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'''Symantec''' is an international security, storage, and systems management solutions company. The company has approximately 18, 6000 employees in 50 countries as 2011. Its headquarters is located in Mountainview, California. Enrique T. Salem is the current CEO of the company.

'''Symantec''' is an international security, storage, and systems management solutions company. The company has approximately 18, 6000 employees in 50 countries as of 2011. Its headquarters is located in Mountainview, California. Enrique T. Salem is the current CEO of the company.

==History==

==History==

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 exper,t together with a group of researchers from Stanford University, established Symantec in 1982. The company used a grant provided by the [[NSF|National Science Foundation]] as initial capital to develop new software and a 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 merge their company with Symantec in 1984. Symantec retained its name for the joint company and Eubanks became its CEO. John Doerr, a venture capitalist, believed that Symantec had a great potential and thus provided further capital and became a member of its board of directors. In 1985, Symantec introduced its first produc,t called Q&A, a flat-file database management software program compatible with IBM personal computers.  The company sold $8 million worth of product for its 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>

In 1987, Symantec acquired different companies such as: Breakthrough Software, developer of Timeline- a project management program for compatible with IBM pc; Living Videotext, developer of ThinkTank- a graphic presentation program for Macintosh and Grandview- an information management program for personal computers; Think Technologies, developer of programming languages THINK C and THINK Pascal for the Macintosh. The company also developed InBox, an electronic mail system. Symantec made its initial public offering on June 23, 1989 with  Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SYMC.<ref>[http://investor.symantec.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=89422&p=irol-faq Symantec Investor Relations FAQs]</ref>

In 1987, Symantec acquired different companies such as: Breakthrough Software, developer of Timeline- a project management program compatible with IBM PCs; Living Videotext, developer of ThinkTank- a graphic presentation program for Macintosh and Grandview- an information management program for personal computers; Think Technologies, developer of programming languages THINK C and THINK Pascal for the Macintosh. The company also developed InBox, an electronic mail system. Symantec made its initial public offering on June 23, 1989 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SYMC.<ref>[http://investor.symantec.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=89422&p=irol-faq Symantec Investor Relations FAQs]</ref>

The following year, Symantec acquired Peter Norton Computing Inc., pioneer in developing DOS-based utilities software known as the Norton Utilities used to backup and compress files and to check for viruses and restore lost data. Peter Norton Computing Inc.,  became a division of Symantec and it was renamed Peter Norton Computing Group.<ref>

The following year, Symantec acquired Peter Norton Computing Inc., a pioneer in developing DOS-based utilities software, known as the Norton Utilities, which were used to backup and compress files and to check for viruses and restore lost data. Peter Norton Computing Inc.,  became a division of Symantec and it was renamed Peter Norton Computing Group.<ref>

[http://technology-acquisitions.findthebest.com/l/134/Peter-Norton-ComputingSymantec's Acquisition of Peter Norton Computing]</ref>

[http://technology-acquisitions.findthebest.com/l/134/Peter-Norton-ComputingSymantec's Acquisition of Peter Norton Computing]</ref>

   

   

[http://books.google.com/books?id=TVAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=gAa5KoywS&dq=greatworks%20leonard%20development%20macintosh&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=greatworks%20leonard%20development%20macintosh&f=false InfoWorld Jun 24, 1991 Symantec Offers Unified Suite of Mac Applications]</ref>

[http://books.google.com/books?id=TVAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA13&ots=gAa5KoywS&dq=greatworks%20leonard%20development%20macintosh&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=greatworks%20leonard%20development%20macintosh&f=false InfoWorld Jun 24, 1991 Symantec Offers Unified Suite of Mac Applications]</ref>

Zortech Inc., developer of cross-platform C++ programming language compilers <ref>

Zortech Inc., developer of cross-platform C++ programming language compilers <ref>

[http://books.google.com/booksid=l1AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Symantec+acquires+Zortech&source=bl&ots=HoAbOhcZgP&sig=Hw_JJLFWUPo0M5rE_QetOPnYQfE&hl=en&ei=XOPTTsX_POHXiQLeqYXuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Symantec%20acquires%20Zortech&f=false InfoWorld Aug 19, 1991 Symantec Buys Buys Zorteck, Offers Compilers]</ref>

