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in this suite are the latest complete versions of five of our products: Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Norton
CleanSweep, Norton CrashGuard and Norton Web Services. Norton SystemWorks is based on proprietary
technologies that work together to integrate these five Symantec products. Versions of Norton SystemWorks run on
the Windows 95 and Windows 98 operating systems.
Norton Ghost is designed to allow easy roll out of new personal computers in a corporate environment by speeding and
simplifying the disk cloning process. Norton Ghost reduces the time to install a typical 300 megabyte Windows 95
system, without requiring operator input. Multiple workstations may be installed simultaneously. This software gives
administrators the ability to store an image on another hard drive, network drive, CD-ROM, JAZ or ZIP drive and
supports FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HPFS, UNIX and Novell file systems. Versions of Norton Ghost run on
DOS, yet can handle Windows 95 and Windows NT long file names, NTFS partitions, OS/2 extended attributes and
OS/2 boot manager partitions.
Norton CleanSweep is designed to remove unneeded software programs and files from a user’s hard drive. The
software removes unneeded Internet files, cleans thoroughly yet safely, speeds hard drive cleanup and makes file
removal easy. Versions of Norton CleanSweep run on the Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows NT operating
systems.
Norton Web Services is designed to deliver an online subscription-based service site that downloads Norton
technology to Windows 95 and Windows 98 users via an Internet connection. Norton Web Services features our
LiveUpdate Pro, a service that is designed to locate and install patches, updates and drivers specific to users’ installed
hardware and software. VitalCheck is designed to ensure that critical system components are problem free.
Norton 2000 is designed to address the three main Year 2000 issues for desktop personal computers:
• hardware problems, such as the computer’s basic input/output system, or BIOS;
• commercial off-the-shelf application compliance; and
• end user created data.
It includes a BIOS testing and fixing component, as well as a data-scanning component that discovers Year 2000
problems in spreadsheets and database files. Norton 2000 will also audit installed applications on each personal
computer against a database of Year 2000 compliant applications, as reported by each vendor. Our LiveUpdate
technology ensures that the user’s application database is kept current. Norton 2000 for the consumer runs on the
Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT operating systems. In addition to the features of Norton 2000 for the
consumer, our Norton 2000 Corporate Edition provides a comprehensive solution for desktop and laptop computers in
distributed computing environments. It integrates with Norton System Center to provide single-console administration.
Norton 2000 Corporate Edition provides detailed reporting and administrative options to help track the remediation
effort of a user’s organization. Norton 2000 Corporate Edition runs on the Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98
and Windows NT operating systems.
Remote Productivity Solutions
Our Remote Productivity Solutions business unit focuses on helping information systems/information technology, or
IS/IT, organizations reduce the expense of supporting remote workers. This business unit focuses on the need of
corporate helpdesk and support organizations to handle more efficiently the additional work required to support mobile
workers, telecommuters and remote offices. Net revenues from this business unit were approximately 39%, 41% and
37% of our net revenues for fiscal 1999, 1998 and 1997, respectively.
pcANYWHERE is designed to offer secure, reliable, fast and flexible point-to-point remote computing via a multitude
of communications media including Internet, serial, local area network, ISDN, cable modems and infrared.
pcANYWHERE enables users to control and transfer data to and from a host PC from another remote PC. The remote
PC, laptop or PC terminal controls the operation of the often distant host PC. In addition to enabling a remote user to
run a distant PC, pcANYWHERE allows users at the host machine to view the operations being conducted from the
remote site. Versions of this software support Windows, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows CE or
MS-DOS applications. pcANYWHERE also provides a pcANYWHERE JAVA client, a Netscape browser plug-in
and an Internet Explorer ActiveX control.
WinFax PRO is designed to enable users to send, receive and manage faxes. WinFax PRO provides background faxing,
which allows users to continue working on other applications while sending or receiving a fax. WinFax PRO can send
faxes via the Internet or a regular phone line, using enhanced fax compression, increasing the speed at which faxes are