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Intel completes McAfee buy
2/28/2011 4:59 PM EST
SAN FRANCISCO—Intel Corp. said Monday (Feb. 28) it completed the previously announced acquisition of McAfee Inc. after receiving regulatory approval.
Intel announced last August it would buy security software maker McAfee in a deal worth $7.68 billion. It took Intel several months to win regulatory approval for the deal, particularly in Europe, where anti-trust regulators reportedly raised concerns about the deal.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) said Monday that, following the closing of the acquisition, McAfee would continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. The company said Intel and its wholly owned subsidiary would also market later this year the "first fruits of their strategic partnership" intended to tackle "security and the pervasive nature of computing threats in an entirely new way."
McAfee ow reports into Intel’s Software and Services Group, managed by Renée James, Intel senior vice president, and general manager, Intel said. McAfee’s president, Dave DeWalt, will report to James, Intel said.
Intel announced last August it would buy security software maker McAfee in a deal worth $7.68 billion. It took Intel several months to win regulatory approval for the deal, particularly in Europe, where anti-trust regulators reportedly raised concerns about the deal.
Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) said Monday that, following the closing of the acquisition, McAfee would continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. The company said Intel and its wholly owned subsidiary would also market later this year the "first fruits of their strategic partnership" intended to tackle "security and the pervasive nature of computing threats in an entirely new way."
McAfee ow reports into Intel’s Software and Services Group, managed by Renée James, Intel senior vice president, and general manager, Intel said. McAfee’s president, Dave DeWalt, will report to James, Intel said.
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chanj
2/28/2011 7:33 PM EST
What's Intel up to with McAfee?
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jimcondon
2/28/2011 7:49 PM EST
Chanj,
From what I've read, Intel sees the importance of security in embedded systems and has invested to acquire the technology. With attacks being reported on everything from android phones to open source routers, I have to agree that this will be an issue that going forward needs addressing.
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selinz
3/1/2011 11:06 AM EST
Hopefully Intel make McAfee run faster. It makes my speedy, high end work computer pokey. Thank goodness I have an administrator account and I can shut it down...
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phoenixdave
3/1/2011 12:02 PM EST
It could be an interesting competitive advantage to have anti-virus software that is designed to be most effective on your hardware. It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.
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DrQuine
3/4/2011 7:25 AM EST
The challenge is to design hardware that can check for malware and virus attacks WITHOUT slowing down the desired activities of the computer AND without creating a parallel processing space that virus writers can bypass by tricking it into ignoring their attacks.
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