Some IT executive and analysts stated the planned Intel-McAfee agreement and Hewlett-Packard's purchase of Fortify this week are the newest instance of a trend that could intimidate long-term modernization in the security diligence. This week's shift is the newest in a lengthy stretch of union and purchase deals in the security business in recent years.

The McAfee gaining marks a wholly unforeseen entry into the security market by Intel. But the chip giant's shift goes after similar ones by other chief vendors like IBM, Cisco, EMC and Symantec and HP to pick up security vendors. on other hand, the acquisitions highlight the ongoing robustness of the security market, Intel decided to pay close to $8 billion for a company with revenue fewer than $2 billion in 2009. Analysts state the value is a sign of just how precious security companies have turn.

At the similar time, although, as major vendors gobble up huge and small security software makers, the major loser could be innovation. "I believe there's a big impact on innovation," stated Jan Oltsik, an analyst with the venture Strategy Group. "Gaining usually don't help as little, innovative companies turn into product features or divisions of large companies."