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| Type | Public (NASDAQ: SYMC) |
| Founded |  Sunnyvale, California (March 1, 1982) |
| Headquarters | Cupertino, California, U.S. (incorporated in Delaware) |
| Key people | John W. Thompson, CEO James Beer, CFO Mark Bregman, CTO Enrique T. A public company usually refers to a company that is permitted to offer its registered securities ( Stock, bonds, etc The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. Sunnyvale ( or) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Cupertino (ˌkuːpɚˈtiːnoʊ is a Suburban city in Santa Clara County, California, U California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the John W Thompson (born April 24, 1949) is a former vice-president at IBM and the current CEO of Symantec. Salem, COO David Thompson, CIO Greg Hughes, CSO |
| Industry | Computer Software |
| Products | Endpoint Protection 11. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need 0 Network Access Control 11. 0 Control Compliance Suite Security Information Manager Brightmail Enterprise Vault Symantec Mail Security Instant Messaging Manager WinFax PRO Norton AntiBot Norton AntiVirus Norton Commander Norton Internet Security Norton 360 Norton Personal Firewall Norton SystemWorks Procomm Plus Symantec Ghost VxFS VxVM VxSF NetBackup Veritas Backup Exec Cluster Server (VCS) Veritas CommandCentral Storage Veritas Enterprise Administrator Veritas Process Automation Manager Veritas Volume Replicator (VVR) Veritas SANPoint |
| Revenue | ▲$5. Brightmail is an E-mail filtering company in the United States. Symantec Enterprise Vault (EV is a product of Symantec Corporation and is one of the most widely-installed email archiving solutions Companies that provide instant messaging management products and services include Presensoft Akonix CSC SurfControl, Symantec, Global Relay and ScanSafe. WinFax is a Windows-based software product designed to let computers equipped with Fax - Modems to communicate directly to stand-alone fax machines or other similarly-equipped Norton AntiBot is a software developed by Symantec, for the detection of bots and other malicious threats Norton AntiVirus ( NAV) a product of Symantec Corporation, is an award-winning antivirus program available for Windows XP Norton Commander (commonly shortened to " NC " was a prototypical Orthodox file manager (OFM written by John Socha and released by Norton Internet Security (NIS is a computer utility suite made by Symantec Corporation, with a focus on providing comprehensive Internet protection Norton 360 is an all-in-one suite of Computer security applications developed by The Symantec Corporation for the Microsoft Windows XP and Norton Personal Firewall is a computer firewall application produced by Symantec. The Norton Utilities releases were collections of Software utilities Datastorm was a computer software company that existed from 1986 until 1996. Ghost is a Disk cloning program originally produced by Binary Research, but purchased by Symantec in 1998 The VERITAS File System, (or VxFS, called JFS and OJFS in HP-UX) is an extent -based File system. The Veritas Volume Manager, VVM or VxVM is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (now part of Symantec Veritas Storage Foundation, previously known as Veritas Foundation Suite combines Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM and Veritas File System (VxFS to provide Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise level Heterogeneous Backup and recovery suite Backup Exec is Backup software currently developed by Symantec. Veritas Cluster Server (also known as VCS or now known as SFHA) is a High-availability cluster software for Unix, Linux Veritas Software Corp was an international Software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services 19 Billion USD (2007) |
| Net income | ▲$404. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Net income is equal to the Income that a firm has after subtracting costs and Expenses from the total Revenue. 38 Million USD (2007) |
| Employees | 17,500 (2007) [1] |
| Website | www.Symantec.com |
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History
Symantec first became well-known as the publisher of Q & A, a dual-mode product that was both a word processor and a database. Released by Symantec in 1985 for IBM -compatible systems Q&A's flat-file Database and Word processing program is cited as a significant step towards making A Computer Database is a structured collection of records or data that is stored in a computer system During the 1990s, Symantec switched focus away from development of its own products and towards acquisition of other companies. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 An early purchase gave Symantec ownership of Norton Utilities, created in the mid-1980s by software engineer Peter Norton. The Norton Utilities releases were collections of Software utilities The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Software engineering is the application of a systematic disciplined quantifiable approach to the development operation and maintenance of Software. Peter Norton (born November 14 1943) is an American Software Publisher, Author, and Philanthropist. At one time Symantec was also known for its development tools, particularly the THINK Pascal, THINK C, Symantec C++, and Visual Cafe packages that were popular on the Macintosh and IBM PC compatible platforms; they exited this business in the late-1990s as competitors such as Metrowerks, Microsoft, and Borland gained significant market share. THINK C was an extension of ANSI C for Mac OS developed by THINK Technologies although named Lightspeed C in the original mid-1986 release it was later Visual Café (formally Visual Café for Java) was an Integrated development environment for the Java programming language. Macintosh, commonly nicknamed Mac is a Brand name which covers several lines of Personal computers designed developed and marketed by Apple Inc IBM PC compatible computers are those generally similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT. Metrowerks was a company that developed software development tools for various desktop handheld embedded and game platforms Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Borland Software Corporation is a software company headquartered in Austin Texas.
