Symantec 1996 Annual Report Download - page 11

While the personal computer has already been
many things in its brief lifetime–number cru n c h e r,
writing instrument, artistic tool, to name
a few–it is now evolving into what may be its
ultimate destiny: the personal communicator.
For whether the PC is at home, on our office
desktops, in our laps, or eventually on our wrists,
it is empowering us to make ourselves heard in
brand-new ways.
At Symantec, we continue to provide the
s o f t w a re that is enabling this historic transition
to occur. From remote-computing products to
contact-management software to new communi-
cations suites, we are offering users ever more
p owe rful and flexible ways to share ideas and
information.
Nowhere is this commitment more evident
than in our new Delrina products. By allow i n g
users to fax simply and reliably from a desktop
c o m p u t e r, to use familiar electronic forms to
automate an enterprise-wide business process,
and to access the Internet in powe rful ye t
unintimidating ways, our Wi n Fax Pro,Fo rm Fl ow,
and In t e r n et-enabled products, re s p e c t i ve l y,
a f f o r d people a newfound flexibility to be more
p ro d u c t i ve– and communicative–than they
ever thought possible.
To d a y, a growing number of business users
also need this kind of communication when
t h e y’re away from the office. Using notebook
computers to pre p a r e presentations and manage
their activities, they still need to remain connected
to the office. Sy m a n t e c ’s mark e t- l e a d i n g
p cA N YW H E R E s o f t w a re provides this vital link,
allowing users instant access to remote applica-
tions, files, email, and even printers. And with the
introduction in Nove m b e r1995 of Wi n d o ws 95
and Wi n d ows N T versions, an increasing number
of people are able to make these contacts no
matter where they are.
To help them stay in touch, Sy m a n t e c’s
a w a rd-winning AC T ! s o f t w a re integrates a full-
f e a t u r ed contact database with a powe rf u l
scheduling function to enable users to manage all
of their communications–from storing detailed
re c o rds of business conversations to maintaining a
list of upcoming meetings to preparing high-
quality documents and re p o rts. The most re c e n t
version of ACT! forWindows will support screen
s y n c h ronization in concert with the phone
c o m p a n y’s Caller I D c a p a b i l i t y, so users can have
contact information on their monitors instantly–
even before answering the phone.
All of Symantec’s efforts in communications
s o f t w a r e have a common objective: to help users
make their voices heard. Anytime. Anywhere. By
whatever means available.
Projecting our voices in new directions.