Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
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Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
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Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#2Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years...
This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get into such a sleazy business as antivirus software.
Why not spend that $7.7 billion helping the world write better code?
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#3Can anyone tell me why? It seems like a poor fit.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#4...for a 60% price premium.
Right now, large companies have so much cash available to them, on such attractive terms, that acquisitions don't have to be a terribly good fit to be attractive. It's just time to buy.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#5Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
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Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#6Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
My guess is that they will be able to use their existing OEM relationships to push for McAfee to be installed by default (and paid for, not just a trial) on more and more computers.
McAfee also seems to be moving into different areas of computer security lately (PCI scans, etc), so it's not just anti-virus. I am not sure what % of their business this is though.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#7talk about being overpriced...
i guess the bankers knew how to negotiate
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#8Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
McAfee do more than just desktop antivirus: for example, they have mobile, virtualisation and network security products. see products by category here:
http://www.mcafee.com/uk/enterprise/index.html
Intel has a large interest in mobile, virtualisation and network arenas; this isn't really as surprising as you make out.
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#9Can anyone tell me why? It seems like a poor fit.
I agree. I can see them moving to secure computers at the hardware level but does Mcafee even do this at the moment?
Re: Intel to buy McAfee for $7.7 Billion
#10Why would they do this? It seemed obvious to me than in 5-10 years Antivirus software would be obsolete and unnecessary. I hear people every day recommending Windows 7 users get Microsoft Security Essentials and nothing else. And personally I run Ubuntu, so I haven't thought about antivirus software in years... This seems like a very odd decision to me. Intel, a world leader in processor design, does not need to get…
My guess is that they will be able to use their existing OEM relationships to push for McAfee to be installed by default (and paid for, not just a trial) on more and more computers. McAfee also seems to be moving into different areas of computer security lately (PCI scans, etc), so it's not just anti-virus. I am not sure what % of their business this is though.
I thought unwanted default installs are the only way McAfee ends up on computers anyway.