10:58 Intel explains why they bought the mcafee | |
CNET has published an interview with a senior vice president and general manager of software and services to Intel Renee James (Renee J. James), which discussed a deal to purchase Intel company McAfee. At Intel, Renee is responsible for delivering software products along the lines of distribution and support. In addition, she is responsible for global program for developers of Intel, as well as the work of R & D division to develop the next generation. James is also the chairman of the board of two subsidiaries of Intel: Wind River Systems, and Havoc. At (correspondent CNET): Where do you see the strengths of McAfee? O (Renee James): The strength of McAfee - this is their fantastic team from the department of research and development (R & D) and engineers and their research in the field of security. Over the past few years they have expanded, making several important acquisitions. In the future, their core technology will be well positioned for mobile devices, security systems, based on cloud systems where now there is a need for such technologies. They are not the market leader in antivirus software. And while this important area, they have other assets that are also important. They are full-fledged enterprise security. And that's one thing that we liked. They also demonstrated strong growth quarter after quarter, year after year. Q: How does that fit into the strategy of Intel? A: Safety is a key technology in which Intel makes the investment, along with the technologies in the areas of energy efficiency, performance, or networking. Security technologies are applicable to our products in data centers, laptops, desktops, and any Atom-devices - TV, phone, or tablets. Security is often one of the most important criteria for purchases and interest. Thus, it is distributed throughout the product line. Q: But Intel chips and technologies McAfee, how they fit together? A: Safety can be enhanced by hardware. You can have a software solution, but make it much more reliable in combination with hardware. The possibility of combining technology is one of the motivations for this acquisition. We can even add extensions in our crystals, which provide end users with greater protection. There are a number of problems where the hardware could help the software, to prevent attacks and recover from attacks, or additional protection from certain types of attacks. On these things we are thinking. Currently, McAfee continues to sell its software products on the market for various platforms. But it will be possible to improve the safety of their products due to the advantages of our chips. Perhaps it will take several years. (Editor's note: It turns out that in the future, will appear at McAfee, which will use technology built into Intel chips to improve safety.) Q: Do you already have some kind of joint development with McAffe, which you were engaged before the announcement of the acquisition? A: That is happening, it follows from our partnership, our joint work, the use of existing technologies such as VT (virtualization technology), AMT (active management technology), features that have been in products for many years. And all this was accompanied by talks and a joint prototyping. We planned to go to market with an expanded line of products and services. We thought about it and that it could be very interesting for us. The only question was how can we make this? Intel platform will be much better, consumers will be satisfied. But as our shareholders will be able to recover the money invested? These are the thoughts and lead us to the fact that to introduce the possibility of acquisition. Q: What else can draw from the Intel deal? A: Today we have some hardware security features are implemented in silicon, which allows companies such as McAfee to offer technology to protect against theft. That is, if you turn off the stolen computer, the next time you connect to the network will be blocked. And we had several partner companies to implement this decision. But we do not have the software in the field of security today. And I do not think we could catch up with a company like McAfee, with experience, vast knowledge base and portfolio of implemented IT projects. Source material: CNET | |
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