[http://books.google.com/booksid=l1AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=Symantec+acquires+Zortech&source=bl&ots=HoAbOhcZgP&sig=Hw_JJLFWUPo0M5rE_QetOPnYQfE&hl=en&ei=XOPTTsX_POHXiQLeqYXuCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Symantec%20acquires%20Zortech&f=false InfoWorld Aug 19, 1991 Symantec Buys Buys Zorteck, Offers Compilers]</ref> and Dynamic Microprocessor Associated Inc., developer of pcANYWHERE, a remote control communications software product for personal computers.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/business/company-news-symantec-is-set-to-acquire-dma.html COMPANY NEWS; Symantec Is Set To Acquire DMA]</ref>

and Dynamic Microprocessor Associated Inc., developer of pcANYWHERE, a remote control communications software product for personal computers.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/21/business/company-news-symantec-is-set-to-acquire-dma.html COMPANY NEWS; Symantec Is Set To Acquire DMA]</ref>

Symantec started its international operations in 1991 by opening a manufacturing plant in Ireland and its administrative center in Netherlands. In 1992, Symantec UK became the company’s exclusive distributor in United Kingdom. In 1994, Symantec established a network of more than 150 partners around the world and selling translated versions of its more than 120 software products in different languages. In 1995, Symantec released the Norton Antivirus, Norton Utilities and Norton Navigator simultaneously when [[Microsoft]] launched Windows 95 as new operating system. In 1997, the company established its Anti Virus Research Center while its Networking Business Unit assets were sold to [[HP|Hewlett and Packard]].<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/25years/ Symantec at 25]</ref>

Symantec started its international operations in 1991 by opening a manufacturing plant in Ireland and an administrative center in the Netherlands. In 1992, Symantec UK became the company’s exclusive distributor in the United Kingdom. In 1994, Symantec established a network of more than 150 partners around the world and began selling translated versions of its more than 120 software products. In 1995, Symantec released the Norton Antivirus, Norton Utilities and Norton Navigator, simultaneous with [[Microsoft]]'s launch of Windows 95. In 1997, the company established its Anti-Virus Research Center while its Networking Business Unit assets were sold to [[HP|Hewlett and Packard]].<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/25years/ Symantec at 25]</ref>

In 1999, John W. Thompson became Chairman, President and CEO of Symantec after Eubanks stepped down from his position.<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=19990414_01 Symantec Corporation Appoints John W. Thompson, Senior IBM Executive, as President, CEO and Chairman]</ref> Thompson retire from his position as CEO of the company on April 3, 2009 but he remained Chairman. He was succeeded by Enrique Salem.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/symantec-ceo-john-thompson-to-retire Symantec CEO John Thompson to retire]</ref> On February 15, 2011, Symantec was inducted to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Hall of Fame. <ref>

In 1999, John W. Thompson became Chairman, President and CEO of Symantec after Eubanks stepped down from his position.<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=19990414_01 Symantec Corporation Appoints John W. Thompson, Senior IBM Executive, as President, CEO and Chairman]</ref> Thompson retired from his position as CEO of the company on April 3, 2009, although he remained Chairman. He was succeeded by Enrique Salem.<ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/story/symantec-ceo-john-thompson-to-retire Symantec CEO John Thompson to retire]</ref> On February 15, 2011, Symantec was inducted to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Hall of Fame.<ref>

[http://www.sbir.gov/success-story/symantec-recognized-small-business-administration Symantec Recognized By Small Business Administration]</ref>

[http://www.sbir.gov/success-story/symantec-recognized-small-business-administration Symantec Recognized By Small Business Administration]</ref>

==Principal Subsidiaries==

===Recent Acquisitions===

 

==Recent Acquisitions==

The company's most recent acquisitions include:<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/development/acquisitions/ Company Acquisitions]</ref>

The company's most recent acquisitions include:<ref>[http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/development/acquisitions/ Company Acquisitions]</ref>

* Clearwell- June 2011

* Clearwell- June, 2011

* RuleSpace- October 2010

* RuleSpace- October ,2010

* VeriSign's Security Business- August 2010

* [[Verisign|VeriSign]]'s Security Business- August, 2010

* PGP- June 2010

* PGP- June, 2010

* GuardianEdge- June 2010

* GuardianEdge- June, 2010

* Gideon Technologies- January 2010

* Gideon Technologies- January, 2010

* SoftScan- October 2009

* SoftScan- October, 2009

* Mi5 Networks- March 2009

* Mi5 Networks- March, 2009

==Products==

==Products==

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