Technology and the Internet
The consolidation trend now under way in the computer software business continued Thursday as Cupertino, Calif.
July 7, 1995
The $13.5-billion deal would create the world’s fifth-largest software firm. Both stocks fall.
Dec. 17, 2004
Symantec, Corp., one of the biggest players in computer and Internet security, today said it had agreed to purchase Veritas Software Corp. for $13.5 billion in stock.
Dec. 16, 2004
Business
Symantec Corp. said it will add AT&T; Corp.’s Internet service to its software products.
Sept. 2, 1999
Shares of Symantec Corp. and other makers of anti-virus software fell Tuesday after Computer Associates International Inc. offered free security programs to some home users of personal computers.
Nov. 19, 2003
Symantec Corp., the world’s largest maker of antivirus software, said the Internal Revenue Service was seeking about $1 billion in additional taxes, most of it related to the recently acquired Veritas Software Corp.
April 18, 2006
Symantec Corp., one of the leading makers of software that detects computer bugs, agreed to buy Intel Corp.’
Sept. 29, 1998
Symantec Corp. signed a three-year agreement with IBM Corp. to sell its Norton line of anti-virus software, a deal it said will boost its earnings.
May 20, 1998
Symantec Corp., which is buying Veritas Software Corp. for $12.3 billion, said Wednesday that third-quarter profit increased 47% as sales of the Norton antivirus computer program gained.
Jan. 20, 2005
Symantec Corp., the maker of computer anti-virus products, agreed Monday to buy Altiris Inc. for about $1.03 billion to gain programs that track corporate software use.
Jan. 30, 2007