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News Release Symantec Signs Procurement Agreement with Canadian Government Symantec Awarded Government-Wide Standing Offer CUPERTINO, Calif. - April 5, 2000 -- Symantec Corporation (Nasdaq: SYMC), a leading provider of Internet Security technology, today announced it has signed a procurement agreement, known as a Departmental Individual Standing Offer (DISO) with Public Works and Government Services Canada. This agreement will allow government departments, agencies and wholly owned government corporations to access Symantec products at pre-negotiated pricing, terms and conditions. This DISO agreement, number E60ET-9-0030/001/ET, allows the Canadian Federal Government, departments, agencies, departmental and crown corporations to procure Commercial Off the Shelf Software (COTS) products through December 31, 2001. "This procurement agreement represents a major accomplishment for Symantec," said Chris Monnette, Canadian General Manager for Symantec. "We feel this contract further illustrates Symantec's commitment to customers in the public sector and showcases the need for our products in this arena." Consideration for this type of agreement includes providing documentation outlining at least 10 awarded contracts for the purchase of the company's products by the various government entities. The DISO includes Symantec's enterprise focused products, including content security, anti-virus, remote control and disk cloning software. Government employees will be able to purchase these products through seven authorized resellers: GE Capital Information Technology Solutions Inc.; SoftChoice Corporation; Sensible Security Solutions; Software Spectrum; Software House International; Les Enterprises 3-Soft Inc. and EDS Innovations. For more information on DISO, please visit the following Software Acquisition Reference Centre url: http://software.pwgsc.gc.ca/home-e.cfm
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