List of acquisitions by Symantec

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This is a list of acquisitions by Symantec, a computer software company founded on March 1, 1982.[1] Symantec is an international corporation that specializes in selling security and information management software.[2] It is also listed on the NASDAQ 100 and Fortune 1000.[3]

Symantec's largest acquisition as of April 2008 is the merger of VERITAS Software, a data storage company, for US$13.5 billion.[4] The majority of the companies acquired by Symantec are based in the United States. 52 companies have been acquired as of April 2008.

The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between Symantec and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in US$ because Symantec is based in the United States. If the value of an acquisition is not listed, then it is undisclosed.

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[edit] Acquisitions

Acquisition date Company Business Country Value (US$) References
01987 1987 Breakthrough Software Project management Flag of the United States USA — [1]
01987 1987 Living Videotext Information management Flag of the United States USA — [1]
01987 1987 THINK Technologies Compiler Flag of the United States USA — [1]
01990-05-15 15 May 1990 Peter Norton Computing Utility software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000070000000.00000070,000,000 [5]
01991-06-24 24 June 1991 Leonard Development Group Macintosh software Flag of the United States USA — [6]
01991-08-13 13 August 1991 Zortech Compiler Flag of the United Kingdom UK $&0000000012100000.00000012,100,000 [7]
01991-08-21 21 August 1991 Dynamic Microprocessor Associates Remote administration Flag of the United States USA $&0000000022000000.00000022,000,000 [8]
01992-06-09 9 June 1992 Whitewater Group Graphics software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000003280000.0000003,280,000 [9]
01993-05-03 3 May 1993 Contact Software International Customer relationship management Flag of the United States USA $&0000000047000000.00000047,000,000 [10]
01993-10 October 1993 Rapid Enterpises — Flag of the United States USA $&0000000007500000.0000007,500,000 [11]
01993-10-04 4 October 1993 Fifth Generation Systems Computer security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000015000000.00000015,000,000 [12]
01993-11-08 8 November 1993 Trik Network management Flag of the United States USA — [13]
01994-02-03 3 February 1994 SLR Systems Integrated development environment Flag of the United States USA $&0000000002300000.0000002,300,000 [11]
01994-06-01 1 June 1994 Central Point Software Utility software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000060000000.00000060,000,000 [11]
01994-08-31 31 August 1994 Intec Systems Contact management Flag of the United States USA $&0000000001900000.0000001,900,000 [11]
01995-06-08 8 June 1995 MultiScope Debugger Flag of the United States USA $&0000000005000000.0000005,000,000 [14]
01995-07-07 7 July 1995 Delrina Communication software Flag of Canada CAN $&0000000415000000.0000-0415,000,000 [15]
01996-03-05 5 March 1996 Fast Track Device Management Flag of the United States USA $&0000000007200000.0000007,200,000 [16]
01998-07-08 8 July 1998 Binary Research Disk cloning Flag of the United States USA $&0000000027500000.00000027,500,000 [17]
01998-10-15 15 October 1998 Quarterdeck Office Systems Utility software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000065000000.00000065,000,000 [18]
01999-07-21 21 July 1999 URLabs Device Management Flag of the United States USA — [19]
02000-02-14 14 February 2000 L-3 Network Security Network security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 [20]
02000-03-31 31 March 2000 20/20 Software Computer networking Flag of the United States USA $&0000000016500000.00000016,500,000 [21]
02000-07-27 27 July 2000 AXENT Technologies Network security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000975000000.000000975,000,000 [22]
02001-07-23 23 July 2001 Foster-Melliar Security management Flag of the United States USA — [23]
02001-10-17 17 October 2001 Lindner & Pelc Network security Flag of Germany DEU — [24]
02002-07-02 2 July 2002 Mountain Wave Security management Flag of the United States USA $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 [25]
02002-07-17 17 July 2002 SecurityFocus.com Computer security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000075000000.00000075,000,000 [26]
02002-07-17 17 July 2002 Recourse Technologies Network security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000135000000.000000135,000,000 [27]
02002-07-17 17 July 2002 Riptech Network security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000145000000.000000145,000,000 [28]
02003-02-13 13 February 2003 Nexland Internet security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000021700000.00000021,700,000 [29]
02003-04-18 18 April 2003 GoBack Utility software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000013000000.00000013,000,000 [30]
02003-09-23 23 September 2003 PowerQuest Utility software Flag of the United States USA — [31]
02003-10-20 20 October 2003 SafeWeb Internet security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000026000000.00000026,000,000 [32]
02003-10-27 27 October 2003 ON Technology Project management software Flag of the United States USA $&0000000100000000.000000100,000,000 [33]
02004-05-19 19 May 2004 Brightmail E-mail filtering Flag of the United States USA $&0000000370000000.000000370,000,000 [34]
02004-07-14 14 July 2004 TurnTide E-mail filtering Flag of the United States USA — [35]
02004-09-16 16 September 2004 @stake Computer security Flag of the United States USA — [36]
02004-09-17 17 September 2004 LIRIC Associates Computer security Flag of the United Kingdom UK — [37]
02004-12-10 10 December 2004 Platform Logic Computer security Flag of the United States USA — [38]
02004-12-16 16 December 2004 VERITAS Software[1] Data storage Flag of the United States USA $&0000013500000000.00000013,500,000,000 [4]
02005-05-16 16 May 2005 XtreamLok Information security Flag of Australia AUS — [39]
02005-08-16 16 August 2005 Sygate Technologies E-mail filtering Flag of the United States USA — [40]
02005-09-22 22 September 2005 WholeSecurity Anti-phishing software Flag of the United States USA — [41]
02005-10-03 3 October 2005 BindView Computer security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000209000000.000000209,000,000 [42]
02006-01-03 3 January 2006 IMlogic Instant messaging Flag of the United States USA — [43]
02006-02-07 7 February 2006 Relicore Systems management Flag of the United States USA — [44]
02006-11-06 6 November 2006 Company-i Financial services Flag of the United Kingdom UK — [45]
02006-12-07 7 December 2006 Revivio Continuous data protection Flag of the United States USA $&0000000020000000.00000020,000,000 [46]
02007-01-29 29 January 2007 Altiris Computer security Flag of the United States USA $&0000000830000000.0000-0830,000,000 [47]
02007-02-23 23 February 2007 4FrontSecurity Risk management Flag of the United States USA — [48]
02007-11-05 5 November 2007 Vontu Data loss prevention products Flag of the United States USA $&0000000350000000.000000350,000,000 [49]

