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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 October 10, 2008 Richard Adhikari	MessageLabs Buy a Headache for Symantec? Some think competitive issues and potential integration problems will be a serious challenge, but Symantec brushes such concerns aside.
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 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.
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 October 7, 2005 Tim Gray	Symantec is On Guard Security vendor Symantec has quietly lodged an unofficial complaint against Microsoft to European Commission antitrust regulators over the software giant's recent entry into the security market.
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.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: Symantec Boots Up The security software maker reports fiscal fourth-quarter 2006 earnings today after close of market. Investors, take note.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Michael Hickins	Symantec Rebuts IRS Claims Security and storage software vendor Symantec filed a 60-page petition with the United States Tax Court rejecting a claim that it owes Uncle Sam more than $1 billion in back taxes and penalties.
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.
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 May 4, 2005 Rich Smith	Verily, Veritas Did Well Symantec's merger target spruces up. So let's take a quick look at Veritas' numbers, for the Symantec shareholders' sakes, if for no other reason.
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Alex Goldman	Security Software Revenues Grew 19% in 2008 Security software and appliances remains one of the few areas of IT where spending is staying even strong, even as businesses cut or delay many of their projects in other areas.
InternetNews May 19, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista.
InternetNews December 17, 2008 Paul Shread	Symantec Pitching Big Savings with Storage Symantec has unveiled new storage management functions that could save users a bundle on hardware costs.
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 October 29, 2009	Symantec Delivers Upside Surprise Symantec tops analyst estimates and gives investors an even bigger surprise.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2006 Tim Beyers	A Billion Reasons to Avoid Symantec? The antivirus maker has a taxing problem. For its part, Symantec says it isn't in error and plans to take the Feds to tax court, but it's not certain how much investors may lose if the IRS is right.
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 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 August 31, 2004 Clint Boulton	Veritas to Buy KVS The storage and utility computing company offers $225 million in cash to boost its profile in the e-mail archiving arena.
The Motley Fool December 14, 2004 Tim Beyers	A $13 Billion Christmas Present? The New York Times reports Symantec is seeking to buy storage software maker Veritas. In thinking about how these companies may be reshaped, the alert investor may find more than one unexpected present for his portfolio.
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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Rich Smith	Foolish Forecast: How Safe Is Symantec? What should worry Symantec investors was the company's December announcement that it is restating its statement of cash flows for the first half of fiscal 2006. Investors need to keep a sharp eye on this for the next few quarters.
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 January 29, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Extends IT Management With Latest Buy Symantec continues evolving its product lines for IT management.
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?
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.
InternetNews September 25, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Report: Home Users Blind To Hackers According to a new status report from security vendor Symantec, home users are the target of 86 percent of attacks. Financial services ranked second, the target of 84 percent of phishing attempts in the first half of 2006.
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 November 28, 2006 Paul Shread	Symantec Snaps Up Revivio Symantec will use the assets of the continuous data protection startup to get its own enterprise-class CDP offering to market faster.
InternetNews November 6, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Vontu Buy Puts Symantec At Head Of DLP Field With one $350 million check, Symantec leaped to the front of the loss prevention market. Now it needs to build on what it bought.
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 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 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.
InternetNews April 16, 2007 Michael Hickins	Symantec's Safe SaaS Step Symantec today announced a beta program that will allow small- and medium-sized business customers to subscribe to a data back-up and recovery service for free.
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.
BusinessWeek November 8, 2004 Robert Barker	Not Many Chinks in Symantec's Armor Demand for its Internet firewall and antivirus software programs is so strong that Symantec expects revenues in the fiscal year ending in March to surge 33%, its earnings per share jumping 44%, to $1.54.
Wall Street & Technology August 22, 2007 Melanie Rodier	Symantec Releases New Storage Management Solution Veritas CommandCentral 5.0 addresses the proliferation of virtualization technologies by providing end-to-end visibility in both virtualized server and storage environments, analyzing end-to-end storage consumption and identifying storage that can be reclaimed.
InternetNews August 9, 2005 Paul Shread	Symantec Releases First Veritas Products Symantec unveils the first joint products since acquiring Veritas last month. The new offerings focus on e-mail security and archiving and Linux-based storage management.
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.
InternetNews May 4, 2011	Huawei Symantec Debuts 80 Gbps Firewall The new USG 9300 platform is a next generation firewall including intrusion prevention and an anti-distributed denial of service (DDoS) capability.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Clint Boulton	Symantec, Microsoft Plant Flags in Data Protection Rivals Symantec and Microsoft will unveil new software for fine-grained data protection at separate events in New York next week.
InternetNews April 21, 2009 Alex Goldman	Symantec Adds Policy Enforcement to Security Symantec is addressing the convergence of security policy and IT usage policy with updates to its Protection Suites and an acquisition.
InternetNews June 15, 2006 Clint Boulton	At The ForeFront of Microsoft Security Microsoft's security coalesces while the Symantec suit simmers.
The Motley Fool May 16, 2006 Rich Smith	Symantec Still Flat An earnings beat isn't all it's cracked up to be. Symantec is continuing to post ugly numbers, and may do so until it has fully digested Veritas. Investors, take note.
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.
The Motley Fool May 17, 2011 Anders Bylund	Symantec's Growth Vision Is Cloudy If you squint a certain way, Symantec looks like a turnaround story at the moment.