AUSTRALIA, Sydney - 30 January 2007 - Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Altiris, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRS), a leading provider of IT management ...

Symantec's acquisition of Altiris should bolster its position and leverage its strengths on the enterprise endpoint. Symantec helps businesses protect their endpoints with leading security, compliance ...

A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend a very interesting event, Symantec/Altiris ManageFusion. I was briefed on a new version of Symantec's Backup Exec System Recovery (BESR) 7.0 and ...

If you had any questions about whether Symantec is serious about taking on Microsoft for the right to secure and manage the desktop, you can put them to rest right now. Symantec today made a statement ...

I've just been speaking to one of the guys from Altiris, and he told me that Symantec is due to announce a new Altiris/Symantec product in the coming weeks. Symantec bought the SOA management company ...

John Breeden II is an award-winning reviewer with more than 20 years of experience covering technology. Follow him on Twitter @TheLabGuys. The Symantec Altiris 7.5 suite is a complex series of ...

Symantec Corp. will acquire Altiris Inc., a maker of asset management software for mobile devices and other hardware, for $830 million, the companies said Monday. Symantec said it will merge ...

Symantec announced Monday that it plans to acquire IT management software company Altiris, in a deal valued at approximately $830 million. Altiris, based in Lindon, Utah, develops software designed to ...

The Cupertino, Calif. company will pay US$830 million – about US$33 per share of Altiris common stock – for the Lindon, Utah firm. The purchase should better Symantec’s standpoint in the ...

Symantec Corp. on Thursday branched out of its roots in security to offer IT process automation software gained through its acquisitions of Altiris Inc. and Transparent Logic Technologies Inc.

Security vendor Symantec has signed a definitive agreement to acquire asset management vendor Altiris. In a statement, Symantec said that the cash deal would value Altiris at about $830m. The deal is ...

A rumored sell off of the Symantec Altiris unit is prompting some questions about the company's mobile security and endpoint management strategy, but industry experts say a sell off may not signal any ...