[edit] Footnotes

  • ^  Symantec and VERITAS merged, leading to Symantec shareholders owning 60% of the resulting company and VERITAS shareholders owning 40% of the company.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Merger Mania Strikes Software Industry", San Jose Mercury News, 1987-10-12. 
  2. ^ Hulme, George V.; Foley, John (2004-12-16). UPDATE: Symantec To Acquire Veritas For $13.5 Billion. InformationWeek. Retrieved on 2008-04-25.
  3. ^ "SilverBack Appoints VP of Global Sales and VP of Product Marketing; Peter Klanian & Jonathan Wolf Named to Join Executive Team.", Business Wire, 2006-09-12. 
  4. ^ a b Software Industry Leaders Symantec and VERITAS Software To Merge. Symantec (2004-12-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  5. ^ Fisher, Lawrence M. (1990-05-15). Symantec to Acquire Peter Norton. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  6. ^ Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions. Alacra. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  7. ^ Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions. Alacra. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  8. ^ COMPANY NEWS; Symantec Is Set To Acquire DMA. The New York Times (1991-08-21). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  9. ^ Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions. Alacra. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  10. ^ Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions. Alacra. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  11. ^ SYMC Quarterly Reports. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  12. ^ Thomson Financial Mergers & Acquisitions. Alacra. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  13. ^ SYMC Annual Report. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (1995-06-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  14. ^ Fisher, Lawrence M. (1995=07-07). Symantec Offers To Buy Delrina As Windows 95 Release Nears. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  15. ^ Symantec Acquires Fast Track and Expands Offering in Network Administration Software. Symantec (1996-03-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  16. ^ Symantec Acquires Ghost, Expanding Corporate Solutions Set. Symantec (1998-07-08). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  17. ^ Symantec to Acquire Quarterdeck. Symantec (1998-10-15). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  18. ^ Symantec Announces Internet Centric Strategy Focused on Content Security and Remote Device Management. Symantec (1999-07-21). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  19. ^ Symantec Acquires L-3 Network Security's Vulnerability Assessment Solutions and Security Consulting Business. Symantec (2000-02-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  20. ^ SYMC Quarterly Report. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  21. ^ Symantec Strengthens Security Leadership With Acquisition of AXENT. Symantec (2000-07-27). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  22. ^ Symantec acquires enterprise security management division of Foster-Melliar in SA. Symantec (2001-07-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  23. ^ Symantec Reports Strong Second Quarter Results. Symantec (2001-10-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  24. ^ Symantec Acquires Mountain Wave, Inc.. Symantec (2002-07-02). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  25. ^ Symantec to Acquire SecurityFocus. Symantec (2002-07-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  26. ^ Symantec to Acquire Recourse Technologies. Symantec (2002-07-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  27. ^ Symantec to Acquire Riptech. Symantec (2002-07-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  28. ^ Symantec To Buy Nexland. United Business Media (2003-02-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  29. ^ Roxio Sells GoBack Product To Symantec. United Business Media (2003-04-13). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  30. ^ Symantec to Acquire PowerQuest. Symantec (2003-09-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  31. ^ Symantec Acquires SafeWeb. Symantec (2003-10-20). Retrieved on 2008-04-14.
  32. ^ Symantec to Acquire ON Technology. Symantec (2003-10-27). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  33. ^ Symantec to Acquire Brightmail. Symantec (2004-05-19). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  34. ^ Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP's Internet / Network Security Blog. About.com (2004-07-14). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  35. ^ Symantec to Acquire @stake. Symantec (2004-09-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  36. ^ Symantec to Acquire LIRIC Associates. Symantec (2004-09-17). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  37. ^ Symantec To Acquire IPS Vendor Platform Logic. United Business Media (2004-12-10). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  38. ^ Symantec acquires XtreamLok. iTnews (2005-05-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  39. ^ Symantec to Acquire Sygate Technologies. Symantec (2005-08-16). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  40. ^ Symantec To Acquire WholeSecurity. Symantec (2005-09-22). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  41. ^ Symantec to Acquire Bindview. Symantec (2005-10-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  42. ^ Symantec to Acquire IMlogic. Symantec (2006-01-03). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  43. ^ Symantec to Acquire Relicore. Symantec (2006-02-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  44. ^ Symantec to Acquire Company-i. Symantec (2006-11-06). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  45. ^ Symantec's acquisition of Revivio takes it to the high-end of the storage world. Network World (2006-12-07). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  46. ^ Symantec to Acquire Altiris. Symantec (2007-01-29). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  47. ^ 4FrontSecurity acquired by Symantec Corp.. Symantec (2007-02-23). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.
  48. ^ Symantec to Acquire Vontu. Symantec (2007-11-05). Retrieved on 2008-04-15.