Symantec acquisition to create new software giant
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The Symantec Corp, a leader in security software and one of Silicon Valley&#39;s oldest companies, announced early Thursday that it would acquire Veritas Software, a maker of data storage programs, to create the world&#39;s fourth-largest software company.
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Software company plans to acquire BugScan, which makes software to automatically check for program errors.
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More large acquisitions may be in the software giant's future.
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The sudden avalanche of technology deals is gathering momentum. Symantec&#39;s talks with software group Veritas come hot of the heels of IBM&#39;s sale of its PC business to Lenovo and Oracle&#39;s acquisition of PeopleSoft.
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When solution providers look back on Symantec&#39;s acquisition of Veritas Software, they will likely remember it as the moment security and storage officially became joined at the hip.
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The once-troubled software company is putting in place the ingredients for growth.
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Symantec&#39;s planned acquisition of Veritas Software is already changing the security game, even though the deal remained unconfirmed by either party as of late Wednesday afternoon.
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Symantec Corp.&#39;s reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software Corp. for more than $13 billion would represent the computer security giant&#39;s biggest step yet beyond its core
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Anti-virus specialist Symantec (Quote, Chart) late Thursday announced a deal to acquire privately held security consulting firm @Stake.
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Symantec has signed an agreement to acquire @stake, a security consulting and software company, Symantec said Thursday. @stake will improve Symantec&#39;s consulting contacts--six of the top 10 financial institutions are customers, Symantec said.
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Computer security giant Symantec Corp. has agreed to buy the storage and backup program maker Veritas Software Corp. for about $13.5 billion in stock in a deal that would create a massive software company that provides a wide range of programs to secure and protect networks and computers.
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THE DEAL: Symantec Corp., best known for its Norton-branded software that fights computer viruses, is heading in a new direction with a $13.5 billion acquisition of data storage and backup specialist Veritas Software Corp.
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SYMANTEC&#39;S reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software for more than $US13 billion ($17 billion) would represent the computer security giant&#39;s biggest step yet beyond its core businesses.
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Symantec Corp. said Thursday it has agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion in the second major Silicon Valley software merger in four days.
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Symantec and Veritas Software are trying to persuade investors that their proposed $13.5 billion deal, the largest in the software industry, makes sense.
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The New York Times reports Symantec is seeking to buy storage software maker Veritas.
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In a long-rumored move, security software maker Symantec said Thursday that it will buy storage specialist Veritas Software in a deal worth roughly $13.5 billion.