Intel recognises enterprise rights management as core to its future and the future of its employees according to its IT performance report for 2010 - 2011 titled “Delivering Competitive Advantage through IT” in which it said,

“We are implementing a secure integrated collaboration solution for our design engineers, with the goal of protecting Intel’s intellectual property while helping to accelerate silicon design. The new solution protects information at all times during creation, storage and transmission, using encrypted files and content repositories with enterprise rights management. This helps engineers be more productive by eliminating the need to secure data using manual methods. We began piloting the solution in 2010 in preparation for widespread deployment in 2011”.

Intel is surely leading the way for companies that depend highly on their intellectual property to survive, and if it is important for Intel to invest heavily in data security, it should serve as a wake up call for businesses especially technology businesses that have a liberal attitude towards the protection of its intellectual property.