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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. |
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 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
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
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. |
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
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
January 20, 2005
Rich Smith |
Symantec Better Than Its Word Internet security specialist restrains dilution, beats earnings. |
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
May 19, 2006
Clint Boulton |
Symantec Sues Microsoft to Halt Vista Symantec claims Microsoft is improperly using its code in Vista. |
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. |
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
July 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
Symantec's Simply Terrific The Internet security company continues to post impressive numbers. Investors will want to continue to monitor Symantec's performance, and to pay special attention when (or if) the dilution rate appears to slow later this year. |
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. |
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 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
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 24, 2005
Paul Shread |
Micron, Oil Upend Stocks Stocks were battered for a second straight day... Disappointing results from Micron Technology... The Nasdaq lost 17... etc. |
InternetNews
November 2, 2005
Paul Shread |
Symantec Stumbles on Warning Symantec fell after the company warned that its results will come in below expectations... The broader market fared much better... Priceline jumped after beating estimates... Mercury Interactive plunged... etc. |
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
January 30, 2006
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: How Safe Is Symantec? What should worry Symantec investors was the company's December announcement that it is restating its statement of cash flows for the first half of fiscal 2006. Investors need to keep a sharp eye on this for the next few quarters. |
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. |
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. |
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
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
May 4, 2005
Paul Shread |
Symantec, QLogic Post Strong Earnings Symantec's pro forma earnings topped forecasts... QLogic reported a big jump in earnings... IBM announced a massive restructuring... etc. |
InternetNews
July 17, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Oracle Linux Gains Key Certification Symantec certifies its Veritas data center products on Oracle Linux as Oracle claims continued growth for it Linux services |
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
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 5, 2005
Rich Smith |
Symantec vs. the Taxman If Symantec ultimately had to ante up 51.8% to the taxman, shareholders can take some consolation in the fact that the company made a whole bunch of money first. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2004
Rich Smith |
Symantec Buys Itself Symantec reports great profits and a debatable share buyback decision. |
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? |
InternetNews
December 7, 2009 |
Symantec Provides Enterprise SSD Support Its Veritas subsidiary offers a variety of tools to help with SSD provisioning. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Symantec Serving Up Cash In advance of fiscal Q3 2008 earnings, analysts expect Internet security specialist Symantec to show 10% sales growth and an 11.5% rise in profits. |
InternetNews
June 13, 2005
Paul Shread |
Inflation Data Takes Center Stage Two government inflation reports due out this week... Stocks posted strong early gains... Register.com climbed 3.6%... etc. |
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
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. |
InternetNews
December 16, 2004
Paul Shread |
Adobe Beats, palmOne Meets Adobe's earnings of 44 cents a share beat estimates by two cents... palmOne's earnings of 53 cents a share met estimates... Johnson and Johnson's acquisition of Guidant boosted blue chips... Apollo fell 7% on its results... etc. |
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
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. |
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. |
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
September 12, 2005
Paul Shread |
EMC Widens Storage Software Lead EMC widened its market share lead as the overall storage software market grew 11.8 percent to $2.15 billion. |
InternetNews
July 9, 2004
Chris Nerney |
GE Earnings, SAP Forecast Boost Stocks Strong second-quarter results from General Electric and an upgraded forecast from software giant SAP helped keep stocks in the black Friday from the opening bell. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2004
Rich Smith |
Symantec's Trojan Buyback The software company is raking in the cash and distributing it to insiders. |
