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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 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 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 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 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.
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 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.
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 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 29, 2007 Clint Boulton	Symantec Extends IT Management With Latest Buy Symantec continues evolving its product lines for IT management.
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 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.
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 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 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 October 4, 2005 Jim Wagner	Symantec Buys Bindview for $209M According to the companies, the joint company will be able to offer its customers either agent-based or agent-less offerings to define, control and sustain IT compliance requirements.
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 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 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.
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 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 December 12, 2005 Clint Boulton	IDC: Backup, Replication Lifts Storage The storage software market tallied $2.1 billion in the quarter, buoyed by key markets.
InternetNews March 28, 2005 Clint Boulton	Compliance Fuels Security, Systems Acquisitions Federal mandates for security assertions and records retention trigger consolidation in the software industry.
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 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.
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 17, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Symantec Adds Piece of Security Puzzle The antivirus maker, Symantec, buys Sygate to fill out its enterprise offerings.
InternetNews January 18, 2005 Clint Boulton	Veritas Releases Backup Exec Backup Exec 10.0 for Windows Servers and Veritas Backup Exec 10.0 Suite give SMBs better chance to protect and serve their data. Also, Veritas says its merger with Symantec might affect the company following recent investor skepticism.
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 October 31, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Symantec's Latest: Customized Threat Protection Symantec announced a custom threat analysis and protection service through its Global Services Security Response unit. Managed Threat Analysis, is designed to help companies facing more targeted attacks from criminals looking to steal intellectual property.
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.
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 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 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.
PC World February 3, 2003 Paul Roberts	The Net Is Dangerous, Research Says Attack rates decline, but worms and software flaws keep cyberspace hazardous, Symantec reports.
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 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.
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 19, 2006 Clint Boulton	Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista.
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.
The Motley Fool April 23, 2007 Tom Taulli	Symantec Steps Into On-Demand The security giant announces its first major Internet-based service.
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.
InternetNews May 13, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Symantec Scrambles to Fix Firewall Flaws Users of Symantec's popular firewall product suite are at risk of code execution attacks.
InternetNews April 30, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Symantec Sideswipes Second Patent Dispute The Internet security firm settles with Clearswift after fixing its argument with Aladdin, and reports record revenues.
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 17, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Have We Reached The End Of The Virus? Not quite. The old-fashioned virus infestation is fading as the biggest nuisance for computer users in favor of Trojans, Symantec's new malware study finds.
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 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?
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.
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.