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InternetNews January 30, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Facing Overlaps With Altiris And Rivals Symantec's $830 million purchase of IT management software maker Altiris is yet another message to rival Microsoft that it intends to be more than just a top security software maker.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Gets Another Fix The stock has lagged, but that's not stopping the company from doing more big deals.
InternetNews December 16, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec to Buy Veritas for $13.5B The marriage of Symantec and Veritas would form one of the largest security and back-up software powers in the market. Should it succeed, Symantec shareholders will own 60% and Veritas shareholders approximately 40% of the combined entity.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Clint Boulton	EU Clears Symantec-Veritas Merger The European Union approves Symantec's $13.5 billion bid for Veritas; Symantec announces a threat assessment service.
InternetNews April 29, 2010	Symantec Picks Up PGP, GuardianEdge Acquisitions should help Symantec vendor raise its profile in the data encryption space, key technology used for sharing and storing information in the cloud.
InternetNews March 23, 2005 Clint Boulton	Altiris, BMC, Novell Acquire Security, Compliance The software vendors buy to fortify their software suites to safeguard computers and comply with federal regulations.
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec to Fortify its Compliance Software Symantec will unveil new policy and compliance software next month as part of its integration of the BindView assets. Symantec expects the integrated software will help customers apply user policies and assess compliance through one user interface.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Goes to M&A Rehab The security software giant says it will forgo mega-deals. Rather, the focus will be on smaller deals, such as its $970 million purchase of Altiris in April. The new strategy should be good news for shareholders.
InternetNews May 17, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Wants Pirates' Millions Symantec is seeking $55 million in damages from eight civil lawsuits against companies it accused of trying to turn a buck by selling counterfeit copies of Symantec security software.
InternetNews November 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Symantec CEO John Thompson to Step Down John W. Thompson, the CEO of antivirus and security software company Symantec, will retire from the post as of the end of the company's fiscal year, the company announced today.
InternetNews February 8, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Configuration Requires Relicore Symantec aims to buy Relicore to improve the way it tracks changes to applications and servers.
InternetNews January 5, 2005 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Veritas Leaders Tout Merger CEOs discuss the strengths of a company offering security and back-up software to enterprise customers.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Clint Boulton	Compliance Fuels Security, Systems Acquisitions Federal mandates for security assertions and records retention trigger consolidation in the software industry.
InternetNews December 15, 2006 Clint Boulton	Greg Butterfield, CEO, Altiris CEO Greg Butterfield discusses how Altiris differs from management vendors IBM, HP, CA and BMC.
InternetNews February 5, 2007 Clint Boulton	Security Luminaries Start RSA on a Data Tip Symantec and McAfee make some noise about their data protection lines as RSA gets under way.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Rich Smith	Symantec Slammed Symantec plus Veritas equals minus $1.5 billion. When Microsoft makes goo-goo eyes at a market, it's the current suitors that get the shivers.
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Sings Management at Symantec digs out its wallet and allocates $2 billion in authorizations for share buybacks.
InternetNews June 23, 2009 Alex Goldman	Symantec Adds Monitoring for Antivirus Tools The Symantec Managed Endpoint Protection Services, announced today, are a suite of services that help enterprise IT managers protect thousands of PCs.
BusinessWeek March 21, 2005 Sarah Lacy	Symantec's Thompson: "I Can't Wait To Compete..." As the CEO finalizes his deal for Veritas, war with Microsoft looms.
InternetNews October 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	Symantec Buys Bindview for $209M According to the companies, the joint company will be able to offer its customers either agent-based or agent-less offerings to define, control and sustain IT compliance requirements.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2005 Tom Taulli	Altiris' Secure Deal Sarbanes-Oxley is creating new growth for software companies. Altiris is jumping into the game with an acquisition. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2011 Stephen J. Marini	Symantec: A Growth Opportunity in the Mobile Market Security could be a great opportunity to take advantage of the mobility trend.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003	John Thompson, Symantec Symantec tries to give consumers and corporations a whole array of computer virus defenses in one integrated package.
InternetNews April 14, 2010	Symantec Debuts New Enterprise Security Apps New security suites aim to better protect businesses' networks from evolving cyber threats.
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec's Unified Method Covers Backup Bases NetBackup 6.5 boasts the unified management of all backup technologies in a datacenter and is first fresh leg of Symantec's new Storage United vision.
InternetNews June 13, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Symantec Adds Risk Management Consulting With risk assessment and management scattered among departments, Symantec says it can help firms tie them all together.
