Skeptics Crash Symantec-Veritas Party
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Within hours of the announcement that antivirus maker Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq - news - research) and software storage vendor Veritas (VRTS:Nasdaq - news - research) would merge, skeptical investors shaved about a billion dollars off the value of the all
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Computer security giant Symantec Corp. is buying storage and backup program maker Veritas Software Corp. in a &#36;13.5 billion deal that will create the world's fourth largest software company.
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Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s Ratings Services said on Thursday it may boost the ratings of Veritas Software Corp. after the firm announced a merger with Symantec Corp.
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Security software vendor Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) is negotiating to buy Veritas Software (Nasdaq: VRTS), a provider of data storage software, for more than US&#36;13 billion, according to press reports.
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Anti-virus protection is so last century Symantec's integration with Veritas in the UK has run into computer problems, leaving many Symantec customers unable to renew their corporate anti-virus licenses and large numbers of computers unprotected.â¦
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The Symantec Corporation, a leader in security software and one of Silicon Valley&#39;s oldest companies, announced early Thursday that it would acquire Veritas Software
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Symantec Corp.'s reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software Corp. for more than &#36;13 billion would represent the computer security giant's biggest step yet beyond its core businesses of defending against viruses and thwarting hackers. Investors weren't impressed, though, and Symantec's shares plunged 16 percent.
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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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Dr Strangelove I presume Symantec inadvertently warned enterprise customers of a full-scale internet meltdown on Friday.â¦
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SCO's fight against Linux has conspiracy theorists buzzing over Microsoft's role in the affair. What are the facts?
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Antivirus firm Symantec is facing a denial-of-service attack on its Web site from the latest version of the MyDoom worm. Authors of MyDoom.
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Computer security giant Symantec Corp. is buying storage and backup program maker Veritas Software Corp. in a $13.5 billion deal that will create the world&#39;s fourth largest software company.
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Merger mania found its way back into the software space today, asvsecurity firm Symantec said it would pay US$13.5 billion to acquire Veritas Software.
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Computer security giant Symantec Corp. is buying storage and backup program maker Veritas Software Corp. to create the world&#39;s fourth largest software company.
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Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq - news - research) Thursday said it will acquire rival software company Veritas Software (VRTS:Nasdaq - news - research)in an all-stock deal.
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A group of software engineers with ZERT has issued what it characterizes as an interim patch for the VML exploit, possibly closing the door to a new series of Trojans. In so doing, a new group resurrects some old questions about whether third parties should be trusted to patch Microsoft products.
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InfoWorld - Two years after itsÂ acquisition of enterprise software vendor Veritas, Symantec's consumer division remains the company's fastest-growing product line.