Dr. [[Gary Hedricks]], a natural language and artificial intelligence expert together with a group of researchers from Stanford University established Symantec in 1982. The company used the grant provided by the [[NSF|National Science Foundation]] as initial capital to develop new software and database program. In 1983, some venture capitalist interested in artificial intelligence provided additional funding to Hendrix. Dennis Coleman and Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr., co-founders of C&E software agreed to merged their company with Symantec in 1984. Symantec was retained the name of the joint company and Eubanks became its CEO. John Doerr, a venture capitalist believed that Symantec has a great potential. He provided capital and became member of the board of directors. In 1985, Symantec’s introduced its first product called Q&A, a flat-file database management software program compatible with IBM personal computer. The company sold $ 8 million for the first two years but the company was expecting better sales result. This prompted Eubanks to establish the company’s Turner Hall Publishing division to publish third-party software. By October 1985, Note-It; a notation utility for Lotus 1-2-3 was published by Turner Hall. <ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/symantec-corporation-company-history.html Symantec Corporation History]</ref> | Dr. [[Gary Hedricks]], a natural language and artificial intelligence expert together with a group of researchers from Stanford University established Symantec in 1982. The company used the grant provided by the [[NSF|National Science Foundation]] as initial capital to develop new software and database program. In 1983, some venture capitalist interested in artificial intelligence provided additional funding to Hendrix. Dennis Coleman and Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr., co-founders of C&E software agreed to merged their company with Symantec in 1984. Symantec was retained the name of the joint company and Eubanks became its CEO. John Doerr, a venture capitalist believed that Symantec has a great potential. He provided capital and became member of the board of directors. In 1985, Symantec’s introduced its first product called Q&A, a flat-file database management software program compatible with IBM personal computer. The company sold $ 8 million for the first two years but the company was expecting better sales result. This prompted Eubanks to establish the company’s Turner Hall Publishing division to publish third-party software. By October 1985, Note-It; a notation utility for Lotus 1-2-3 was published by Turner Hall. <ref>[http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/symantec-corporation-company-history.html Symantec Corporation History]</ref> |