Fifth Generation Systems
| 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, the first practical hard disk backup program for the IBM PC.
Software by Fifth Generation Systems includes:
- FastBack (PC, Mac) - hard disk backup utility
- DiskDoubler (Mac) - on-the-fly hard drive compression software
- CopyDoubler (Mac) - system utility for speeding up file copies and managing file copy queues
- Suitcase (Mac) - font management utility
- Search&Destroy (PC) - online and offline virus scanner for DOS and Windows, included in Novell DOS 7
The company was acquired by Symantec on October 4, 1993 for US$53.8 million.[1]
References
- ↑ "SYMC Quarterly Reports". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved 2008-04-14.
