Symantec
and VERITAS Software Corporation completed there merger in June 2005 to make new
Symantec. Information is the engine of your business. The new Symantec combines
the value of information security and availability to simultaneously provide world-class
security and world-class administration of your data center and network resources. Symantec
is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises
assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. Headquartered
in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries It
employs more than 14,000 people in 40 countries. New Symantec Software ranks among
the top 10 software companies in the world. Through its award-winning and market-leading
products focused on business efficiency and continuity, new Symantec VERITAS Software
provides the building blocks for utility computing and information integrity.
VERITAS Software(now new Symantec)was founded in 1989 to develop and market
high availability products. In April 1997, VERITAS Software merged with OpenVision
Technologies, expanding the company's product line to include solutions for backup/recovery
and hierarchical storage management-a strategy that enabled VERITAS to provide
end-to-end storage management solutions for enterprise customers. In May
1999, VERITAS Software further extended its end-to-end strategy with the acquisition
of the Network and Storage Management Group of Seagate Software. That merger enabled
VERITAS to quickly diversify from its core UNIX solutions into the Windows NT
and Novell NetWare spaces. As a company focused on software that interoperates
with all major hardware and software on all platforms, VERITAS Software products
are uniquely positioned in the market to be the only truly open architecture,
emphasizing heterogeneous support and interoperability. With security and
data protection as an integral part of maintaing information integrity,new Symantec
leverages the award winning technologies of both companies to bring to an IT world
a new concept of reselient infrastructure with integrated security and storage
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