http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-10/with-mcafee-deal-intel-is-sort-of-in-the-app-store-business-how-will-other-chip-makers-respond/ The Application Whitelisting and Security Weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:40:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-10/with-mcafee-deal-intel-is-sort-of-in-the-app-store-business-how-will-other-chip-makers-respond/#comment-6607 My Top Five Blogs of 2010: Stuxnet, McIntel, Whitelisting & More… Wed, 22 Dec 2010 16:30:08 +0000 http://www.coretraceblogs.com/?p=2142#comment-6607 [...] With McAfee deal, Intel is (sort of) in the App Store business… How will other chip makers res...Without question, the Intel-McAfee deal was one of the biggest endpoint security stories of the year. However, the motivation behind the acquisition left many security analysts trying to make sense of it all. Our take on the whole thing was simple: with very little presence in the rapidly growing market for mobile devices, Intel needed a foothold to differentiate itself from other established players in the market. As malware attacks continue to hit the mobile community, there’s a growing need for people to protect their devices and themselves. We believe that was the thinking behind the Intel purchase. [...] [...] With McAfee deal, Intel is (sort of) in the App Store business… How will other chip makers res…Without question, the Intel-McAfee deal was one of the biggest endpoint security stories of the year. However, the motivation behind the acquisition left many security analysts trying to make sense of it all. Our take on the whole thing was simple: with very little presence in the rapidly growing market for mobile devices, Intel needed a foothold to differentiate itself from other established players in the market. As malware attacks continue to hit the mobile community, there’s a growing need for people to protect their devices and themselves. We believe that was the thinking behind the Intel purchase. [...]

]]> http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-10/with-mcafee-deal-intel-is-sort-of-in-the-app-store-business-how-will-other-chip-makers-respond/#comment-4613 Darmowe oprogramowanie Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:40:45 +0000 http://www.coretraceblogs.com/?p=2142#comment-4613 Huge organizations are so predictable. They often pay the most money for companies that, like them, are also on the verge of undergoing a disruptive change that makes their buy unwise. We are swinging back to the "network is the computer" computing model, 10+ years after McNealey predicted it, and they pick now to drop a massive wad of "casheesh" for something that in 5 many years will turn out to be totally irrelevant. It is like these huge business dinosaurs attain a point in their lives when they start actively trying to find tar pits to sink into. Huge organizations are so predictable. They often pay the most money for companies that, like them, are also on the verge of undergoing a disruptive change that makes their buy unwise. We are swinging back to the “network is the computer” computing model, 10+ years after McNealey predicted it, and they pick now to drop a massive wad of “casheesh” for something that in 5 many years will turn out to be totally irrelevant. It is like these huge business dinosaurs attain a point in their lives when they start actively trying to find tar pits to sink into.

]]> http://www.coretraceblogs.com/2010-10/with-mcafee-deal-intel-is-sort-of-in-the-app-store-business-how-will-other-chip-makers-respond/#comment-4531 Top security stories for September 2010: Targeted threats, vulnerabilities at ‘unacceptable’ levels… and that Stuxnet worm — CoreTrace WhiteSpace Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:23:49 +0000 http://www.coretraceblogs.com/?p=2142#comment-4531 [...] speculations about the Intel/McAfee deal continued to reverberate throughout the industry, new findings about the intentions of the infamous [...] [...] speculations about the Intel/McAfee deal continued to reverberate throughout the industry, new findings about the intentions of the infamous [...]

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