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By Steve Bennett, President and CEO, Symantec Symantec’s strategy is clear: We want to enable people, businesses and countries to focus their energies and time on achieving their aspirations, instead of being consumed with how to keep their digital lives safe and protected. This is a...

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 | 13 comments
Create a Better Experience with Symantec Connect

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How can Symantec Connect help provide you with a better experience with your Symantec products? Symantec Partner and Connect Trusted Advisor, Tony Sterling, shares his insights into why he uses Connect, how Connect helps him create a better experience for his customers, and how he believes Connect...

Posted: 31 Jul 2012 | 0 comments

updated blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Brian Burch posted: Symantec SMB IT Confidence Index Shows Value of IT as a Strategic Business Enabler

When it comes to IT, SMBs have widely varying opinions. Some view it as a necessary evil, much like paying utility bills. Others, however, feel that business computing can set them apart, giving them a strategic advantage over the competition. Symantec recently conducted a global survey of SMBs with a view of assessing their attitudes toward information technology and its place in their ...

new blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Cecily Joseph posted: The Conference Board Summit on Sustainability

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending The Conference Board’s Summit on Sustainability in New York. The Summit on Sustainability is a two-day conference bringing together sustainability experts, practitioners, and institutional investors to share the latest perspectives on how corporations are transforming their global operations by integrating sustainability into a long ...

new blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Sian John posted: Solving cloud application security problems before they happen

Should security-conscious businesses be running applications in the cloud? In addition to frequently cited concerns (data sovereignty, management console points of failure and so on), the nature of cloud models has a number of architectural, and therefore security implications. Cloud-based applications are by their nature distributed, benefiting from ...

updated video 16 Jun 2013

Kimberley posted: Register for Symantec Connect

This four minute video describes how to register for Symantec Connect, log in, set your profile information and manage notifications.

article comment 14 Jun 2013

Farma Handa commented on: What are malware, viruses, Spyware, and cookies, and what differentiates them ?

RE; being hacked,bullied,ripped off etc.YOU ARE BEING WATCH OVER BY SUPERHUMAN BEINGS & ALIENS & HELPED...little do most people know,but there are plenty of super human beings on earth including lots of aliens from different dimensions. That paraphrased public quote (others have made similiar statements) was from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Phd.Physics and founder of MIU ...

updated blog entry 14 Jun 2013

Jessica Schoenfeld posted: Heiter bis wolkig: Die deutsche Blogosphäre über Cloud Computing

Cloud Computing oder auch Virtualisierung ist eines der wichtigsten IT-Themen der letzten Jahre. Der Begriff wird jedoch nach wie vor sehr unterschiedlich verstanden und die Implikationen verschieden gedeutet. Einige Themenstränge lassen sich in der deutschen Blogosphäre bereits über mehrere Jahre nachverfolgen, wir haben uns an einen skizzenhaften Überblick über die ...

new discussion 12 Jun 2013

CIRG posted: PGP for 2 different account with 2 key and in MS Outlook 2010

Hi, I have installed 2 different MS Exchange Active Sync account in the MS OUtlook 2010. PGP Desktopm is installes, and 2 keypair is successfully installed. When i try to send messages, everything is OK, but when i am sending messages, for both account default key is the same, so recepients receive "PGP Signed by an unmatched address" at the top - message decrypted, but i need to attache ...

updated blog entry 11 Jun 2013

Kevin M. posted: Connect Dev Notes: 11 June 2013

User Facing: Desktop Added a way for users to enter a alternate email address to their user profile for email notifications. Added the ability for privileged users to translate forum posts. Removed the "0 comments" label from blog posts where comments have been disabled and will never have any comments. Added a share widget to Connect pages that will allow users viewing Connect in the Chinese ...

updated blog entry 11 Jun 2013

Kevin M. posted: Connect Dev Notes: 29 May 2013

User Facing: Desktop Added the ability to subscribe to be notified of new posts in a target forum. How? Navigate to a post in the target forum, click the "subscriptions (0)" link at the bottom of the post, then check the "Posts in the [forum name] forum" checkbox. Added the ability to filter search results on the group(s) that the post was posted in. Added the ability to search for products ...

new blog entry 11 Jun 2013

JBordwine posted: New Mobile Guidelines for Government Agencies: Do They Go Far Enough?

