Stories about: Riptech

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10 IT security companies to watch 20 October, 2007 07:03

New companies have to be brash to enter the network security market, given that the industry has witnessed an explosion in creativity over the past five years and considering that big players such as Microsoft and IBM increasingly are throwing their weight around in security.
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Symantec to exit security appliance business 26 June, 2006 08:24

Symantec this week laid off staff and said it is shaking up its network and gateway security business, ending the company's experiment with security hardware appliances.
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Symantec's Schwarz on the Veritas deal 12 January, 2005 11:29

More than three weeks after Symantec announced its plans to purchase storage management vendor Veritas Software in a US$13.5 billion deal, the company is still struggling to convince skittish investors that the deal make sense for both companies and their customers. Symantec's stock price has slid almost 25 percent in the past month, while Veritas' stock hasn't fared much better.
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Symantec expands beyond security via Veritas purchase 24 December, 2004 07:12

Symantec's planned acquisition of Veritas Software gives the IT security vendor an opportunity to significantly expand its presence in the market for enterprise software, users and analysts said last week.
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Analysis: Security titans intensify rivalry 15 June, 2004 10:10

Network Associates and Symantec long to be more than anti-virus vendors. The rivals want to be one-stop security shops where businesses buy everything from intrusion prevention to spam control to firewalls.
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Symantec reports 29 percent Q3 revenue growth 16 January, 2003 14:28

Computer security company Symantec reported third quarter income of US$72 million or US$0.44 per share, on revenue of US$376 million Wednesday, a healthy increase from the company's performance for the same quarter last year, when it reported net income of just US$100,000, or less than US$.01 per share, on revenue of US$290 million.
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Symantec opens up with management suite 03 October, 2002 08:00

Symantec Corp. unveiled its new security strategy Tuesday to attendees here at Symantec's Vision 360 conference.
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Fast-forward, rewind 07 August, 2002 10:01

There's a load of stuff to talk about this week, so hang on.
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Symantec broadens security line with acquisitions 29 July, 2002 07:37

Symantec went on a US$375 million buying spree this month in a bid to better position itself as a one-stop provider of IT security products and services. But analysts are divided on whether corporate users are really asking for such a wide breadth of technology from one security vendor or prefer best-of-breed investments.
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Analysis: Symantec rattles security landscape 23 July, 2002 09:33

As the dust begins to settle on Symantec Corp.'s eye-catching US$350 million cash purchase of three vastly different security vendors, big-name security players suddenly lodged squarely in Symantec's sights have no intention of sitting idly by and already are planning their next move.
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Symantec to buy SecurityFocus, Riptech, Recourse 18 July, 2002 08:06

Security vendor Symantec Corp. announced three high-profile acquisitions late Wednesday at the same time it reported its financial results for the second quarter 2002. Symantec will acquire SecurityFocus Inc., Riptech Inc. and Recourse Technologies Inc. for a total of about US$355 million in cash, the company said.