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SYMANTEC CORPORATION
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued)
Note 10. Segment Information
As of March 30, 2012, our five reportable segments are the same as our operating segments and are as
follows:
Consumer: Our Consumer segment focuses on delivering internet security for PC’s, tablets and mobile
devices along with services such as online backup, online family protection and remote help to individual
users and home offices.
Security and Compliance: Our Security and Compliance segment focuses on providing large, medium,
and small-sized businesses with solutions for endpoint security and management, compliance, messaging
management, data loss prevention, encryption, managed security services, and authentication services.
These products allow our customers to secure, provision, and remotely manage their laptops, PC’s,
mobile devices, and servers. We also provide our customers with solutions delivered through our SaaS
and appliance security offerings.
Storage and Server Management: Our Storage and Server Management segment focuses on providing
large, medium, and small-sized businesses with storage and server management, backup, archiving,
eDiscovery, and data protection solutions across heterogeneous storage and server platforms, as well as
solutions delivered through our SaaS and appliance offerings.
Services: Our Services segment provides customers with implementation services and solutions
designed to assist them in maximizing the value of their Symantec software. Our offerings include
consulting, business critical services, and education.
Other: Our Other segment is comprised of sunset products and products nearing the end of their life
cycle. It also includes general and administrative expenses; amortization of intangible assets; impairment
of goodwill, intangible assets, and other long-lived assets; stock-based compensation; restructuring and
transition expenses; and certain indirect costs that are not charged to the operating segments described
above, such as interest income and expense.
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