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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 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 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.
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 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 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 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.
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.
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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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 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 January 29, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Extends IT Management With Latest Buy Symantec continues evolving its product lines for IT management.
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 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 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.
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.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Rob Perri	The Symantec Value Trap It's easy to look at Symantec and say its problems are temporary and the stock is cheap, but is it true?
PC World January 23, 2002 Tom Mainelli	Subscription Snafu Angers Norton Users Symantec acknowledges that renewing its antivirus protection is unusually tough, but a fix is in the works...
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.
PC World July 26, 2006 Narasu Rebbapragada	Security Software Expands Protection Symantec, McAfee, and AOL add backup and antiphishing tools to suites.
PC World July 29, 2002 Sam Costello	Symantec Unveils Blended Security Software New product mixes firewall, antivirus, and intrusion detection tools to better protect PCs from a new wave of threats.
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 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 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 December 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec Antivirus Users At Risk The Symantec AntiVirus RAR Archive Decompression Buffer Overflow has been found to have a highly critical vulnerability for which there is currently no patch.
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.
BusinessWeek December 27, 2004 Jim Kerstetter	The Soft Underbelly Of Software Deals Consolidation within the software industry can help to safeguard growth, but it's notoriously tough to pull off.
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.
BusinessWeek September 29, 2003 Jay Greene	Microsoft: A Killer App That Could Kill the Competition Its entry into the antivirus market has rivals spooked.
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 August 17, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Symantec Adds Piece of Security Puzzle The antivirus maker, Symantec, buys Sygate to fill out its enterprise offerings.
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.
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.
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 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 June 16, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Virus Fight Spreads Heavyweights take active roles against viruses and worms.
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 August 14, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Microsoft OneCare Jumps Out To A Big Start Aggressive pricing puts Microsoft at number two in the security market.
InternetNews January 6, 2005 Paul Shread	Symantec, Veritas Run Into Skepticism Shares of Symantec and Veritas took a hit Thursday after Wall Street analysts expressed doubts about the companies' proposed merger... DoubleClick raised guidance... Western Wireless may be acquired by Alltel... etc.
InternetNews April 18, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec's $1B Tax Bill Security software giant Symantec said in a Securities and Exchange filing that it owes the government $1 billion in unpaid taxes, mostly relating to an audit of its purchase of Veritas Software.