10 December 2010

Intel Acquires McAfee

Blockbuster acquisition by Intel  promises to bring great value to our partners and customers in the Caribbean Basin and Bermuda.

MIAMI, FL (August 20, 2010) – McAfee has agreed to be acquired by Intel Corporation. This is big news for Digital Logistix, our customers and partners.

The acquisition notes the rising demands around security, for hardware and software.  It's particularly important for businesses and consumers, as interest and needs grow around cloud-storage, remote access and consumer-driven media sharing through open networks.

Moving forward, an important growth area for Intel to focus its security efforts on is the mobile industry.  McAfee is a leading player in the mobile security arena, which has risen in demand along with other cloud-storage and access trends.  At Digital Logistix, we're looking forward to this new era in secure computing.

Thank you for partnering with Digital Logistix,

Patrick Dyer
President
Digital Logistix LLC

(McAfee announcement to partners below)

Dear Valued Partners,

McAfee has agreed to be acquired by Intel Corporation.  Obviously this is big news for McAfee, big news for Intel Corporation, our partners, mutual customers, and big news for both the security industry and the future of the Internet.  It’s the companies’ common belief that security is a fundamental component of modern computing, and the acquisition reflects security’s increasing relevance in a completely connected world.  The number of connected devices is expected to grow from 1 billion to 50 billion by 2020.  This explosive growth of Internet and IP-enabled devices (e.g. Internet enabled TV, IP addressable cars, ATM machines, medical devices) is fundamentally reshaping communication, collaboration and commerce opportunities for individuals, businesses and governments around the world.

The current cybersecurity model isn’t extensible across the proliferating spectrum of devices – providing protection to a heterogeneous world of connected devices requires a fundamentally new approach to security.  Frankly, the industry needed a paradigm shift – incremental improvements simply can’t bridge the opportunity gap.  McAfee and Intel Corporation are joining forces to tackle this next generation cybersecurity issue which impacts everyone and anything connecting to the Internet.

Intel Corporation has a successful software business built in part by acquiring companies, such as Wind River, that bring an expertise in solutions and services in order to deliver high-performance platforms to fast-growing sectors. McAfee is the next step in that strategy, and brings together security and hardware expertise that will better protect our mutual customers and drive innovation across our product offerings.  In fact, by next year, we will introduce new security offerings as a result of our collaboration.

During the close process, it is important that we all maintain a business as usual mentality and focus on closing deals each current quarter.  McAfee will continue to strengthen its security focus and you have my commitment, along with Mike DeCesare and Dave DeWalt, that the channel continues to be a top priority at McAfee.  We are devoted to driving growth through your organizations and you can count on our leadership.

As with Intel Corporation’s other software acquisitions, McAfee will remain a stand-alone subsidiary, retain its leadership team and expertise, which will facilitate future innovation in security.  Furthermore, this acquisition is driven to create new markets, and not about cost-cutting.

This is very exciting news. Intel Corporation shares our vision for security, they share our vision of a connected world, and working together we’ll be far stronger globally and able to make a much bigger difference in people’s lives.  This pending acquisition is a great win for McAfee, you, and our mutual customers.

For more information: http://www.mcafee.com