Symantec worldwide and in India

Symantec is world leader in utilities software, both in the/companies/companies_s/Symantec/images (893 bytes) corporate and personal computing arena, and now in the Internet area too. The company is better known by the products it sells -- the Norton range of utilities, anti-viruses fixes, productivity tools and security tools.

Symantec’s strategy is to continually satisfy customer needs by developing and marketing products and services across multiple platforms for increased security and utility. It is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with regional offices in Auckland, Sydney, Melbourne, Hong Kong, Beijing, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. It is traded on the Nasdaq under the code SYMC. Symantec is ranked in the top ten international software vendors and employs more than 2,300 people worldwide. Its net revenues in 1998 were $ 578 million.

Symantec’s products are organised along two broad business lines. The first line covers security and assistance, which includes products like Norton AntiVirus, Norton Utilities, Norton Ghost, Norton 2000, Norton CleanSweep, and Norton SystemWorks. The second business line is ''remote productivity solutions'' which includes ACT!, pcANYWHERE, WinFaxPRO, Mobile WinFax, pcTelecommute, Symantec Mobile Essentials and Talkworks Pro.

Symantec''s products: how they come and how they go

Symantec''s products come either from internal development, licensing from third parties or by acquisition of technologies, product lines or companies. Enhancement of existing products is done in-house in its business units -- including designing, development, documentation and quality control.

Symantec''s anti-virus research centres (SARCs) in Australia, US, Japan and the Netherlands have a dedicated team of virus experts, which works to identify and neutralise viruses and provide a swift response to virus threats. It is also involved in proactive research on future virus threats and user education about viruses.