Today Intel announced that they are purchasing antivirus software maker McAfee for $7.68 billion. This will be a major purchase for Intel’s software group as McAfee is a giant in the security market. Intel says this buyout will help progress their ability to meet the ever increasing need of hardware integrated security.
Microsoft released an emergency patch on Monday. The patch was to fix a known vulnerability in the windows shell that allowed remote code execution via windows shortcuts (.lnk). Microsoft rated this patch as critical and released it immediately rather than waiting until their regular Patch Tuesday.
[Microsoft Security Advisory]
Networkworld has put together a list of 6 new cool innovations for improving data center technology. The article makes for a good read for those working in a large enterprise environment.
[6 cool innovations for the data center - networkworld.com]