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Why Intel bought McAfee
Nothing to do with security
by Charlie Demerjian
August 20, 2010
http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/08/20/why-intel-bought-mcafee/

NTEL'S PURCHASE OF McAfee is quite synergistic and makes a lot of sense to anyone following the company. Contrary to most opinions out there however, it has nothing to do with security.

Intel's current stronghold is corporate computers, desktop, laptop, and servers, not necessarily machines for the 'best buy' set. AMD may have 20% marketshare or so, but for the most part, it is the lower 20% of the market that they own. This is reflected in the ASPs of the chips sold by both companies. Corporations tend to shop by value, consumers by price. Intel's purchase of McAfee is a value add play.

The value added is not security though, I would expect Intel to shed that division of McAfee sooner rather than later. Intel bought McAfee for manageability software, specifically to integrate it with Vpro/AMT. They are going after the medium, large and Fortune 500 business set. Intel is now saying that they intend to compete with the HP, Dell, and IBM management solutions head on, and that will cause no small amount of friction among these cordial friends.
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http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/08/20/why-intel-bought-mcafee/

and then this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro
Intel vPro Security Features

Intel vPro supports industry-standard methodologies and protocols, as well as other vendors’ security features:

* Intel Trusted Execution Technology (Intel TXT)
* Industry-standard Trusted Platform Module version 1.2 (TPM).[2]
* Support for IEEE 802.1x, Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), Cisco Self Defending Network (SDN), and Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) in laptops, and support for IEEE 802.1x, Preboot Execution Environment (PXE), and Cisco Self Defending Network (SDN) in desktop PCs. [2][29][14]
* Execute Disable Bit.[2]
* Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT).[2]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_vPro

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