IT Support News | Intel Buying McAfee?
Posted by Solutions Center on Thu, Aug 19, 2010
Today, there is some relatively big news in the IT support world. In what ended up being a surprising move, Intel purchased McAfee, for, according to various sources, approximately 8 billion dollars (an amount of money I'll never see). Intel is said to have purchased the antivirus software company in order to sure up hardware security in their processors and in order to bridge the gap between software and chips when it comes to protecting against threats. According to electronista.com "Intel is most interested in security for mobile and embedded hardware, which often aren't as secure as full-size computers."
Pretty solid move, I'd say...
It will sure up PC and system security, and make the lives of those in IT Support & IT Security much easier, hopefully.
The deal, however, is not yet solidified. The board members of Intel and McAfee have both approved the merger, but there is still an awful lot to be finalized - including McAfee's share holders giving the go-ahead. I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens, but it should turn out to be quite interesting. Computer security may be changing in the near future...
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