Intel and McAfee Finalize Acquisition, What Comes Next?
Intel and McAfee Finalize Acquisition, What Comes Next?
Posted 03/01/2011 at 10:22am
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The acquisition of McAfee is complete and Intel is now the owner of one of the most recognizable security brands in the business. Doing so cost Intel nearly $7.7 billion, and going forward, McAfee will continue developing and selling products and services under its own brand, Intel stated in a press release. Sometime later this year, Intel will put its strategic partnership to work by "tackling security and the pervasive nature of computing threats in an entirely new way." Expect mobile security to be a big focus of where this partnership goes.
Intel said it and McAfee are in agreement that today's approach to security does little to address the billions of Internet-ready devices, including PCs, mobile and wireless devices, TVs, cars, medical devices, and ATM machines. The solution? A fundamentally new approach combining software, hardware, and services.
Beyond that, Intel didn't say what it has in store. It's worth mentioning that in order to receive the European Union's blessing in this deal, Intel had to pinky promise not to lock certain security features into its own CPUs that wouldn't be available on competitors' chips.
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DogPatch1149
March 01, 2011 at 4:37pm
What comes next...is a big yawn. I hope AMD doesn't decide to buy Symantec, or we're all screwed.
someuid
March 01, 2011 at 4:24pm
Whatever Intel thinks up, it will be hacked. Viruses and rootkits are going to have a new, secure location to install themselves to, and no amount of 3rd party programs will be able to help you find and dig them out.
I am not looking forward to this, simply because I know feature creep and deadlines will leave security vulnerabilities in this 'solution' and the remediation options are going to be ugle.
Nickompoop
March 01, 2011 at 2:06pm
I see two ways this could go: overpriced chips that that cause your computer to move slower than Valve's release schedule, or McAffee could actually end up making good anti-virus software that inegrate seamlessly with Intel hardware.
Ha, like the latter one could actually happen.
Nickompoop
March 01, 2011 at 2:06pm
I see two ways this could go: overpriced chips that that cause your computer to move slower than Valve's release schedule, or McAffee could actually end up making good anti-virus software that inegrate seamlessly with Intel hardware.
Ha, like the latter one could actually happen.
TechLarry
March 01, 2011 at 1:51pm
What happens next?
We probably see our first Spyware Infected CPU or Bridge Chip.
Number Six
March 01, 2011 at 1:46pm
Hopefully, Intel will keep anyone from McAfee very far away from their hardware design team, or the Sandy Bridge mishap will be the least of Intel's worries. Time to invest in AMD, perhaps?
ShyLinuxGuy
March 01, 2011 at 10:55am
Hopefully Intel will completely redesign McAfee to cut out the bloat and make it more effective. For myself, I'm always going to stick with Avast! for my copies of Windows (it's free, it's lightweight, it's pretty effective), but McAfee is pretty much the status quo in the enterprise. It's not as bad as Norton, but it could use some improvement. And since enterprise trusts McAfee for some obscure reason, it's got to be VERY stable--no crashing OS installs over an update like what happened a while ago.
Norton, on the other hand, is a lost cause. I can't believe people spend money for Norton. Norton is a scam.
Eddd
March 01, 2011 at 11:47am
Agree right across the board. Much lke Symantec, McAfee has become the butt of crapware jokes and assorted invective over the years. Intel is barking about "new and improved". If the expensive Sandy Bridge chipset stumble is any indication, the big "I" had better get its house in order. (Kudos for Avast here too).
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