It seems strange that the chip maker to pay the money for the antivirus companies, although the vast portfolio of products for household and business.
McAfee may be the beginning of the game, but the segment of the Anti-Virus is saturated with products that can cost companies a small fortune or cost you anything to scan your computer at home.
And if it was the only software that after this, why can not the world's largest semiconductor chip, then let the R & D department to take a bite of his treasure
Well, there's more to this Agreement than at first glance. Intel earns through smart chips and smaller, which in the present context includes devices that are energy efficient, and internet-enabled. Intel CEO Paul Otellini can say the safety adds another dimension to the mix , but it is only part of his “campaign, making intelligent systems.
What is it, what this agreement seems to be all about: creating viruses repellent chips in the coming Internet-enabled devices. Intel plans to take protection against threats beyond the software.
benefits of Intel
The advantage of this move for the company is that it makes resistant to policy change Internet service providers and equipment suppliers, something McAfee is well aware of as lost 15.7 million Comcast customers, as ISPs offset Symantec this year.
Secondly, the traffic is as a joint venture between Intel and Nokia, Meego, prepares to roll on different consumer devices. The security was a threat to computers, since we are on the Internet. Meego But everything is for consumer devices, from smart phones smart TVs, seems to be a good time , Intel to start pitching safety in the third pillar of the computer.
Then there is the fact that there's more than Meego Intel. The number of devices that ship systems with Intel always outnumber those that are shipped with Meego. safety by reducing the level of flashable Intel hardware but all the bases covered. Consum, you'd feel more protected by buying Intel-powered web enabled device, regardless of the software installed on it.
What's not to like
While this may sound like a win-win situation for everyone, it is not. Intel-endorsed “Trusted Computing” initiative does not go down well with the Free Software Foundation, which says it can be used to lock the device. Add the acquisition of McAfee( a la encryption endpoints) to Intel's Trusted Execution Technology, and you're just inching Zoom vendor lock-in, a nightmarish situation for free and open source applications.
Even from a consumer point of View, although he adds, the degree of convenience, attached equipment, the consequences of a failed update the virus may be much more destructive than they are at the level of software.
