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adopting cloud, virtualization, and mobile technologies to reduce the cost of their IT infrastructures and enhance
access to their information. Our broad portfolio of capabilities positions us to also capitalize on our key growth
initiatives in cloud, virtualization and mobile technologies.
•Cloud-based computing services: We have a broad portfolio of cloud-delivered solutions, from SaaS
security to online backup and archiving. For customers adopting public and private cloud-based solutions,
we offer a protection platform that ensures information remains secure.
•Virtualization capabilities: Our leading backup, security, and storage management solutions can be
deployed in both physical and virtual environments. Through a single management console, customers
can secure, manage, and backup their virtual environments from the datacenter to the endpoint.
•Mobility solutions: Our enterprise mobility solutions extend corporate security policies to personally
owned devices, allowing employees to bring their own device to work without compromising information
security. Our consumer solutions deliver unique services for smart phones and tablets, combining anti-
theft features with powerful anti-malware to protect users’ important data from loss, theft, viruses, and
other threats.
Business Developments and Highlights
During fiscal 2012, we took the following actions in support of our business strategy:
• We released new solutions for mobile management to extend native controls to activate, secure, and
manage Apple iOS devices. We shipped data loss prevention (“DLP”) for Tablets to extend DLP software
to new mobile endpoints. We delivered nine new mobile solutions for consumers to protect information
against top of mind concerns such as anti-theft, identity protection, and safe web searching for mobile
devices.
• We released new solutions for the cloud such as O3 Cloud Identity and Access Control which leverages
an enterprise’s existing identity infrastructure to enable single sign-on across multiple web applications.
We delivered a variety of SaaS offerings including cloud-based solutions for endpoint protection, backup,
and archiving.
• We released new solutions for Small and Medium Businesses (“SMB”) including backup software
featuring a simplified user interface designed for the growing business and enterprise-class threat
detection technologies with simple-to-use features and performance improvements.
• We released new solutions for the enterprise. NetBackup delivers backup, recovery, and deduplication
software providing faster backup speeds, Snapshot management, and simplified search and recovery
functionality. We shipped a backup appliance that protects virtual and physical systems and is fully
integrated with deduplication technology. Backup Exec is deployable in virtualized environments.
Endpoint protection secures against today’s sophisticated threats for both physical and virtual
environments. We delivered storage management software allowing customers to use their existing
infrastructure to build and manage resilient private clouds that span multiple virtualization technologies,
operating systems, and storage platforms. We jointly developed with VMware Application High
Availability enabling organizations to virtualize their business critical applications with service levels at
or above traditional physical environments. Data Insight is software to track ownership and usage of
unstructured data in large enterprise environments.
• We released new solutions for the consumer that allows customers to purchase and manage security for
multiple devices and platforms all from a single cloud-based console with the help of dedicated support
advisors. We shipped comprehensive protection across multiple devices and platforms such as Android,
Windows, and Macintosh. We delivered new versions of our Norton 360, Norton Internet Security, and
Norton AntiVirus, the industry’s leading security for Windows and Mac’s along with a new version of
Norton Online Backup and a portfolio of mobile protection applications.
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