Intel (INTC) announced early on Thursday, August 19th, that is purchasing security firm McAfee (MFE) for $7.68 billion in a cash transaction.
This represents a 60% premium to McAfee's closing share price on August 18th and fundamentally changes the information security landscape.
MIT's Technology Review magazine and IPVision recently issued a report Patent Perspectives: On Security providing information on patent holdings in the security field -- including a focus on McAfee's portfolio. The original report is available for download with a supplemental update planned.
Additional information on this subject is also available in the IPVisions article of June 22nd, including patent portfolio demographics and assessments of 20 firms identified by Technology Review editors.
