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- Symantec puts value of underground transactions at $275M
- Those of you looking for statistics to justify your security budgets for next year, look no further: Symantec has released their view of the underground economy as it has evolved over the past year. The qualitative information in the report is amusing, but the quantitative information has...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Security, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Ho, Ho, Ho: Credit Card Fraud Not A Holiday Killer. Unless You Get Hit.
- A recession is when your neighbor gets laid off. A depression is when you get terminated. With credit cards, fraud is not a big deal. Unless it's your number that's for sale, online. A Symantec report says the underground economy is booming. The total value of goods...
- Tags: Bank, Symantec Corp., Credit Card, Fraud, Sales Strategy, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Symantec names Salem new CEO
- Symantec has named Enrique Salem, currently chief operating officer, as its new CEO effective April 4. Salem will replace current chairman and CEO John Thompson, who will retire at the end of Symantec's fiscal year. Thompson will remain chairman as Salem takes over. Under...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Symantec cuts outlook amid 'pause' in IT spending
- Symantec cuts outlook amid 'pause' in IT spendingMergers?Maybe this will allow some of the innovative security start-ups a chance to grow a little before they are bought out, by them...
- Tags: IT-spending, Symantec Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Symantec cuts outlook amid 'pause' in IT spending
- Symantec sees tough sledding ahead as the company cut its fiscal third quarter outlook. "Like many other companies we saw a pause in IT spending the last week of the quarter," said CEO John Thompson on a conference call. The security software vendor said Wednesday that its...
- Tags: Revenue, Symantec Corp., IT-spending, Operational Accounting, Security, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-29
- Symantec Backup Exec and Dell EqualLogic PS Series Solutions Brief
- Backup and recovery solutions must be easily scalable, providing maximum protection as your environment grows — from backing up a single host to protecting a multi-server, storage area network SAN based environment. The ideal solution should back up more data and more servers with less hardware, in less time....
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Symantec Backup Exec, Dell EqualLogic, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2008-10-28
- Symantec to identify safe software by 'reputation'
- Symantec to identify safe software by 'reputation'If it's based on customer useage and bad is...outpacing good. Sounds to me like they will have a tendency to recommend the bad as good.This is a feeble attempt to sell their product. NOTHING will ever work short of an educated user. Fools will...
- Tags: SECURITY, Symantec Corp., safe software, Ludo, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Norton AntiVirus 2009Customer Support is HorribleAside from Symantec being the king of bloatware and sloware applications, the couple of times I did need support, I was stuck with horrible online chatting with overseas people India I think who could barely communicate with me and were of no help. Symantec...
- Tags: SECURITY, Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Corp., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Norton Co., Customer Support
- Discussion threads 2008-10-22
- VMAN update from Symantec ManageFusion 2008
- While at ManageFusion, I had an opportunity to speak with Valerie Kane, VP of Marketing for the Distributed Management Task Force, better known as DMTF. Although our discussion wandered down the hallways of the history of the computer companies that employed us, we touched on some very important issues for...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Application Management, Standards, DMTF, Virtualization, Quality, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Business Operations, Storage, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- ManageFusion 2008
- I'm sitting in the media workroom preparing for today's sessions at Symantec's ManageFusion 2008. The event is being held at the JW Marriott resort and conference center in the land of the Mouse, that is Orlando, FL. I'll be adding things to this post throughout the day as interesting things...
- Tags: Software, Application, Symantec Corp., Software Virtualization Solution Professional, Steve Morton, Security, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Norton AntiVirus 2009
- Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Antivirus 2009. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton AntiVirus 2009, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Corp., Tool, UAC, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, uac, vista, norton, microsoft, security
- Image galleries 2008-10-10
- Symantec Goes Into The Cloud With Email Filtering
- Symantec today announced its acquisition of MessageLabs, a 520-person UK-based email filtering and security vendor. Given the cost and hassles that information & knowledge management professionls IKM Pros have keeping email spam down to a dull roar and keeping viruses outside the firewall, this is a great move for Symantec....
- Tags: Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., E-mail, Online Communications, Ted Schadler
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Symantec buys MessageLabs for $695 million; Bolsters SaaS lineup
- Somebody is finding some values out there in techland. Symantec on Wednesday said it is acquiring MessageLabs for $695 million in cash. MessageLabs, which offers messaging and Web security services, had about $145 million in revenue for the fiscal year ending July 31. Symantec...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Symantec Corp., MessageLabs Ltd., Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Security, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Norton AntiVirus 2009 Definitions Update (Windows XP 64-bit/Vista 64-bit) (exe)
- Download this file for the latest in virus detection and repair. This definitions update is a complete replacement for any previous virus definitions set and will work with the following Symantec products: Norton AntiVirus 2008 for Windows XP/Vista for 64-bit OS only Norton Internet Security 2008 for Windows XP/Vista...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, 64-Bit, Microsoft Windows, Network Technology, Security, Viruses And Worms, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- Norton AntiVirus 2009 Definitions Update (exe)
- Download this file for the latest in virus detection and repair. This definitions update is a complete replacement for any previous virus definitions set and will work with the following Symantec products:Norton AntiVirus 2008 for Windows XP Home/XP Pro/Vista Norton Internet Security 2008 for Windows XP Home/XP Pro/Vista Symantec Endpoint...
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Virus, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cyberthreats
- Software downloads 2008-09-11
- Norton Internet Security 2009
- Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Internet Security 2009. The suite of tools packs in the kinds of features people want most in an Internet security suite including some forward-looking technology. Almost all the security vendors have recognized...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, SECURITY, Norton Co., Norton Internet Security 2009, Norton Internet, Norton Internet Security, Symantec Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-09-09
- Symantec is commanding more of your IT budget
- Symantec is commanding more of your IT budgetSay no to SymantecI'm an advocate for open source software and I recommend it for clients for whom it is a good fit. Now, you don't use the big "fine" hammer as a tool for all solutions, but in many, many situations not...
- Tags: SECURITY, information technology, ASSP, Symantec Corp., open source, IT budget
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
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