McAfee’s ‘Falcon’ to Come in Four Flavours
McAfee has something up their sleeve with their new “falcon” suite of security applications. According to ZDNet Australia, is appears that ”falcon” will come in four flavours.
The four editions will vary in the number of security features, giving consumers the option to buy a less comprehensive package. Offering various editions also allows McAfee to try to sell its customers a more expensive option at a premium price. Microsoft’s OneCare and Symantec’s Norton 360 are pitched as one size fits all.
Marc Solomon, director of product management at McAfee, said in an interview that all four McAfee products would include the basic security features — antivirus, anti-spyware and a firewall. Additionally, all editions include SiteAdvisor, which adds ratings to Web search results, and PC health tools for tasks such as hard drive defragmentation, he said.
McAfee has some decent basic security software that is good both at home and in an enterprise environment. It should be interesting to see where this new suite will fit in to their current offering.