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  • Symantec CEO: we are not an anti-virus company

    Symantec's CEO claims the company stopped being an anti-virus firm six years ago and explains why Microsoft does not cost him any sleep.

  • Symantec to buy Veritas for US$13.5 billion

    In a long-rumoured move, security software maker Symantec said Thursday that it will buy storage specialist Veritas Software in a deal worth roughly US$13.5 billion.

  • Products may keep Veritas name after buyout

    A senior Veritas Software executive has given strong indication that its products and accompanying brands should remain intact despite an impending change in ownership.

  • Symantec not threatened by Microsoft

    Symantec's CEO isn't bothered my Microsoft's push into security software, as he is confident his firm's products are superior.

  • The Year 2000 in review

    The new millennium was the year Microsoft was ordered to bifurcate, dot-coms tanked on Wall Street, WorldCom's Bernie Ebbers saw his merger mania capped and Napster scared the recording industry nearly to death. 2000 was a cascading waterfall of events that ended any doubts about the Net's ability to change the way we think, learn, play and do business.

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  • Beware the Microsoft 'monoculture': Symantec

    Without diversity in security software for Windows, computers running the Microsoft operating system will be sitting ducks, Symantec CEO John Thompson warns.

  • Can pure security companies survive?

    Mergers and buyouts are muddying the lines between security and other industries. Will purely security-focused providers be a thing of the past?

  • Technology's growing acquisition appetite

    Supersize me. If technology companies ranging from software powerhouse Oracle to fast-growing Net hotshot Skype could share a motto, it would be that oft-ridiculed fast-food pitch.

  • Where's the security leadership?

    Security industry watcher Jon Oltsik says the business is undergoing profound changes, and not all players are created equal.

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