Intel acquires McAfee by 7.68 billion dollars

The huge news today Intel today announced would buy the popular security firm McAfee by the reasonable US $ 7.68 billion. Specifically paid for each share of the company $ 47 .

Following the acquisition , the largest made by Intel to date , McAfee will become a subsidiary division software Intel and services . At the moment there is still no date for the deal but the people of Intel said that the boards of both companies have approved the agreement and only need the approval of the authorities and all shareholders of McAfee.

The move is quite logical. Intel had been working closely with McAfee past 18 months and saw that the two companies together would be beneficial for both as Intel , naturally taking into account that their devices increasingly " more connected "seeks to further improve the security issue . Moreover McAfee is a good sum of money and becomes part of one of the biggest companies in the field of technology.

And when this is all we know without a doubt this important operation. Already see that such things are going to Intel and McAfee together.