UK Today News: Intel – McAfee Acquisition Deal Worth $7.68 Billion To Boost Security Software
Intel, the renowned American chip making company, has announced that they are set to buy anti virus software company McAfee, at a price of $7.68 billion. The acquisition was announced on Thursday and this will help in software and OS security in a big way.
Reports say that the purchase of McAfee will help Intel in being a lot more flexible when it comes to product building related to mobile phones.The deal will surely help McAfee to integrate its hardware into Intel’s systems and help systems to operate at a faster speed than before.
In recent times, Intel is known to have bought other products. Reports say that Intel purchased Wind River Systems to help them widen its products when it comes to mobile devices. There was also a deal with Havok, the acquisition will help with software in video games.