Recently, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent government agencies a 104-page instruction manual for securing government-owned commercial smartphones and tablets. Prior to this point, there was no consistency across agencies when it came to mobile device security, resulting in disparate software and policies across the board – which oftentimes was not adequate to protect ...

new discussion 12 Jun 2013

CIRG posted: PGP for 2 different account with 2 key and in MS Outlook 2010

new discussion 10 Jun 2013

Spencer Simpson posted: Problems with the tech support case submission Web form

I wanted to submit a technical support case for Backup Exec, but the Web form for creating a support case seems to be broken. It's necessary to directly call the 1-800 number to create a case. The actual Backup Exec issue is irrelevant here because (out of necessity) I created a case via phone. The behavior is this: When you get to the account selection page (you've ...

new discussion 06 Jun 2013

Shocked13 posted: Symantec Time Line

Hi, I have the original installation floppy discs and manual for a program called "Symantec Time Line". Has anyone any idea where I can get the discs replaced as the installion file will not run in the 1.44 Floppy Disc Drive. I have tested the Floppy Drive by Formatting a spare empty 1.44 disc, which completed without any errors. "Time Line" is a Project Management Program much like the ...

discussion comment 04 Jun 2013

Keith Fountain commented on: Knowledge Base Subscription Renewal

I am getting notifications on a daily basis, when I go to my alerts, they all reset to 364 days but then alert me a day later to say they are due to expire soon.

discussion comment 03 Jun 2013

Jon-Michael C. Brook commented on: Symantec Digital Whiteboard - Expired again

As part of our Symantec 4.0 transformation, DWB design responsiblity shifted to a third party developer, Zamurai Corporation, in April. If you wish to continue to use the Digital Whiteboard, and receive notifications or updates, you will need to register at www.zamurai.com so they have permission to contact you. You can also email them at info@zamurai.com.

updated discussion 31 May 2013

virus012 posted: Solution is not updating in Data Base

Hi Admin, There is no change reflect in solution at Dashboard? Is it a bug or any other issue?

discussion comment 30 May 2013

Apple Or commented on: Multicasting

I would like to check if we have bought the Symantec BACKUP EXEC 2012 Server Windows per Server Bundled and Symantec BACKUP EXEC 2012 Windows per Server Bundled thru 1 of your Agents from Jun 24, 12, could we now renew the Symantec Backup License directly from your company? And we would like to have your quotation on those renewal.

discussion comment 28 May 2013

technical_specialist commented on: report

Hello Product type availble in Hardware Report https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/altiris-hardware-inventory-report-show-memory-type-column

updated discussion 28 May 2013

thart posted: ProComm Plus

is there a way to import the connection directory and scripts from one pc to another pc in ProComm Plus ver. 4.7 or 4.8. I have upgraded computers and installed ProComm Plus on the new computers. Now I'm trying to move the data from one pc to the other. Thank you, Tom

new discussion 22 May 2013

Kevin WCS posted: Query detailed information on resolved issues

Hi, I like to ask if in the event I will to know more details about an resolved issue, eg: symptoms or root causes with the following example: Resolved an issue with PGP Whole Disk Encryption so that a user can access data from an encrypted USB device. [2950243] How can I perform a query on this using the header or the issue number to find out more information. Thank you. Kevin

article comment 14 Jun 2013

Farma Handa commented on: What are malware, viruses, Spyware, and cookies, and what differentiates them ?

article comment 15 Apr 2013

dwillis2 commented on: Tech Exchange Presentation: Providing High Availability and Disaster Recovery for Complex Applications

Hi, An excellent article on disaster recovery some excellent points mentioned. Enjoyed the read.

updated article 29 Mar 2013

ohzone posted: How to Add an Image to a Connect Post

If you've ever tried to add an image to a post on Connect you know it can be frustrating if you are forced to muddle through on your own. This article is meant to guide you through the process and, hopefully, make it a little easier. If you've ever inserted an image into the body of a gmail message then this will look a little familiar to you. So settle in and follow along. If you find ...

updated article 21 Feb 2013

LeslieMiller posted: Community Managers Contact Information

Community Managers are employed by Symantec to moderate the communities within Symantec Connect. The managers review and publish all content, award points, and moderate the community forums. You can contact the community managers using the information below: Security Community Community Manager: Swathi Turlapaty Covering the following products: Brightmail Gateway Brightmail Message ...

updated article 29 Jan 2013

Courtenay Enright CBCP CSSGB posted: How effective incident management retains market share

This paper discusses the need for business continuity practitioners to make incident management a focal element of their programme. Particularly during the first few minutes and hours of a business disruption, an established incident management methodology is not only key to achieving a successful, coordinated recovery, but it can play an even more important role in maintaining ...