In recent years, Symantec has been primarily known for its Norton-branded antivirus and utility software. Utility software (also known as service program, service routine, tool, or utility routine) is a type of Computer software. Products released under the Symantec name include Norton AntiVirus, Norton Commander, Norton Internet Security, Norton 360, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton SystemWorks (which now contains Norton Utilities), Norton AntiSpam, Norton GoBack (formerly Roxio GoBack), Norton Confidential, Norton Antibot and Norton Ghost (originally published by Binary Research). Norton AntiVirus ( NAV) a product of Symantec Corporation, is an award-winning antivirus program available for Windows XP Norton Commander (commonly shortened to " NC " was a prototypical Orthodox file manager (OFM written by John Socha and released by Norton Internet Security (NIS is a computer utility suite made by Symantec Corporation, with a focus on providing comprehensive Internet protection Norton 360 is an all-in-one suite of Computer security applications developed by The Symantec Corporation for the Microsoft Windows XP and Norton Personal Firewall is a computer firewall application produced by Symantec. The Norton Utilities releases were collections of Software utilities Norton GoBack (previously known as Wildfile GoBack Adaptec GoBack and Roxio GoBack is a Microsoft Windows based disk utility that can record up to 8Gb of disk changes Roxio is a division and brand of Sonic Solutions. It was originally a digital media company created from the 2001 spin-off of Adaptec 's Software Products Group followed Norton Confidential is a program used to encrypt passwords online and detect Phishing sites Ghost is a Disk cloning program originally produced by Binary Research, but purchased by Symantec in 1998 Binary Research Ltd was a company founded in Auckland New Zealand by Murray Haszard in 1991 after the sale of his previous company B32 Software.
Due to the 2003 acquisition of PowerQuest, Symantec continues to sell, but not develop, the last version of PartitionMagic, now called Norton PartitionMagic. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. PowerQuest was a software company that produced Utility software. PartitionMagic is a Computer program for Hard disk drive partitioning originally made by the PowerQuest Corporation but now owned by This is true as well of the NetWare partition manager, ServerMagic. NetWare is a Network operating system developed by Novell Inc PowerQuest's Drive Image software replaced the original Norton Ghost software, yet retains Norton Ghost as its name. A disk image is a single File containing the complete contents and structure representing a data storage medium or device such as a Hard drive, CD, or
Symantec is also an industry leader in comprehensive electronic messaging security, offering solutions for instant messaging, antispam, antivirus, legal compliance, content compliance, legal discovery and message archiving.
The Symantec Security Response organization (formerly Symantec Antivirus Research Center) is one of the foremost antivirus and computer security research groups in the industry.
On December 16, 2004, Veritas and Symantec announced their plans for a merger. Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Veritas Software Corp was an international Software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp With Veritas valued at $13. 5 billion, it was the largest software industry merger to date. Symantec's shareholders voted to approve the merger on June 24, 2005; the deal closed successfully on July 2, 2005. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. July 5, 2005 was the first day of business for U. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. offices of the new, combined software company. After the merger, Symantec now includes storage related products in its portfolio. Veritas File System (VxFS), Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas Volume Replicator are but three. The VERITAS File System, (or VxFS, called JFS and OJFS in HP-UX) is an extent -based File system. The Veritas Volume Manager, VVM or VxVM is a proprietary logical volume manager from Veritas (now part of Symantec Veritas Software Corp was an international Software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp
On August 16, 2005, Symantec acquired Sygate [1] a security software firm with about 200 staff, based in Fremont, California. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Fremont (ˈfriːmɒnt is a city in California, USA that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities Centerville California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. As of November 30, 2005 all Sygate personal firewall products were discontinued by Symantec and now appears to be part of Symantec's Norton range called Norton Personal Firewall. Events 1700 - Battle of Narva — A Swedish army of 8500 men under Charles XII defeats Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norton Personal Firewall is a computer firewall application produced by Symantec.
On January 29, 2007, Symantec announced plans to acquire Altiris and on April 6, 2007 the acquisition was completed. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Altiris Inc is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Altiris specializes in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets. Altiris Inc is a subsidiary of Symantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manage IT assets Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support They also provide software for web services, security, and systems management products. Established in 1998, Altiris is headquartered in Lindon, Utah, United States. Lindon is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo &ndash Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area
On January 17, 2008, Symantec announced [2] that they were spinning off the Application Performance Management (Precise Software Solutions) business to Vector Capital. Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Upon closing of the transaction, Precise Software Solutions will take over all development, product management, marketing and sales for the APM business. To ensure a smooth transition for customers and the new company overall, Symantec will continue to support the APM business post closing via a transition services agreement. Additionally, Symantec and Vector have signed an agreement allowing Symantec to continue to sell APM software and support to its customers. Further, Symantec will continue to honor the terms and conditions of its support commitments to its customers, and will leverage the APM personnel transferred over to Precise Software Solutions to ensure continuity of support. This business unit contains all the i3 products.
The latest major release from Symantec is Norton 360 2. 0 (released on March 6, 2008), which contains the features of the original plus network monitoring, identity protection, and an improved backup system.
For a fuller list of acquisitions, see List of Symantec acquisitions. This is a list of acquisitions by Symantec, a Computer software company founded on March 1 1982.
See also
- John W. Thompson
- Gordon Eubanks (former CEO)
- Symantec software
- Norton 360
- Backup Exec
- TurnTide
- Fifth Generation Systems
- Zude
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Notes
- ^ Symantec Completes Sygate Acquisition
- ^ Symantec to Sell Application Performance Management Business to Vector Capital
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