The company is cutting its investment in the network and gateway security appliance business, a Symantec representative said Monday in the US. As a result, it will stop making the hardware for its Symantec Gateway Security (SGS), Symantec Network Security (SNS) 7100, and the SGS Advanced Manager 3.0 products.
Symantec will continue to develop the software that these appliances use, but will look for partners to build the hardware, the company said. It will continue to sell and support products currently in the market.
The security company informed employees of the changes late last week, the representative said. About 80 people will lose their jobs as a result of the move. Symantec employs about 15,500 people worldwide.
The changes won't have any effect on Symantec's other security appliances, which include Symantec Mail Security (SMS), Symantec Security Information Manager (SSIM) and Symantec Network Access Control Enforcer.