updated article 28 Sep 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Tech Exchange Presentation: Protecting Virtual Environments Efficiently and Effectively

Securing a virtual environment has traditionally come at the cost of performance or virtualization density. Symantec and VMware have built integrations across Symantec Endpoint Protection and Symantec Critical System Protection to optimally secure virtual desktops and servers. Come to this session to learn how Symantec uses vShield endpoint to secure VDI and can protect the entire ...

updated article 14 Sep 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Tech Exchange Events: Keynote Presentation

View the Tech Exchange Keynote presentation.

updated article 13 Sep 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Tech Exchange Presentation: How to Achieve Database Availability and Data Center Agility

In today’s increasingly complex datacenter environment, providing automated high availability and disaster recovery is a major challenge. If you have a manual recovery plan, your company's operations are in your hands when a outages occur. Can you afford prolonged, unplanned downtime while you figure out what went wrong and how to fix it? Using highly automated procedures for ...

new article 07 Sep 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Tech Exchange Presentation: Modern Approaches to the Backup and Recovery of Virtual Machines

Attend this session to understand why virtual-only backup tools only give you half the picture and why a backup client in a VM is not optimized for business-critical applications. See why Symantec Backup Exec and NetBackup backup more VMs than anyone in the market by providing deep integration with both VMware and Hyper-V. Topics will include how to optimize backup performance, meet aggressive ...

new article 07 Sep 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Tech Exchange Presentation: Mobile App Management

Mobile Device Management (MDM) is the first thing many companies think about when attempting to address mobility in the enterprise. However, with the increasing popularity of BYOD, the restrictions of regulated industries, and other challenging mobility use cases, businesses are realizing that the default MDM-centric approach is often insufficient to protect essential business data, or ...

updated blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Brian Burch posted: Symantec SMB IT Confidence Index Shows Value of IT as a Strategic Business Enabler

new blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Cecily Joseph posted: The Conference Board Summit on Sustainability

new blog entry 17 Jun 2013

Sian John posted: Solving cloud application security problems before they happen

updated blog entry 14 Jun 2013

Jessica Schoenfeld posted: Heiter bis wolkig: Die deutsche Blogosphäre über Cloud Computing

updated blog entry 11 Jun 2013

Kevin M. posted: Connect Dev Notes: 11 June 2013

updated blog entry 11 Jun 2013

Kevin M. posted: Connect Dev Notes: 29 May 2013

new blog entry 11 Jun 2013

JBordwine posted: New Mobile Guidelines for Government Agencies: Do They Go Far Enough?

updated blog entry 10 Jun 2013

John Eldh posted: Cost of a Data Breach Study Highlights the Critical Role Symantec Partners Serve

More information is always helpful in making decisions. Many of us check the weather report before heading outdoors on a hike, to make sure we’re prepared for sun or rain. The same principle holds true in business – the more we learn about our industry and current trends, the better prepared we are to weather oncoming storms. With the increasing focus in recent years on ...

updated blog entry 06 Jun 2013

Alex Sakaguchi posted: Virtual Vision: Key Vision Sessions as Google+ Hangouts On Air

Didn't get to attend a session at Vision 2013 that you wanted to? Or maybe this year you didn't get to attend Vision at all? We've decided to take some of our top non-security Vision sessions and make them available through Google+ Hangouts On Air. Topics will focus on backup and recovery, archiving and eDiscovery, and business continuity and disaster recovery. Each ...

updated blog entry 05 Jun 2013

LeslieMiller posted: Language Preferences in Connect

We are introducing a new configuration on Symantec Connect that will help you see information in whichever language you are most comfortable seeing. In the past, Symantec Connect has ignored any preferences that you have set in your browser and has loaded the English version of Connect (by default) or has remembered the language interface that you switch to while using Connect. This ...

new event 08 May 2013

Kimberley posted: NASDAQ OMX Closing Bell Ceremony

IT organizations need the right strategies, technologies and processes in place to ensure that their operations remain unaffected when disasters such as Sandy strike. On May 8, Symantec will sponsor the NASDAQ OMX Closing Bell Ceremony and as part of the event, will hold a CIO Forum focused on "Business Continuity in the Wake of Sandy." Register Today! http://bit.ly/10GAZOd

event comment 18 Apr 2013

John Cooperfield commented on: User Group Challenge VIII at Symantec Vision 2013

new event 11 Apr 2013

Margaret Turano posted: Academic Medical Center Conference on Privacy and Security

