Symantec to Buy Veritas for $13.5 Billion
134551
Symantec Corp. (SYMC.O: Quote, Profile, Research) , the top global security software maker, on Thursday said it will buy Veritas Software Corp.
644284
Symantec's reported interest in purchasing Veritas for $13 billion is in keeping with the company's expansion plans, analysts say.
90089
Symantec Corp.'s reported interest in acquiring Veritas Software Corp. for more than $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.
305192
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.
504286
Symantec has hired PricewaterhouseCoopers to help it integrate recently-acquired Veritas.
514343
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- Aug. 31, 2004 -- VERITAS Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire KVault Software Limited (KVS), the
462058
Veritas Software Corp. VRTS.O  shares jumped 9 percent on Tuesday on a report that security  software company Symantec Corp. SYMC.O would acquire it for  $13 billion.
33494
Veritas Software Corp. , the leading storage software provider, said on Tuesday it agreed to acquire email backup company KVault Software Ltd. for &#36;225 million in cash.
182733
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.
470619
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.
145256
Updated from 12:51 pm ESTWithin hours of the announcement that antivirus maker Symantec (SYMC:Nasdaq) and software storage vendor Veritas (VRTS:Nasdaq) would merge, skeptical investors shaved about a billion dollars off the value of the all-stock deal.
336330
Computer security giant Symantec Corp. is buying storage and backup program specialist Veritas Software Corp. to create the world's fourth-largest software maker, marking the latest merger in an industry trend that's expected to compress the competition to a few juggernauts.
581793
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.
501443
Symantec and Veritas Software are trying to persuade investors that their proposed $13.5 billion deal, the largest in the software industry, makes sense.
420379
Security software company Symantec is negotiating to buy storage software vendor Veritas Software for more than $13 billion, according to a report published Tuesday by The New York Times.
348717
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.
165454
Storage and backup application vendor Veritas Software Corp. said today that it is acquiring e-mail archiving vendor KVault Software Ltd. in a deal expected to wrap up next month.