Symantec and Beyond.com Launch Canadian Online Software Store

New Store Makes It Easy For Symantec Customers To Shop Online

TORONTO, Ont. - Nov. 19, 1999 - Symantec Canada today announced a new online Canadian software shop created and managed by Internet superstore Beyond.com - furthering Symantec's initiative to create an easy Internet shopping experience for its customers.

Symantec's new Canadian online store, located at http://ca.symantecstore.com will offer Canadian customers all of the advantages of shopping online. According to a recent Angus Reid survey on e-commerce, a vast majority (90 per cent) of Canadian online shoppers have an appetite for Canadian websites to make purchases, but end up going elsewhere due to a lack of Canadian sites. Now Canadian customers can enjoy the convenience of using Canadian currency when purchasing their Symantec products, as well as being offered the choice of both English and French sites. The French language site is located at http://cafr.symantecstore.com.

"This joint initiative between Symantec and Beyond.com means Canadian consumers can feel completely at ease ordering our products over the Internet," said Chris Monnette, General Manager of Symantec Canada. "Consumers can purchase our products in the language they prefer and won't need to worry about any currency conversions. We've streamlined the ordering process while making the web site incredibly easy to navigate."

Symantec and Beyond.com designed the Canadian store so that it is easy for customers to navigate and find the information they need to make optimal software purchase decisions. The design of the online software store is based on customer feedback and features Symantec's full range of products made available by packaged delivery and digital download. Round-the-clock telephone and online support, as well as a 60-day, money-back guarantee on all products are also convenient features. The store will also host areas that are dedicated to specific customers such as small business, power and Macintosh users.

"As a leading software reseller on the Internet, Beyond.com has a proven track record in creating and operating online stores successfully giving customers an easy Internet shopping experience," said Mark Breier, president and chief executive officer at Beyond.com. "We now handle online software orders for four of the top eight software publishers as determined by Soft·letter and operate commercial web sites on behalf of several e-commerce partners, including Compaq and 3Com Corporation."

About Beyond.com
Beyond.com sells commercial, off-the-shelf software to the government, enterprise, corporate and consumer markets, offering its customers a better place to buy software. Visitors to the company's online store http://www.beyond.com enjoy a comprehensive selection of software backed by customer service and competitive pricing. Beyond.com offers more than 1.6 million software and other digital products, including software stock-keeping units (SKUs) for online purchase from such major publishers as Adobe Systems Inc., IBM/Lotus Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., and Symantec Corp; hardware; computing devices; and digital images in different file formats, including jpeg, gif and mpf through a strategic marketing alliance with IMSI. The company has established strategic marketing alliances with America Online Inc., Excite@Home, CNET Inc., Compaq Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Netscape Communications Corp., Xoom.com Inc., Yahoo! Inc. and ZDNet. Additionally, Beyond.com offers software publishers, hardware manufacturers and systems OEMs e-commerce solutions including publishers transaction processing, physical and electronic order fulfillment, customer support, site design consultation, marketing support and reporting. The company has applied for federal registration of the marks BEYOND.COM and BEYOND DOT COM. Beyond.com Corporation trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ("BYND"). More information on the company can be found in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC").

About Symantec in Canada:
With 250 employees, Symantec's Canadian operations are headquartered in Toronto with offices in Montreal, Ottawa and Vancouver. For information on Symantec products or current promotions, contact the Canadian office at (416) 441-3676 or access Symantec's Canadian Web Site. Symantec is an active member of the Canadian Alliance Against Software Theft (CAAST).

About Symantec
Symantec is the world leader in utility software for business and personal computing. Symantec products and solutions help make users productive and keep their computers safe and reliable anywhere and anytime. Symantec offers a broad range of solutions and is acclaimed as a leader in both customer satisfaction and product brand recognition. Symantec is traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC. More information on the company and its products can be obtained at www.symantec.com.

Founded in 1982, the company's global operations span North America, Europe, Japan and several fast growing markets throughout Asia Pacific and Latin America. Traded on Nasdaq under the symbol SYMC, Symantec Corporation is based in Cupertino, Calif., and employs more than 2,000 people. Information on the company and its products can be obtained by calling (800) 441-7234 toll free, (541) 334-6054 or accessed on the World Wide Web.

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