Symantec has made the latest acquisition in the rapidly consolidating security space, buying end-point security firm Sygate. The purchase further fleshes out Symantec's security portfolio following a string of acquisitions in the past 18 months.
Though it's small-change compared to some of Symantec's mega deals of recent times, the BindView acquisition represents a strategic move into the growing area of security compliance software. Symantec's seemingly ceaseless acquisition strategy...
In the past 18 months Symantec has bought Bindview, Brightmail, LIRIC, Sygate, Turntide, WholeSecurity and completed the $13.5bn acquisition of storage giant Veritas. And while he accepted there is a great deal of scepticism in the industry...
Antivirus giant Symantec has bought an application management company in a bid to boost its sales of compliance offerings. In a statement, Kris Hagerman, a senior vice president for Symantec, said: "The application and server environment in most...
Symantec has expanded significantly over the past years, with eight acquisitions since the start of last year, including those of BindView, IM Logic, Relicore, Sygate, Veritas Software and WholeSecurity.
Some of its recent deals have included BindView, for its compliance offerings, and Relicore, a data automation software maker. Symantec has announced plans to acquire IT management software company Altiris, in a deal valued at approximately $830m.
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