combined to produce overall solutions. Previously known as Fusion Distribution, COMPUTERLINKS ME is a new subsidiary of COMPUTERLINKS AG since April 2007. An office was opened in Bahrain in the 1st quarter of 2008 to strengthen the activities, especially in Saudi Arabia, and also to cover the local market.

The COMPUTERLINKS product portfolio is geared to the growing needs of customers for security in the field of ever more complex, global IT structures. Under the criterion "quality versus quantity" COMPUTERLINKS evaluates hardware and software products internationally, which excel by their innovation and quality and which have the best chances of surviving in the strongly contested IT market characterised by high demands with regard to security.

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