DAWN SONG

摘要

When chip giant Intel dipped into its coffers in August and pulled out $7.6 billion to buy McAfee, a deal that bow-tied a flurry of acquisitions in 2010, analysts opined that future innovation in the security industry is at serious risk.rnAs the theory goes, the best innovation happens at the smaller IT companies, which have something to prove, favor quality over quantity and are not as beholden to boards of directors and shareholders. Now, one by one, these best-of-breed security firms seem to be falling by the wayside, eaten up by cash-rich tech stalwarts.