McAfee and Intel – What This Means for Partners

Today’s announcement that McAfee has agreed to be acquired by Intel is exciting news for all of us and represents a great win for McAfee, Intel, our valued partners, and mutual customers.  We expect that together the result will be increased safety, security, and trust in everyday technology experiences. 

It has always been the goal at McAfee to make the world a safer place and this acquisition will help us do just that. Plans are in the works to 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 in the 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 is still a top priority at McAfee. We are devoted to driving growth through your organizations and you can count on our leadership for years to come.

The expectation is that upon close McAfee will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel Corporation, sustaining our focus on providing leading–edge security solutions, while gaining the benefits of Intel’s technology investments, market-reach, brand and global employee base.

We will keep you updated as we work to complete the acquisition.  We always welcome your feedback through the SecurityAlliance@mcafee.com mailbox, the comment section on this blog, and you can also find me on Twitter.

Thank you for partnering with McAfee.

-          Alex

Additional Information and Where to Find It

Click here to listen to the announcement webcast.

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McAfee Agrees To Be Acquired By Intel -  Dave DeWalt, McAfee President and CEO

 Performance, Connectivity and Protection – George Kurtz, McAfee CTO

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