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Shakespeare & Startups: How Enrique Salem brings a fresh perspective to Symantec
Symantec Corp. | 20 Apr 2012 | 0 comments

Symantec President & CEO Enrique Salem is an avid cycler and literature buff, has a background in engineering, and experience leading several startup companies. In this video, Enrique discusses how his personal interests and pursuits have shaped his leadership style and vision for Symantec. Get an inside look at Enrique’s management philosophy in Part 2 of our Exec Q&A Show.

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Information & Identity Protection: How Symantec is responding to CIO’s top issues
Symantec Corp. | 20 Apr 2012 | 0 comments

Symantec President & CEO Enrique has been at the helm for three years. In this video, Enrique discusses the key successes he has overseen, and how Symantec is responding to IT market trends. Get an inside look at Symantec’s direction & vision in Part 1 of our Exec Q&A Show.

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Is It Time to Move to the Cloud?
Tom Powledge | 12 Apr 2012 | 0 comments

For years businesses have had the desire to adopt new technologies ahead of competitors while avoiding the pains of early adoption of unproven technologies. It’s understandable that we have been hesitant to adopt cloud computing in particular. Many of us have been reluctant to put our business information in the hands of someone else, fearing what would happen in the event of a data breach or outage.

But cloud computing is no longer a new technology full of uncertainty. Many cloud providers have established track records of providing reliable, secure service and high availability, and if you haven’t already, it’s time to take stock of your current IT situation and consider how the cloud can help you....

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Creating Accountability to Take Control of Runaway Unstructured Data Growth
Symantec Corp. | 15 Mar 2012 | 0 comments

By Anil Chakravarthy, Senior Vice President, Storage and Availability Management Group

Today we announced the latest version of Symantec Data Insight.

Since Symantec acquired Veritas Software in 2004, we’ve had one clear and focused goal – to help our customers manage and protect their information. This is what keeps us up at night.

The creation of Data Insight was a natural innovation and outgrowth of the acquisition. It demonstrates innovation and integration across Symantec’s security and storage portfolio. For those of you not familiar with Data Insight, the solution improves information governance by providing intelligence into ownership and usage of unstructured data – including files such as documents, presentations, spreadsheets and emails.

In order to manage and protect data, organizations need to know what the data is, who owns it and how...

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Mobility: Rising to the Challenge
Symantec Corp. | 21 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

By Patricia Titus, Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer

Everywhere you go these days, you see smartphones and tablets. There’s no question that these incredible devices have transformed our lives and made it easier than ever to conduct business and access corporate information. From accessing email in the airport to video conferencing at home, mobile devices are enabling more people to be more productive in more places.

Mobility Has Become Mainstream

Smartphones – and, to an increasing extent, tablets – have officially arrived as a bona fide business tool. A majority of organizations (59 percent, according to Symantec’s recent State of Mobility Survey) are now making line-of-business apps available remotely. In addition, 71 percent are even considering the creation of a corporate app “store.” Why? It has to do with IT agility. Given the pace of business today, the ability to react quickly...

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Driving Growth with a Relentless Focus on Information Protection
fdesouza | 21 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

 

One of about the things I enjoy most in my role is the opportunity to engage with our customers about the challenges they're facing on a daily basis.  Over the past few months they have raised a number of issues that mirror what we are seeing on a macro level.  While trends like cloud, virtualization and mobility offer great promise, companies around the world are struggling with the new challenges they present. 

And all too often, companies are afraid to take advantage of opportunities in front of them.  The same innovations that offer such promise also create risk and complexity.  

That's why protection is such a powerful thing.  It gives you the confidence to be bold and take calculated risks.  And that confidence is important in a world that is radically changing for companies today.  

To enable our customers to take advantages of the opportunities brought on by things like big data and...

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Symantec files patent infrigement lawsuits
Symantec Corp. | 14 Feb 2012 | 0 comments

Symantec recently filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Acronis and yesterday filed suit against Veeam Software.  Symantec invests deeply in its research and development in order to provide its customers with innovative technologies.  Acronis and Veeam unlawfully leverage Symantec patented technologies in their respective backup and replication products.  This free riding on Symantec is wrong and Symantec has filed these lawsuits to protect its intellectual property.  The filed complaints are provided in the attached documents.

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The Information Governance Balancing Act: A Firm Hand, or a Light Touch?
Brian Dye | 16 Jan 2012 | 0 comments

All around us we see examples of the balance between control and freedom. Too much governmental control means you have little say in your life, but too little results in anarchy. Children need structure to keep from running wild, but provide too much and they fail to develop key social and other life skills.

This same tug-of-war plays out when it comes to managing corporate information. Employees usually want to be able to access information anywhere, on any device, with infinite retention. The business typically wants to keep that information locked down to prevent loss of customer data and resulting brand damage. Legal in many cases wants to minimize information retention to reduce long term liability. Complicating this situation is that all three groups look at “the information” in different ways, and in many cases have poor visibility to the information altogether.

Striking the right balance between freedom and control, between retention and...

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IT Predictions for 2012: A Q&A with Francis deSouza
Gina Sheibley | 09 Jan 2012 | 2 comments

 

In 2011, corporate information emerged as the most coveted asset in the cybercrime war, the vast amount of digital information in the world grew even more rapidly and the surge in mobile devices in the workplace added another layer of complexity for IT executives.

So what's next?  I sat down with Francis deSouza, Symantec's Group President of Enterprise Products and Services, to get a sense of the challenges CIOs will face in their quest to keep their information secure and accessible in 2012.  Following is a recap of our discussion including a few key predictions to consider as you plan for the year ahead: 

Question 1:Francis, you spend a lot of time with our customers.  What challenges do they face in the year ahead?

Francis deSouza: As...

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Gartner: Symantec Leader in Archiving for Eight Years Straight and More to Come
Brian Dye | 16 Dec 2011 | 0 comments

More than ever, archiving is a vital part of how a company manages its information, both to save money on storage and prepare for eDiscovery or other investigations. In the past, most businesses have focused archiving efforts on archiving on-premise data sources, especially email. Organizations today need to archive a large variety of data sources, including email, documents and communications that may reside in the cloud (such as social media content). Organizations are looking for vendors who cannot only archive from the cloud but who offer a choice of deploying the archive itself on-premise, in the cloud or as a hybrid of the two. As such, archiving continues to increase in its importance and is an indispensable tool for information governance as the organization’s information extends beyond the firewall.

Each year Gartner evaluates...

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