Symantec news from Network World

Symantec buys online backup vendor SwapDrive

Jon Brodkin — 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

Symantec this month acquired online file backup and recovery vendor SwapDrive.

Symantec compliance tool to play nicer with other products

Ellen Messmer — 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z

Symantec updates product for ensuring operating systems and applications comply with security best practices.

Symantec merges storage management with Xen virtualization

Jon Brodkin — 2008-06-10T00:00:00Z

Symantec is updating its line of backup products and releasing a storage and server virtualization package.

Peer-to-peer NAC

Tim Greene — 2008-06-03T00:00:00Z

Symantec's endpoint-based NAC software performs what the company calls peer-to-peer NAC - a way to limit the damage that infected endpoints might inflict.

Why data-loss prevention tools scare the hell out of some

Ellen Messmer — 2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

Though data-leak prevention gear is a boon for security, its "see-all, know all" power makes it a disruptive technology that highlights poor data-management practices and legal risk.

Management+Security, Security+Management

James E. Gaskin — 2008-04-24T00:00:00Z

Continuing our discussion of support tools from Bomgar last week, let me report on the Altiris ManageFusion user conference in Las Vegas that happened in early April. Almost exactly a year after being acquired by Symantec, Altiris employees and users report mostly good things about the new products and integration with Symantec.

Symantec is definitely a company to watch

Linda Musthaler — 2008-04-21T00:00:00Z

I'm just back from Symantec's ManageFusion event in Las Vegas. You may recall that ManageFusion was started by Altiris, the systems management company acquired by Symantec just about a year ago. Needless to say, the Symantec executives spent a lot of time talking about the progress in integrating the two companies, and how the synergies are beginning to pay big dividends for customers. Let me share some of my notes with you.

Symantec chief talks acquisitions, Cisco's snub and "Project Huggie"

Ellen Messmer — 2008-04-14T00:00:00Z

Symantec chairman and CEO John Thompson delivered a keynote speech to thousands of security professionals at the RSA Conference 2008 in San Francisco and later talked to Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer about vendor alliances, Symantec's competition and the importance of data-loss prevention technology.

Symantec unveils enhancements to it Windows storage management, clustering suites

Deni Connor — 2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

Symantec this week unveiled a new version of its Veritas Storage Foundation Suite for Windows and high availability clustered server environments.

Young workers, Web 2.0 technologies pose security challenges

Denise Dubie — 2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

Symantec survey shows IT, younger and experienced workers have different views on the use of Web 2.0 technologies and corporate security.