>From :Intel Hedges Bets With $8 Billion Acquisition Of McAfee http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/intel-hedges-bets-with-8-billion-acquisition-of-mcafee/
http://goo.gl/j943 "...Intel is the dominant player in traditional computers but the action is moving far away from the desktop — even from computers in the traditional sense. Now the opportunities are not only in smartphones and tablets but in cars, TVs, ATMs, sensor networks, and medical devices — places and devices where we are just as exposed but have less personal control. This is a huge growth industry for chip makers, and providing an integrated security layer could make Intel more competitive and trusted among enterprise customers deploying these systems en masse in the next few years...." I heard something similar on NPR yesterday (but it might have been someone from Wired saying it...) Makes sense to me...I mean it's a long shot and Intel does not know anything about running a software house (look at LANDesk in the 90's), but there is a point and an idea there. Innovation is not always fully understood upon initial announcement. --Michael T. Bendorf-- Technology Administrator A-C Central C.U.S.D. #262 217.476.3312 ext. 2019 DID #: 217.476.6019 Cellular: 217.306.6824 "I'm trying to teach myself to ask the same questions that you do during your lectures so that I do not need you any more." A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. "The computer revolution hasn't started yet. Don't be misled by the enormous flow of money into bad defacto standards for unsophisticated buyers using poor adaptations of incomplete ideas." - Alan Kay On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Dylan Haines <[email protected]> wrote: > > Intel is thinking they can sell AV everytime they sell a processor - good luck with that. > > Dylan > > Dylan Haines > Systems Technical Support Manager > > HB Studios Multimedia Ltd. > Box 725, The Hive > 37 Hall Street > Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0 > > Tel: (902)634-8316 ext. 237 > Cell: (902)553-0706 > Fax: (902)634-3647 > > www.hb-studios.com > > ________________________________ > From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of Aaron Zuercher > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 2:26 PM > To: tech-geeks > Subject: [tech-geeks] intel + mcafee = ? > > from slashdot: > > Several readers have noted that Intel has agreed to buy McAfee, the computer antivirus software maker, for about $7.7 billion in cash. There is also a press release available if you are into that sort of thing. > > > > > I don't quite get the strategic planning on this... I guess i'm not familiar with other McAfee products besides AV. > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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