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Symantec celebrates record sales in toxic security environment
Symantec today reported record results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended 1 July, withrevenue of $1.65bn, up 15% year-over-year and GAAP net incomeof $172m compared with net income of...28 Jul 2011
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Symantec focuses on endpoint protection
Symantec is talking up its ability to outflank rivals with the release of iuts endpoint protection product arguing that other alternatives are unable to be as proactive or provide customers with th...06 Jul 2011
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Symantec smartphone security comparison offers mixed results
Big Yellow’s new smartphone security comparison paper says iOS and Android devices can be secured, but dual consumer-business use presents risks.01 Jul 2011
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Symantec looks to add application HA to VMware
Symantec AppplicationHA (high availability) adds support for VMware Site Recovery Manager in its next step to add application HA to VMware HA.27 Jun 2011
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Caan he do it for Symantec resellers? Yes he can!
So Symantec resellers focused on selling to small businesses are being given the chanceto win a mentoring session with entrepreneur and former Dragons' Den star James Caan. Personally, I'm all for ...09 Jun 2011
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Symantec recruits Dragon to advise UK resellers
Symantec's small business focused partners are being given a novel chance to get some advice from a former Dragon's Den star. The vendor is offering its small business specialistresellersthe chance...09 Jun 2011
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Schiavello drops Symantec, picks up CommVault
Difficulties backing up remote offices has seen business furniture company Shciavello discard Symantec software in favour of CommVault.29 May 2011
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Symantec acquisition of Clearwell will improve data security products
Symantec has announced it will acquire Clearwell and inject its data classification and security features into Clearwell’s e-discovery products.23 May 2011
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Symantec inks $390m deal to acquire Clearwell Systems
Symantec is to buy privately held eDiscovery firm Clearwell Systems for $390m, writes Warwick Ashford. The acquisition of Clearwell Systems will bring together eDiscovery, archiving and backup to ...20 May 2011
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Symantec CEO sounds off on cloud data backup, virtualization, acquisition strategy
Symantec CEO Enrique Salem discusses where hybrid cloud data backup, appliances and virtual environments fit in the future of backup and storage management.05 May 2011
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Symantec executives caution customers on cloud provider security
Businesses must hold cloud providers to the same security standards they hold themselves to, Symantec executives said at the company’s annual Vision user conference.04 May 2011
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Symantec improves virtual machine backup in Backup Exec 2010
At its Symantec Vision user conference, Symantec launches Backup Exec 2010 R3, including a new appliance and hosted cloud backup service, and emphasizes virtual machine backup.03 May 2011
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Symantec identifies massive growth in web threats
Increases in targeted attacks, social network based scams and more risks around mobile platforms feature heavily on the latest review of the security landscape. According to the latest state of the...05 Apr 2011
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Symantec endpoint protection latest version pitched to partners
Symantec announced a new version of its Endpoint Protection product and small business edition, citing three new features that will be important to its channel partners.15 Feb 2011
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Symantec turns to reputation security to bolster malware signatures
Symantec Enterprise Protection 12 suite uses new Insight and SONAR technology to monitor executables and provide reputation scoring to its traditional malware signature approach.14 Feb 2011
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Symantec adds FileStore NAS appliance, expands backup appliance family
Software vendor Symantec takes more steps down the appliance route with FileStore NAS appliance and an integrated NetBackup appliance that combines software with deduplication on a media server.17 Jan 2011
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Symantec puts out distie tender for enterprise security range
Symantec is putting a tender out to distribution to attract partners that are willing to specialise and put the resources behind selling the vendor's enterprise security product portfolio. The ten...10 Jan 2011
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Symantec secures former Morse director Nutt
Channel veteran Mark Nutt has returned to the vendor fold after joining security firm Symantec to drive sales and strategy across the EMEA region. Nutt pitched up at Morse in the summer of 2001 as...05 Jan 2011
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