InternetNews February 15, 2005 Michael Singer	Symantec Battles Spyware, Bots and Microsoft CEO John Thompson dismisses Microsoft's security efforts as child's play - certainly not fit for large businesses.
InternetNews June 10, 2010	Symantec, HP Extend Security Deal Security software vendor Symantec received some good news this week when PC giant HP agreed to extend a contract that will keep its security applications installed on all HP machines for the foreseeable future.
InternetNews December 14, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec Reportedly in Talks to Acquire Veritas Security software maker Symantec is reportedly in talks to buy back-up software power Veritas Software in a blockbuster deal that, at $13 billion, would be one of the largest of its kind.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Paul Shread	McAfee, Symantec Ride Security Wave McAfee reported pro forma earnings of 31 cents a share... Symantec reported earnings of 27 cents a share... The broader market rose on strong earnings reports... etc.
InternetNews January 3, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sets Sights on IMlogic Security software maker Symantec is offering to acquire IMlogic, the top provider of enterprise instant messaging software.
InternetNews December 17, 2004 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Veritas Marriage Gets Mixed Reviews While vendors slugged it out over new customers over the last couple of months, two giants in their respective markets were hatching a plan to ambush the software market with a blockbuster merger.
InternetNews September 12, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec, Juniper in Security Partnership Symantec and Juniper Networks are about to get a lot closer than they've ever been, thanks to a new strategic partnership announced today. They aren't going to merge.
InternetNews September 9, 2010	Is Symantec in Microsoft's Shopping Cart? If the rumors are true, the security vendor would likely fetch a hefty, multi-billion dollar purchase price.
The Motley Fool October 29, 2008 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Shoots for Two In advance of earnings, analysts expect sales to grow at computer security expert Symantec, and profits to grow even more.
InternetNews August 17, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Symantec Adds Piece of Security Puzzle The antivirus maker, Symantec, buys Sygate to fill out its enterprise offerings.
InternetNews October 8, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Symantec's MessageLabs Buy Aims for the Clouds In a move to strengthen its position in Software-as-a-Service, security player Symantec has purchased online messaging and Web security provider MessageLabs for about $695 million in cash.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2007 Rich Smith	Symantec Hits a Flat Note Symantec doesn't provide a complete picture in a quarterly report that shows sales increasing while profits are falling, and a cash flow statement that is suspiciously absent.
InternetNews January 29, 2007 Paul Shread	Stocks Pause Ahead of Fed Stocks rallied early Monday on merger news, then paused as traders grew cautious ahead of the Federal Reserve's latest decision on interest rates and fourth-quarter GDP data... Silicom was a big mover... Verizon edged higher... etc.
InternetNews May 24, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec-Microsoft Suit Casts Pall on Vista Did Symantec sue Microsoft to throw a kink in its plans for Windows Vista, which will have security features similar to what Symantec offers?
The Motley Fool January 28, 2010 Anders Bylund	Is Security the Next Cloud Computing Play? Symantec has a slow quarter, but looks to brighter days ahead.
InternetNews December 13, 2005 Clint Boulton	Dell Data Protects With Symantec Touch The company will offer Symantec's backup software with its storage arrays to help customers protect their data.
InternetNews October 26, 2006 Paul Shread	Microsoft, Sun Fail to Inspire Microsoft and Sun delivered quarterly results that were a little less than expected, but shares of both companies fared well under the circumstances... Red Hat plunged 24% on competition from Oracle... Kanbay jumped on a buyout offer... etc.
InternetNews June 24, 2005 Paul Shread	Veritas-Symantec Merger Gets Shareholder Nod Shareholders approved the merger of Veritas and Symantec, clearing the way for one of the largest software mergers ever.
InternetNews May 20, 2011 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec Acquires Clearwell for $390 Million Symantec Corp. is bolstering its storage credentials with the acquisition of privately held eDiscovery vendor, Clearwell Systems.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2005 Tom Taulli	Software Firms Struggle With Upload Despite lots of communication with investors, the Symantec-Veritas combo is still generating unease.
InternetNews December 7, 2004 Tim Gray	Symantec, Nortel Play Team Defense The security and network companies develop a joint offering to address network-level threats.
InternetNews March 21, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS Microsoft has the fewest holes and was fastest at plugging them, according to Symantec's security report.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Symantec's Bright Idea The antivirus specialist catches a cold IPO market -- and wins.
InternetNews December 12, 2005 Clint Boulton	IDC: Backup, Replication Lifts Storage The storage software market tallied $2.1 billion in the quarter, buoyed by key markets.