Symantec stories - Page 14

Ah, holidays. They inevitably mean you get spammed with malware and we get spammed with press releases from antivirus companies.

Symantec revitalizes strategy by splitting Chairman and CEO roles, appointing Dan Schulman as Chairman. Aims to boost customer value and innovation.

Symantec surpasses expectations with a 4% rise in Q3 revenue, reaching a record $1.79 billion despite market uncertainties.

Spammers may have already stolen up to 450,000 thousand pieces of personal information from infected devices worldwide in just two weeks.

Symantec's December intelligence report shows the sex/dating category made up a whopping 82.6% of all spam traffic.

In five years, companies will operate in a converged IT world of cloud, virtualisation and mobile computing where clouds are safe.

Michelle Amery takes the helm as Symantec's NZ Country Manager, poised to lead enterprise and consumer sectors from 1 January 2013.

Company introduces integrated backup and deduplication appliances, expanding on initial software and cloud solution offerings.

Norton 360 Multi-Device expands to Mac, offering up to 5-device protection including Android, but lacks iPhone/iPad support.

Opus taps Symantec for comprehensive endpoint protection across 3,000 global endpoints, praising ease of use, seamless migration, and competitive pricing.

The increasing awareness of cyber security issues and low awareness of smartphone security are creating an opportunity for resellers to create new business.

Symantec has launched the Backup Exec 3600 Appliance, offering a unified, cost-effective solution for virtual and physical backup and recovery systems.

Symantec has promoted Tim Bentley to regional sales director for Symantec.cloud across the Pacific, aiming to enhance market presence and fuel business growth.

Symantec achieves a record NZ$2.1 billion revenue in Q2 2013, reflecting solid growth ambitions and strong sector performance.

Symantec aims of joint venturing with NZ resellers to help cloud and managed services transition while maximising benefits of ultra fast broadband.

Symantec explores JVs with NZ resellers to aid cloud transition and benefit from ultra-fast broadband, starting with Australia before expanding further.

The new OSX.Crisis malware marks the end of Mac's security supremacy, targeting multiple platforms, including virtual machines.

Businesses in the energy sector are being targeted through a malicious Windows malware threat, deleting computer contents and preventing reboots.

Hackers use Olympics as a weapon for online fraud, with fake YouTube websites helping spammers take advantage.

Symantec is hoping to rev up partners focusing on the SMB market across Australia and New Zealand, with a new channel promotion.