The founder of the computer virus software company McAfee, Inc. says he is being persecuted by police in his home in the Central American country of Belize.

John McAfee told The Associated Press that officers from the country’s Gang Suppression Unit raided his home late last month in what they called a search for illegal drugs and ammunition. McAfee said he is being punished for refusing to donate money to a local politician.

McAfee told the AP on Friday that he was leaving his home and turning off his cell phone in order to hide in an undisclosed location because he was afraid for his safety. He could not be reached for further comment.

McAfee told The New York Times in 2009 that he had lost all but $4 million of his $100 million in the U.S. financial crisis, and was moving to Belize in order to pay less taxes. He sold his stake in the anti-virus company in the early 90s.

He said that police who raided his gated home in the town of Orange Walk handcuffed his employees and held them for hours before releasing them without charge. He says he had weapons in his compound, including a 9mm pistol, but they were all legal under Belizean regulations. He alleged that the raid was retaliation for not giving money to politician ahead of general elections last month. McAfee declined to name the politician, saying only that “he was not reelected.”

“I am not a man of great stature or anything, why did they have to send over 60 officers to come get me at my compound?” he said.

Source:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/founder-of-mcafee-anti-virus-software-claims-politically-based-persecution-by-police-in-belize/2012/05/07/gIQAjMre8T_story.html

Autonomic Software, Inc. a leading enterprise power reduction, network management and security solutions provider, said today that the company is very pleased with the new Ovum Report “Selecting a PC Power Management Solution Vendor.” The report carefully details Autonomic Software as a company, power management solution provider and focuses on the deep integration of ANSA Power Manager into McAfee’s ePO (ePolicy Orchestrator).

“We are delighted with this Ovum report. The Report places heavy emphasis on SCCM compatibility and many features that are germane only to that desktop environment. We chose to partner with McAfee and Intel, and for their clients, we are by far the best alternative,” said CEO Tony Gigliotti.

Power Manager, ePO’s strengths extend far beyond conventional solutions. Because of its integration with McAfee ePO, deployment and implementation takes minutes not weeks and the price structure guarantees clients have little, if any, hardware, software, or implementation costs. Client’s costs are either paid via utility rebates, or handled by Autonomic’s Performance Management agreement. The agreement calls for Autonomic Software getting reimbursed on what the client actually saves. No savings; no payment.

“We see deployment, implementation, and price as three of the most important aspects of any I.T. decision, and none were considered in the Ovum Study. Consider those, and we are miles ahead of anything else,” continued Gigliotti.

ANSA Power Manager and ANSA Power Manager for ePO manages power settings on desktop and laptop computers. The solution is policy driven and can set policies for the enterprise, groups, or individual computers. The McAfee ePO version is deeply integrated and utilizes the ePO console, database, reports generator and the overall security of one of the safest platforms on the planet. Wake-On-LAN makes it possible for both versions to wake up computers for maintenance and upgrades, and put them back to sleep when finished. Clients routinely save $45 to $65 per computer per year.

About Autonomic Software, Inc. Autonomic Software provides automated enterprise power reduction, network management and security solutions. Industry acclaimed Autonomic Software was recently named McAfee’s Security Innovation Alliance Most Innovative Partner for 2011.

Founded in 2004, the company helps customers create and continuously protect an environment by combining patch management, asset management, configuration management, software distribution, software audit and power management into a comprehensive network management solution. The company is focused on creating solutions with inherently lighter, more agile code. This makes it much easier to add new functions faster with much less time to market. ANSA Power Manager and Patch Manager are also tightly integrated into McAfee’s ePolicy Orchestrator.

Source:http://www.marketwatch.com/story/autonomic-softwares-power-manager-for-mcafee-epo-gets-top-grades-in-ovum-study-2012-03-06