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    Symantec on Monday in the US said that it has completed the takeover of IT management software company Altiris. The acquisition was announced on January 29 and valued at the time at $830 million.

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    Symantec announced on Monday that it plans to acquire IT management software company Altiris, in a deal valued at approximately AU$830 million.

  • With GreenBorder, Google gets deeper into Net security

    Google's purchase of GreenBorder Technologies -- a browser virtualisation software company -- follows on the heels of the search giant announcing a blog from its antimalware team.

  • Are standalone security firms doomed?

    Within a few years, companies that offer only security products will have been relegated to the history books.

  • Phishing threat increases as China connects up

    The threat from phishing attacks is growing as broadband penetration in China increases, say security companies, with the problem being compounded by an alarming increase in the amount of software kits available for download that will facilitate the process.

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    Coming off a good quarter for Symantec's consumer businesses, CEO John Thompson warns against viewing Windows Vista as a solution to security woes.

  • Veritas CEO defends Symantec acquisition

    Veritas Chief Executive Gary Bloom took pains to explain why he believes his company's acquisition by Symantec makes sense.

  • Hybrid security threats: Is your business prepared?

    Businesses are aware of at least some of the viruses and vulnerabilities which threaten the enterprise's IT security. But what happens when the threat is of a hybrid variety?

  • Cybersecurity's changing face

    Symantec CEO John Thompson says the rapid evolution of cyberattacks is forcing a new calculus of considerations among customers as well as software security providers.

  • A new day for business security

    Today's systems increasingly blend the digital and the physical -- and the convergence is spawning industry alliances that might have seemed unusual in the past.

Reviews (3)

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    Symantec claims to recover user data in minutes, with Backup Exec System Recovery 7. In our full review, we put this claim to the test.

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    ZDNet Australia looks at software deployment packages designed to help you reduce network administration costs.

  • Intruder alert

    Your data is important to you, but do you know if others are trying to get at it? ZDNet Australia investigates.

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