Join colleagues from academic medical centers (AMCs), teaching hospitals and other large health enterprises for the 9th AMC Conference on Security and Privacy. The conference provides an excellent opportunity for security/privacy planners, officers, compliance staff and operational managers to learn how their peers are handling important privacy and security issues such as managing large ...

updated event 11 Apr 2013

Margaret Turano posted: 2013 Medical and Legal Summit

Protecting Patient Information from Technological Threats (session at 11:45am Saturday, April 13) J. Ryan Williams, Walter | Haverfield LLP, Moderator Ethan G. Leonard, MD, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Medical Director of Quality, UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital David Morgan, Supervisory Special Agent for Cyber Intrusion Investigations, Federal Bureau of ...

new event 11 Apr 2013

Margaret Turano posted: HIMSS Virtual Career Fair

David Finn, Symantec's Health IT Officer, will deliver the closing keynote at 6 PM CT - "Meaninfgul Mentoring or Mentoring for Fun and Profit (Everybody's)

new event 02 Nov 2012

Margaret Turano posted: Virginia HIMSS Annual Meeting

Visit Symantec Booth #1 at the Virginia HIMSS Annual Conference http://www.vahimss.org/annualconference/annualconference.html On 11/8 at 12:30 David Finn, Symantec's Health IT Officer, will present: HIPAA Security Risk Assessment Despite the fact that the Security Risk Assessment was a legal requirement for Covered Entities in 2005, many have still not completed ...

new event 10 Oct 2012

Margaret Turano posted: HIMSS Summit of the Southeast

The HIMSS Summit of the Southeast is a two-day conference joining together the Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee chapters of HIMSS, which allows healthcare IT professionals to discuss the state of the industry, as well as share thoughts and ideas on future technologies and endeavors. Visit Symantec - booth #19, and learn more about how Symantec helps ...

new event 07 Oct 2012

Margaret Turano posted: CHC 2012 - Cerner User Conference

Visit Symantec Booth #112 at CHC! See How Symantec Protects the World's Patients and Information! Healthcare organizations today need to ensure that data is secure and available when an emergency occurs. Web browser vulnerabilities are on the rise, remote attacks against employee and critical business systems are becoming more prevalent. Come see how Cerner and Symantec are solving ...

new event 13 Sep 2012

dlw2012 posted: MobileCON 2012

See Symantec at MobileCON 2012 at the San Diego Convention Center, October 9-11 – Booth 1035. Expo Hall Hours Tuesday, October 9 – 4pm-6pm Wednesday, October 10 – 10:30am-5pm Thursday, October 11 – 10:30am-4pm Symantec Speaking Sessions October 9 – 9:30-10:30 am – Keynote - You’ve Got the Whole World in Your Hand (now how do you keep it safe?) by ...

updated event 31 May 2012

Margaret Turano posted: Email and Web Security in Healthcare - Executive Dinner Briefing

Don't Let Email or the Internet Become Your Breach Point! Email and Web – both play a vital part in the delivery of quality patient care. Doctors and patients rely on these tools to keep informed and in touch. With these advantages comes potential risk – malware coming in and unprotected PHI going out. How do you keep the right balance; protecting the data while allowing ...

updated video 16 Jun 2013

Kimberley posted: Register for Symantec Connect

This four minute video describes how to register for Symantec Connect, log in, set your profile information and manage notifications.

updated video 31 May 2013

Symantec Analyst Relations posted: Symantec Vision 2013 Analyst Update for EMEA Region

In January this year, Symantec announced an ambitious, forward-looking new strategy. Driving every Symantec solution, initiative, and partnership, the strategy sets a transformative direction for an even more focused, agile and responsive organisation. This was just one of a number of key talking points at Symantec Vision 2013, which took place April 15-18 in Las Vegas. Recapturing these ...

video comment 13 May 2013

joeydp commented on: Introduction to Connect

Any updates on Backup Exex 2010 SP3 and 2012 SP2??

updated video 16 Apr 2013

Eileen posted: Vision 2013 Man on the Street: Day One

Symantec's Man on the Street, Bob Bedore, gives a little insight to Vision 2013 in Las Vegas. It's one man with one camera providing a taste of this very anticipated event.

updated video 26 Mar 2013

Symantec Analyst Relations posted: Greg Day shares his impressions from Mobile World Congress

In this short video Greg Day, Security CTO EMEA, shares his impressions from Mobile World Congress 2013 in Barcelona. He talks about the trends in the connected world and the move from only securing a device to looking more closely at the applications and needs for business processes. Additionally, Greg highlights some of the key findings from Symantec's recent State of Mobility survey.

