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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jan. 15, 2009 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Symantec Endpoint Encryption 7.0, providing advanced encryption for desktops, laptops and removable storage devices. Symantec Endpoint Encryption offers a scalable security solution that prevents unauthorized access to endpoints by delivering strong encryption and access control technologies. Encryption and authentication are both transparent to the end-user, performed with minimal performance impact and delivered through a central management console, enabling central deployment and management of encryption to endpoints.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jan. 12, 2009 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released the findings of its 2008 State of the Data Center report. The second annual study found that data center managers are caught between two conflicting goals - more demanding user expectations and higher levels of performance, yet reducing costs remain the primary objective for the data center. The report also found that data center staffing remains problematic, servers and storage continue to be underutilized and disaster recovery plans are out of date. Finally, the respondents indicated that while they are pursuing green data center initiatives, they are doing so primarily based on cost benefits.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jan. 8, 2009 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, today announced that Norton Internet Security 2009 will help protect ASUS laptops and desktops sold around the world. Under terms of a multi-year agreement, the award-winning Norton Internet Security will ship on ASUS Eee PC™ netbooks and Eee Box nettops. Customers will receive a full-featured 60-day introductory subscription of Norton Internet Security at no extra charge.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jan. 7, 2009 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that Energen Corp., a leading independent energy exploration and production company, is using Symantec Data Loss Prevention to protect its confidential customer and employee data. With the Symantec Data Loss Prevention suite, Energen monitors the flow of personally identifiable information sent across its network, automatically routes email messages for encryption and provides the IT team with visibility into the company’s Data Loss Prevention performance.
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Full View / NID: 26298 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Jan. 5, 2009 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) will webcast its quarterly earnings conference call on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2009, at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT to discuss the results of its fiscal third quarter 2009, ended Jan. 2, 2009.
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Full View / NID: 26252 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 30, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the availability of the public beta of Norton 360 version 3.0, the industry’s leading all-in-one security suite. The public beta includes Norton Safe Web, a new Web site rating service, and enhancements to tuneup and backup. The latest version of Norton 360 will also include the security and performance improvements that were launched in Norton Internet Security 2009.
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Full View / NID: 26174 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it was awarded $12 million in damages against a distributor selling counterfeit Symantec software throughout North America. The ruling constitutes one of the largest single judgments awarded to Symantec in a software piracy case.
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, today announced the availability of Norton Internet Security 4 for Mac, a next-generation security suite that integrates an all-new firewall and antivirus protection with tools to help protect against identity theft. The newest version of Norton Internet Security for Mac installs in about one minute and features an improved user interface with fast, unobtrusive updates. In addition, the solution includes fully configurable settings for more technical users.
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Full View / NID: 26040 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 15, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced enhancements to Veritas CommandCentral, a storage optimization suite that helps organizations stop buying storage and reduce operational costs. Veritas CommandCentral Storage now includes new agentless capabilities which speed time-to-value - helping customers reduce storage capital costs by increasing storage utilization and control demand by mapping storage consumption to business applications. By gaining this critical insight, customers can typically stop purchasing storage for a year or more by utilizing existing storage assets while continuing to meet application service levels.
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Full View / NID: 25970 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 9, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced collaboration with VMware to deliver enhanced high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions for VMware environments. The initiative includes: cooperative support through the Technical Support Alliance Network (TSANet) for mutual customers leveraging Symantec’s Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for VMware ESX in VMware environments; integration between VCS and VMware Infrastructure to deliver complementary HA/DR solutions; and enhancements to VCS that enable HA/DR for VMware vCenter.
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Full View / NID: 25886 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 8, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced today that Norton Internet Security 2009 received a perfect score and was named the top-rated product in a comprehensive analysis of protection in security suites conducted by third-party testing organization Cascadia Labs. Recently engineered with performance as a key focus, Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 also received top marks in overall performance in a comprehensive test conducted by PassMark Software, beating out competitors like Avira, ESET, Kaspersky, McAfee and Trend Micro.
