When it comes to outsourcing to improve cost savings, many within the IT community have seen the need to recognize that cheaper is not always better. Consider a video which was recently uncovered that explores the means by which hardware Trojans can infect a system without the user/operator ever knowing or realizing that a compromised situation has started, or is on-going.
Symantec no longer invested in Chinese Joint Venture (JV) with Huawei
On November 14, 2011, Symantec announced its decision to sell its shares in the Huawei Symantec joint venture (JV) with Huawei. Coincidentally, this announcement that the JV was officially unjoined came only 3 months after Mark Bregman left Symantec. It was Mark’s leadership which enjoined these two companies, and to his credit, the venture paid Symantec a handsome profit having turned their $150MM investment into $530MM. Without his leadership, the future of the Huawei appliances becomes more risky and filled with uncertainty.