Last Monday, McAfee rolled out their newest e-mail security program, which may give customers an enterprise the option to use "Software-as-a-Service" delivery model. It could be a hybrid mix or an on-premise appliance...or could be both. McAfee's $140 million acquisition of the software vendor MX Logic last May 2009, their new marketing and sales strategy has come to a wake. MX Logic has claimed its on-demand offer, which was used more than 4 million end-users at over 40,000 companies, when the time their deal was officially announced. McAfee customers now can combine the "Software-as-a-service" and their integrated hardware with software appliances to any configuration, according to the company officials of McAfee. The senior vice president and also the general manager of McAfee's "Software-as-a-service" business unit which is Marc Olesen, said that customers told them they should not be forced to choose for their e-mail protection between different delivery models. His bottom line is to prepare customers e-mail solutions as an offer which can meet their current and future business needs at its best, to reduce total cost of ownership and to maximize their flexibility. McAfee said that all bases are covered now. Their e-mail protection is now on demand, as it fights off worms and viruses, blocks spam and quarantines suspicious messages. They also filter outbound e-mails, to prevent accidental distribution of key intellectual property. All e-mails are are archived in real time and to ensure full automatic functionality of e-mails in the cloud, only if there's a server or power outage detected. Their gateway e-mail appliances are also available at this moment, starting at $1,995 each, and it also cost around $21, 840 per 1,000 users in the fourth quarter of this year when released.