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For most of our consumer products, we translate the documentation, software, and packaging into the local
language and prepare marketing programs tailored for each local market.
Security and Data Management
Our Security and Data Management segment focuses on providing large to small and medium-sized businesses
with solutions for compliance and security management, endpoint security, messaging management, and data
protection management software solutions that allow our customers to secure, provision, backup, and remotely
access their laptops, PCs, mobile devices, and servers. Our comprehensive solutions include virus protection and
content filtering, antispam, endpoint security, firewall and virtual private networking, or VPN, intrusion protection,
policy compliance, security management, managed security services, and early warning services. At the gateway
level, our products run on Windows NT», Solaris
TM
, and Linux»platforms. At the server level, our products operate
on Windows NT, UNIX», Linux, and other key server platforms. At the client level, our products run on the
Windows platform.
During fiscal 2007, our enterprise antivirus and backup products continued to experience increased compe-
tition as negotiations for new and renewal business were aggressive.
Our primary enterprise security solutions address the following areas:
Endpoint Security
Our security solutions enable organizations to evaluate, protect, and remediate both managed and unmanaged
systems as they connect to corporate assets. Integrated solutions, such as Symantec AntiVirus
TM
and Symantec
Client Security, include antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion prevention, and network access control tech-
nologies. Client machines, servers, and mobile devices are all protected by Symantec’s technologies.
Data Protection and Systems Management
Through solutions such as Backup Exec, pcAnywhere, and Ghost, Symantec enables customers to manage
their computing systems and devices, including backup, recovery, deployment, migration, data archiving, and help-
desk remote control.
Enterprise Messaging Management
Our Enterprise Messaging Solutions provide a common framework for customers to consistently enforce
content control policies across the enterprise, from email and instant messaging security to archiving. These
solutions are built on market-leading antispam, content filtering, policy management, and archiving and retention
technologies, allowing IT professionals to proactively prevent the risks of data leakage and policy violations while
rapidly and cost-effectively responding to e-Discovery requests. Products include Symantec Information Founda-
tion
TM
2007, Symantec Mail Security, and Symantec Enterprise Vault
TM
.
Compliance and Security Management
We provide solutions to help customers define, control, and govern their IT policies from a central location.
These solutions help organizations protect critical assets and reduce business risk by probing for network
vulnerabilities, monitoring threats in real-time, retaining logs for analysis, managing security incidents, and
demonstrating compliance with internal mandates and external regulations. Our solutions include Symantec
Control Compliance Suite, Symantec BindView
TM
Policy Manager, Symantec Security Information Manager, and
Symantec Enterprise Security Manager.
Managed Security Services
Symantec Managed Security Services are designed to allow enterprise IT organizations to cost-effectively
outsource their security management, monitoring, and response needs. Our comprehensive service offerings
leverage the knowledge of Internet security experts to protect the value of an organization’s networked assets and
infrastructure. We provide remote monitoring and management of vendor neutral firewall and VPN solutions; real-
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