updated video 19 Mar 2013

Kimberley posted: Create A Poll

A 4 minute video that walks you through the process of creating a poll and associating it to a page.

video comment 09 Oct 2012

Kelley Mceachern commented on: Symantec Connect Quick Tour

Take a bit to load but seems to be working now.

updated video 29 Aug 2012

LeslieMiller posted: Create a Better Experience with Symantec Connect

How can Symantec Connect help provide you with a better experience with your Symantec products? Symantec Partner and Connect Trusted Advisor, Tony Sterling, shares his insights into why he uses Connect, how Connect helps him create a better experience for his customers, and how he believes Connect can help anyone get more out of their Symantec product purchase.

updated video 01 Aug 2012

Symantec Analyst Relations posted: Video Blog: Greg Day, EMEA Security CTO for Symantec

In this three minute video, you will gain an introduction to Symantec’s new EMEA Security CTO, Greg Day and an insight into his role that will see him address some of the security challenges in the market. Over the coming weeks, Greg will continue his video blog allowing you to understand how Symantec’s Information Centric strategy enables the company to address what a valuable ...

video comment 06 Jul 2012

prakashdevadas commented on: Create Content Pages

Is it possible to have life support for Symantec Endpoint Protection during inital purchase itself, instead of one year validity.

new idea 11 Jun 2013

martingu posted: There is no way to cancel de user account!!!

As much as I look I can not find how to cancel my user account. I have sent several emails to the following accounts: aconn...@sym...com priva...@sym...com juice_com...@sym...com and always reject my messages.

new idea 06 Jun 2013

OC_gonz posted: On-Demand Client compatible with Windows 8

Hi everybody. Nowadays the O.S. Windows 8 rises in the market and my mind think, what happend with the compatible with the On-demand Agent in my Gateway Enforcer. I opened the case with the Symantec Support but unfortunately they say me that...T_T: "As the OS, Window 8 is still relatively new, this is not a supported On-demand client version" Sincerly I hope some solution, patch or update ...

idea comment 05 Jun 2013

admin_sepm commented on: Regarding Reward Category

I have two reason to rasie this idea. 1st - There is a big gap between first 175 points and 1600 points value. 2nd - This is specialy beolng to me, from last 2-3 month, i m not getting proper service from Eshagun. So if any other Vendor will be added for the Service in India. Then we will have a option to choose. So requesting to Admin kindly provide additional service.

idea comment 29 May 2013

captain jack sparrow commented on: Threaded Reply in forums

hi Rob, i mean when we click reply to any comment, only that comment is visible with reply text box But parent comments and other comments are visible. Instead of page changing to new reply box, it should be in same page (sort of inline reply) If same can be improvised for Mobile version it would be beautiful ever

new idea 24 May 2013

Rob.Wilcox posted: Show whether solved on the My Activity Page

I'm not sure whether it has been suggested before, but I think it would be great to be able to see whether an issue had been solved (and maybe even who by or a marker to indicate whether it was you or not) on the My Activity page on the Connect forums. So.. a few ideas: a/ Show whether the issue has been solved. b/ Show whether it was you or not. c/ Maybe even show ...

idea comment 21 May 2013

Nicolas Horchower commented on: Symantec should allways provide a MSI for install package

Same goes for other symantec softwares like netbackup and DLO too...

new idea 30 Apr 2013

pkh posted: Separate the OS'es

When creating contents, users can choose to specify their operating systems (OS'es). However, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 are lumped together. This is not helpful because these are two quite different OS'es and the solutions that are applicable for one may not be applicable for the other. It would be better to separate out these two OS'es. Ideally, there ...

updated idea 22 Apr 2013

mpope808 posted: Capability of notifying users when updates are made to existing cases

Hi, I would like to make a suggestion that users get notified via e-mail whenever an update is made to an open case. This way users do not need to stay logged into the Symantec Customer Portal. It gets timed out so users constantly have to log back in to check for status updates. Thank you, Melissa Popejoy

updated idea 22 Apr 2013

jeremylacey posted: Full Version listing in file connect

When browsing file connect, I would like to see the full version number instead of 12.1.2 but rather 12.1.2015.2015 for example.

idea comment 19 Apr 2013

LucSkywalker1957 commented on: Known bugs list & status

I think the certified folks should have a path to collaborate with the development teams to improve the product. I've used other backup products in other companies at my previous jobs and can tell you that Netbackup is by far the more superior product for enterprise level backups. Period.