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This is thought to be part of slimming down and concentrating focus on the server business. Odd in a way since security is especially important to servers. Still I imagine the larger retail security market could be a drag on specialized server needs. Either way, another sign of more modesty in goals at Intel.
I like how they call it a Cyber Security Business and not antivirus software.... It is all about the spin even though the product name is: McAfee[SUP]®[/SUP] Antivirus Plus.
I never understood the synergy between Intel as a hardware company and McAfee as a software company. Internally, Intel gives away software in order to secure hardware socket wins, so their culture doesn't really value software or understand that industry. There simply was no synergy in Intel adding McAfee from a business or end-user viewpoint.
Intel should sell McAfee, and let that be a lesson to Intel for future acquisitions. No synergy, no deal.
I never understood the synergy between Intel as a hardware company and McAfee as a software company. Internally, Intel gives away software in order to secure hardware socket wins, so their culture doesn't really value software or understand that industry. There simply was no synergy in Intel adding McAfee from a business or end-user viewpoint.
Intel should sell McAfee, and let that be a lesson to Intel for future acquisitions. No synergy, no deal.
I agree what you pointed out 100%. Unless Intel can change its culture, we will see Intel to make the same mistake again. Their $7 billion spending on the mobile "Contra Revenue" is another vivid example. That $7 billion are shareholders' money and should not spend on projects based on Intel senior management's wishful thinking.
Security has to be a tightly integrated hardware and software at all levels. This also includes using a white list of good sites more than a blacklist and user education. Security has to be integrated software, hardware and user culture combined with a strategic mission that integrates all three, anything else leaves large and obvious holes.
