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InternetNews May 18, 2006 Clint Boulton	Microsoft Secures Mobile Access With Whale Buy Microsoft has agreed to buy security appliance specialist Whale Communications Ltd. for an undisclosed sum.
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 May 19, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista.
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 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 October 6, 2005 Jim Wagner	A New Security Strategy For Microsoft? Microsoft is expanding its security protection services with the upcoming launch of two new products, Antigen and Microsoft Client Protection.
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 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 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 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 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 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 August 5, 2005 Drew Robb	Symantec-Veritas Deal Proves Timely Panned at first, the merger of security and storage giants turned out to be well-timed. The combined stock is now on the upswing.
InternetNews February 15, 2005 Erin Joyce	Network Security in the Spotlight With key issues like spyware, spam and single sign-on, is it any wonder that the RSA Security Conference in San Francisco this week is setting new records for attendance and vendors alike?
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 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.
Investment Advisor October 2010 Dan Skiles	Server Rack -- Don't Forget Physical Security Make sure that your server is secure enough that someone can't walk in and carry it out without much work.
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.
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.
InternetNews February 8, 2005 Erin Joyce	Microsoft to Buy Anti-Virus Vendor Sybari More than 10,000 customers already use Sybari's enterprise security product.
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 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 June 22, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas	Sybari Security For Windows Only Microsoft completed its acquisition of Sybari Software, cutting sales of non-Windows products.
InternetNews May 20, 2004 Michael Singer	Symantec to Buy Anti-Spam Company The security specialist will spend $370M to add Brightmail to its enterprise, and potentially its client, offerings.
InternetNews August 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Symantec Hardwires Partners The company adds functionality from other developers to expand the reach of its commercial-grade security appliances.
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 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.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Steps Into On-Demand The security giant announces its first major Internet-based service.
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 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 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 April 14, 2010	Symantec Debuts New Enterprise Security Apps New security suites aim to better protect businesses' networks from evolving cyber threats.
InternetNews November 25, 2008 Judy Mottl	Symantec Trims Enterprise Vault Staff Symantec's cost-cutting move reflects grim economic reality as well as maturation in the product line, some say.
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 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 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 November 6, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft Gives Away Enterprise Search In a move aimed at beating Google in the enterprise search market, Microsoft comes up with a novel idea for a corporate search engine - give it away free.
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 October 30, 2009 Anders Bylund	Symantec Locking Up Profits (and Customers) Lengthy contracts let companies like Symantec and IBM build their business on solid rock.
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 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.
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 February 8, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	McAfee Girds For Microsoft Competition President of anti-virus vendor says he's prepared to compete with Microsoft's purchase of AV vendor Sybari.
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.
InternetNews November 8, 2007 Stuart J. Johnston	Microsoft's 'Centro' Finally Gets a Name Microsoft revealed the official name of its 'Centro' server bundle for mid-sized businesses this week and also gave a shipping target date.
The Motley Fool October 13, 2008 Anders Bylund	Another Buyout in Software When others are hamstrung by tighter lending practices, the truly well-off cut their cards and break out some cash.
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.
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.
InternetNews July 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Symantec to Turn Tide on Spam Security specialist beefs up its enterprise offerings with $28M acquisition of an anti-spam technology firm TurnTide.
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.