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InternetNews August 16, 2004 Ryan Naraine	McAfee Deepens Security Reach The company buys into risk-management arena with Foundstone acquisition.
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 June 4, 2007 Clint Boulton	Vendors Buy in For Consumer, Corporate Protection EMC, McAfee and VeriSign demonstrate their commitment to IT security in time for the Gartner IT Security Summit.
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 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.
The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Tom Taulli	McAfee Secures Another Smart Deal After another savvy acquisition, one problem still remains: Microsoft. McAfee shareholders, be warned.
InternetNews September 16, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Symantec Buys @Stake The anti-virus specialist continues its year-long shopping spree.
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.
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 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 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 October 16, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	McAfee Continues Acquisition Spree McAfee is continued its acquisition spree yet again, this time with the $20 million cash purchase of privately held data-protection solutions vendor Onigma Ltd.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Tim Beyers	McAfee Begs for Compliance McAfee's stock might be worthwhile if its competitive position had materially improved, or if its balance sheet offered greater protection than rivals, or if its multiple to expected earnings looked comparatively cheap. But exactly none of that is true today.
InternetNews July 20, 2009	McAfee Embraces SaaS Security McAfee claims its Total Protection Service 5.0 is the only comprehensive solution on the market.
The Motley Fool May 1, 2006 Tom Taulli	McAfee Making the World Safe for the Net McAfee helps customers deal with Internet threats, and it's good at dealing with other threats, too. With a strong stock price and $1.1 billion in the bank, McAfee can continue to buy companies and expand its solution offerings.
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 March 8, 2005 Tim Gray	McAfee Enhances Anti-virus Protection For SMBs The Web-based solution is geared toward small businesses that may lack the expertise and personnel to implement and manage an anti-virus solution for their desktops and servers.
InternetNews April 6, 2006 Erin Joyce	McAfee And The Product Stack Anti-virus and security software provider McAfee plans to use SiteAdvisor's database of tested and rated Web sites with its own product set, targeting both consumers and business customers.
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 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 6, 2007 Ed Sutherland	McAfee Puts Financial Woes in Hands of New CEO McAfee taps former EMC exec for new leadership.
InternetNews September 8, 2005 Tim Gray	McAfee Breaks Into Pipe Cleaning The company's Clean Pipes initiative helps will help ISPs protect their customers with a package of managed security services.
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 November 5, 2007 Larry Barrett	Symantec Snaps Up Vontu Symantec acquires data protection software firm Vontu for $350 million.
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 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 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 14, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Verizon Business Holsters Cybertrust Verizon Business, the telecom's IT solutions provider for large business and government customers, today announced it acquired Cybertrust, a privately held provider of global information security services.
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.
The Motley Fool October 23, 2006 Tom Taulli	VeriSign: Teeing Up for 2007 It has been a tough year for VeriSign shareholders. But with the company's critical Web infrastructure offerings -- as well as recent deals and restructuring -- 2006 could be about more than just incremental growth.
Wall Street & Technology October 28, 2005	Customized Managed Security Services Cybertrust can help a company build and implement a secure operations center (SOC) in-house or provide a co-sourced, "virtual" SOC that allows the customer to define the co-sourcing relationship.
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 June 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	McAfee Takes on Cisco, Checkpoint New products and a new road map integrate the McAfee's own products with that of its partner ecosystem.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2006 Matt Koppenheffer	Securing Your Portfolio Data security has been a major area of interest and investment over the past decade, but it's been a tough place to be an investor. Want to play the data-security market? Seek out the gorillas.
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 June 6, 2006 Andy Patrizio	McAfee Snags Preventsys, Releases Falcon McAfee today announced four new security service suites as part of the Falcon family of products, which provides a more user-friendly interface to McAfee's product line, plus a subscription model.
InternetNews May 30, 2006 Roy Mark	Symantec Patches Antivirus Vulnerability Symantec said today it has fixed a vulnerability in its antivirus software suite that potentially could open a backdoor to hackers.
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 February 3, 2010	McAfee Debuts Service Packages for SMBs New service offerings give small and midsized businesses the help they need to implement and optimize their security software applications.
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Dave Marino-Nachison	Merisel Sell-Off It was a bad day for investors in software-licensing company Merisel -- shares fell more than 33% yesterday on news that McAfee will terminate its distribution agreement with the company.
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 May 20, 2010	Symantec Snags VeriSign's Checkmark for $1.28b Security vendor opens its wallet for Checkmark, VeriSign's signature online-payment authentication technology in a move to bolster its enterprise security credentials.
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 January 25, 2005 Tim Gray	McAfee Adds to Intrusion Prevention System The security vendor brings McAfee IntruShield 4010 and IntruShield 3000 into its IntruShield family. The products are designed to protect large and mission-critical networks of large-scale enterprises.
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.
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 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.
PC World July 26, 2006 Narasu Rebbapragada	Security Software Expands Protection Symantec, McAfee, and AOL add backup and antiphishing tools to suites.
InternetNews October 3, 2006 Andy Patrizio	McAfee Reaches For Citadel Security Software McAfee on Tuesday announced it will acquire substantially all of the assets of Citadel Security Software for approximately $56 million in cash, plus an estimated $4 million in working capital reimbursement.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2006 Tom Taulli	McAfee's Bad Options Though it continues to grow nicely, the computer security software maker now must deal with the distraction of the options accounting scandal. The uncertainly will likely keep a ceiling on the stock price for the foreseeable future.