Symantec Connect is a pro-active and solutions oriented website. This is one forum that different IT professionals are sharing valuable knowledge voluntarily thus solved threads are treated like holy grails as per one of our administrators. Many a times we see the solutions by browsing the different topics available that is why the leadership is discouraging comments that are non-technical or not helpful to other readers. But what is helpful or informative and what is not? That is a question that I usually ask myself when contributing to this site. Does an affirmative comment praising a fellow community member on a specific comment not helpful? Well, some of our replies had been deleted due to that.

What if we are urge to comment due to a solution that helped us or moved us? what then shall we do? I was told that the thumbs up option would be used for this respond and you can do that once per issue or discussed blog. Our forum's admins has a lot of...

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Symantec announced the recipients of  the Symantec Research Labs (SRL) Graduate Fellowship for 2009. After an extensive selection process, the Symantec Research Labs team has identified Kevin Butler, Marco Cova and Polo Chau to receive full one-year fellowships covering 100 percent of tuition and fees, along with a competitive stipend to fund ongoing research in their respective areas of expertise. The SRL Graduate Fellowship program is currently in its third year and has played a strong role in Symantec’s efforts to develop innovative solutions to today’s challenges. Past recipients of the SRL Graduate Fellowship have made substantial contributions to our market-leading products, prestigious industry groups and the academic community. The program is one of several efforts we undertake with top U.S....