Intel completes acquisition of McAfee

In case you missed the news, Intel Corporation announced the acquisition of McAfee, Inc. is complete as of February 28, 2011

McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. Intel and McAfee plan to bring the first fruits of their strategic partnership to market later this year, with the intent of tackling security and the pervasive nature of computing threats in an entirely new way.

As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee reports into Intel's Software and Services Group. The group is managed by Renée James, Intel senior vice president, and general manager. McAfee's president, Dave DeWalt, will report to James.

For those of you that have been following the company once known as Secure Computing (who produced the proxy device also known as the McAfee Secure Web Gateway, that means one more layer of ownership.