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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Symantec has agreed to acquire @Stake, a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of IT security consulting services. After closure of the deal, expected in October, Symantec plans to integrate @Stake&#39;s services and
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Norton Antivirus software maker Symantec merges with Veritas Software in a $13bn deal.
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Corporate antivirus no longer a tragedy? Vision 2007 Symantec is cracking open the lid today on a gumbo of acquired security technologies which will replace its current business security software, Symantec AntiVirus.â¦
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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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NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO  - Symantec Corp. SYMC.O,  a maker of security software, on Thursday said it would buy  storage software maker Veritas Software Corp. VRTS.O for  $13.5 billion, creating the world's fourth-largest software  company.
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Symantec, which produces the Norton line of computer products, is in talks to acquire Veritas Software, a maker of data backup programs.
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Security software maker Symantec Corp. has agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for &#36;13.5 billion, expanding into the backup and recovery software market, the companies said on Thursday.
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NetBackup 6.5 leads new initiative Symantec fleshed out its storage software portfolio today, and wheeled in CEO John Thompson to big up the launch during his keynote at the Symantec Vision conference in Las Vegas.â¦
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NEW YORK, December 16  - Security software developer Symantec (SYMC.NAS) announced today its decision to acquire storage service provider Veritas Software in a $13.5 billion deal.
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Microsoft announced their entry into the security software market with the acquisition of Giant Software. Giant Software is a 12 people strong company based in New York, which specializes in software that
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Business & money: Today's decision will define the future of the world's biggest software group.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Symantec Corp. has agreed to acquire @Stake Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based provider of IT security consulting services.
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The once-troubled software company is putting in place the ingredients for growth.
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Symantec Corp., the world&#39;s largest maker of anti-virus programs for computers, agreed to buy Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion in stock, the biggest software purchase in six years.
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Security company Symantec's acquisition of Veritas SoftwareÂ has the potential to benefit customers and shareholders of both companies, but details of the $13.5 billion deal leave some important questions unanswered, according to interviews with executives and industry experts.
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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.