| Type | Subsidiary of Symantec |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computers |
| Founded | United States |
| Headquarters | United States |
| Parent | Symantec |
Fifth Generation Systems was a computer security company founded October 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States by Bob Mitchell, Roger Ibey, and Bruce Ray. All three later left the company. Fifth Generation's initial commercial product was FastBack (software), the first practical hard disk backup program for the IBM PC.
The company was acquired by Symantec on October 4, 1993 for US$53.8 million.[1]