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Full View / NID: 25825 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Dec. 1, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) announces today that a new independent study finds that small and medium businesses (SMB) rate backup as their second-highest computing priority, after defense against viruses and other malware, and ahead of issues such as reducing costs and deploying new computers. Ninety-two percent of companies have deployed some form of data backup technology, yet 50 percent of those respondents have lost data. Of the companies that lost data, approximately a third have lost sales, 20 percent have lost customers and a quarter claim the data loss caused severe disruptions to the company.
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Full View / NID: 25677 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 25, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, today announced the availability of Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition, a new offering designed specifically with the gaming community in mind. From protecting assets earned on massive multi-player games to keeping malware at bay, Norton AntiVirus 2009 Gaming Edition is fast and light on system resources, and never compromises the gaming experience.
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Full View / NID: 25591 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 24, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, today announced that Norton 360 version 2.0 will be included on Gateway and eMachines branded consumer laptops and desktops sold in North America and additional countries worldwide. Under the agreement, Gateway and eMachines customers will be able to use a full-featured 60-day introductory subscription of the award-winning Norton 360 at no extra charge.
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Full View / NID: 25567 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 24, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today released its Report on the Underground Economy. The report details an online underground economy that has matured into an efficient, global marketplace in which stolen goods and fraud-related services are regularly bought and sold, and where the estimated value of goods offered by individual traders is measured in millions of dollars. The report is derived from data gathered by Symantec’s Security Technology and Response (STAR) organization, from underground economy servers between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008.
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Full View / NID: 25566 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 19, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced Veritas Operations Services, a new cloud computing-based online services platform to help organizations identify hidden risks in their data centers - improving service availability and increasing productivity of the operations staff. Veritas Installation Assessment and Veritas Storage Foundation Health Check are the first two services immediately available, providing an alternative to traditional reactive operations models and enabling IT organizations to perform prioritized, preventative maintenance using the latest known good configurations, best practices and data center risks. Symantec’s new Operations Services proactively manages the storage and server environment to deliver rapid time to value and expands the Symantec portfolio to help organizations secure and manage their information.
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Full View / NID: 25491 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 19, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), makers of Norton security software, announced today that they are joining the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) and will have Marian Merritt, Symantec’s Internet Safety Advocate, serve on the FOSI Board of Directors. FOSI is an international non-profit organization dedicated to identifying and promoting best practices, tools and methods for online safety. As an active corporate supporter of FOSI, Symantec will participate in the organization’s Second Annual Family Online Safety Institute Conference and Exhibition, taking place in Washington, D.C. in December, with Merritt scheduled to speak.
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Full View / NID: 25490 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 17, 2008 - Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that John W. Thompson, chairman and chief executive officer, will retire as CEO at the end of the fiscal year. The board of directors has appointed Enrique T. Salem, Symantec’s chief operating officer, as president and chief executive officer effective April 4, 2009. Following the transition, Thompson, 59, will remain chairman of the board and Salem, 43, will join the board of directors.
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Full View / NID: 25412 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 17, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC) today announced it has completed its acquisition of MessageLabs, on Nov. 14, 2008. MessageLabs is the leading provider of online messaging services, securing more than three billion email connections each day. The acquisition agreement between Symantec and MessageLabs was announced on Oct. 8, 2008.
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Full View / NID: 25411 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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CUPERTINO, Calif. - Nov. 10, 2008 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) announced today that Symantec’s Global Enterprise Support Services has been honored by the Service and Support Professionals Association (SSPA) with the Service Excellence STAR award for Partner Management. This award recognizes Symantec for exceptional support partner management capabilities and best practices in selecting and enabling partners to deliver a seamless and exceptional customer experience. Symantec has also been inducted to the SSPA STAR Awards Hall of Fame for having received five STAR awards for service excellence to-date.
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Full View / NID: 25258 / Submitted by: TACKtech Team
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