Symantec 2014 Annual Report Download - page 85

Operating Segments and Products
Our current operating segments are strategic business units that offer different products and services
distinguished by customer needs. In the first quarter of fiscal 2014, we modified our segment reporting structure
to more readily match the new operating structure. The three operating segments are: User Productivity &
Protection, Information Security, and Information Management.
User Productivity & Protection
Symantec’s User Productivity & Protection segment focuses on making it simple for customers to be
productive and protected at home and at work. These products include our Norton solutions, endpoint security
and management, encryption, and mobile offerings.
Our Norton products help customers protect against increasingly complex threats and address the need for
identity protection, while also managing the rapid increase in mobile and digital data, such as personal financial
records, photos, music, and videos. Our endpoint security and management offerings support the evolving
endpoint, providing advanced threat protection while helping reduce cost and complexity. Our mobile solutions
help organizations secure corporate data while gaining visibility into and control of all mobile platforms and
enforcing security policies.
Information Security
Symantec’s Information Security segment protects organizations so they can securely conduct business
while leveraging new platforms and data. These products include Secure Socket Layer (“SSL”) Certificates,
authentication, mail and web security, data center security, data loss prevention, and information security
services offerings.
These products and services help our customers ensure their confidential information is secure wherever it
resides in the network path, from the user’s device to the data’s resting place. In doing so, these products protect
customer data from sophisticated threats such as advanced protection threats, malicious spam and phishing
attacks, malware, drive-by website infections, hackers, and cyber criminals. In addition, these products help to
prevent the loss of confidential data by insiders, and help customers achieve compliance with laws and
regulations. These solutions are delivered through various methods, such as software, appliance, SaaS, and
managed services.
Information Management
Symantec’s Information Management segment focuses on backup and recovery, archiving and eDiscovery,
storage and high availability solutions, helping to ensure that our customers’ IT infrastructure and mission-
critical applications are protected, managed and available.
Our products enable customers to reduce cost and complexity as we improve the way information is
managed through the ever-evolving cloud and virtualized environments. Our products are designed to ensure
successful backup, recovery, availability, eDiscovery and archiving of information, applications, and systems for
organizations ranging from small business to large enterprise.
Financial Information by Segment and Geographic Region
For information regarding our revenue by segment, revenue by geographical area, and property and
equipment by geographical area, see Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in this annual
report. For information regarding the amount and percentage of our revenue contributed by each of our segments
and our financial information, including information about geographic areas in which we operate, see Item 7,
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