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News Releases - 1999
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- December 31, 1999
- Symantec Announces Completion Of
SalesLogix Acquisition Of Act!
- December 20, 1999
- Symantec Appoints Phil Solk as
Vice President, Professional Services
- Symantec and Network Associates
Settle Litigation
- December 14, 1999
- U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Standardizes on Symantec Solutions
- December 13, 1999
- Symantec's Internet Tools Established as Independent Company
- Norton Ghost For Netware Reduces Total Cost Of Ownership On Netware Servers
- December 7, 1999
- USC Selects Norton AntiVirus to Protect Campus-Wide Network
- Unique Computer Virus Can Be Continually Updated By Virus Writer From Central Location
- December 1, 1999
- New Strains af The Explorezip and Melissa Virus Actively Spread Through Fortune 500 Companies
- November 22, 1999
- Symantec millenNium action response team offers y2k protection, support, and peace of mind
- New Computer Virus Spreads by E-Mail and Triggers on Christmas Day
- November 18, 1999
- Symantec solutions dominate Home Office Computing list of year¹s top picks
- November 16, 1999
- Omni Tech Corporation Reduces Customer Installation Cost; Purchases 100,000 Seats Of Norton Ghost
- November 12, 1999
- New Computer Virus Attacks Windows NT File Security Settings
- November 10, 1999
- Symantec and HP Integrate pcAnywhere With New HP OpenView Desktop Administrator
- November 9, 1999
- ZDTV to Launch New Show: "CyberCrime" to Highlight Online Security and Privacy Issues
- November 1, 1999
- Symantec-Microsoft Partnership Makes Norton AntiVirus 2000 Free to Small, Mid-Sized Businesses for Limited Time
- Norton Utilities for Macintosh 5.0, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 6.0 Compatible with Mac OS 9
- October 26, 1999
- Mobile Essentials Personal Edition Available Free To Public
- October 25, 1999
- Symantec Alliances To Deliver Internet-Based Content Security Solutions To Homes And Businesses
- Symantec Provides Power Users Fast And Effective Solution To Optimize Windows Nt Volumes
- October 20, 1999
- Symantec Announces Record Second Fiscal Quarter Results
- October 19, 1999
- Norton Antivirus For Firewalls 1.5 Eliminates Internet Viruses On IBM, CVP Firewalls Before They Enter Corporate Network
- October 18, 1999
- Symantec First To Provide Cure For Melissa Variant Computer Virus
- Symantec's Norton Internet Security First Product To Give Pc Users Complete Internet Protection
- Symantec Partners With E-Commerce Leaders To Give Consumers Easier Access To Upgrades And "How To" Information
- October 13, 1999
- Symantec Named Vendor Of The Year From Buy.Com
- Cuna Mutual Group Chooses Symantec's Family Of Corporate Software Solutions
- Norton SystemWorks Honored By Leading Latin America Publication
- October 11, 1999
- Quality Integration Services, Inc. Purchases 150,000 Seat License From Symantec
- October 6, 1999
- Symantec Appoints Donald E. Frischmann As Vice President Worldwide Communications And Brand Management
- October 1, 1999
- Symantec Delivers Cutting-Edge Anti-Virus Technology With Striker32
- September 29, 1999
- Market Scan Information Systems Selects Symantec's Norton Helpdesk Assistant To Reduce Support Costs
- September 27, 1999
- Soft·letter Names Symantec One Of Ten Best Online Software Stores
- September 23, 1999
- Norton Antivirus 2000 Named Computer Shopper Best Buy
- September 15, 1999
- Chevron To Deploy Norton Speed Disk On 30,000 Machines Worldwide
- September 14, 1999
- Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition 7.0 Automatically Protects Corporations Against Malicious Virus Attacks
- Symantec System Center Provides Systems And Policy Management For Norton Antivirus Enterprise Solution
- September 9, 1999
- Norton AntiVirus 2.0 For Microsoft Exchange Keeps Groupware Environments Safe From Virus Threats
- September 2, 1999
- Symantec-IBM Collaboration Yields Breakthrough Automated Macro Virus Analysis/Repair Technology
- September 1, 1999
- Norton Antivirus Products Among First To Achieve ICSA Cleaning Certification
- Symantec Teams with EarthLink in Promotional Offer to Provide Internet Users with the Ultimate in PC Security, Reliability, and Usability
- Symantec, Dale Carnegie Training Deliver 11-Step Sales Development Cycle
- August 31, 1999
- Symantec Donates 15,000 Copies of Mobile Essentials 2.0 to Mexico's Monterrey Institute of Technology
- August 30, 1999
- Norton Ghost 6.0 Reduces Time to Recover, Install and Maintain PCs Across Enterprise
- Norton SystemWorks 2000 Sets The Pace For Utility Suites
- Dayton Hudson Corporation Turns to Symantec to Protect Network and Reduce Remote Worker Cost
- August 24, 1999
- Getronicswang, Peoplesoft And Siemens Westinghouse Turn To Symantec To Keep Networks Safe
- August 23, 1999
- Symantec Announces Next Generation Intelligent Web Filtering Technology
- Norton CleanSweep 2000 Eliminates Messy Internet Buildup With One Mouse Click,
Award-Winning Utility Recovers Hard Drive Clutter Caused by Web Surfing
- Norton Antivirus 2000 Automatically Protects Against Internet And Email-Borne Viruses
- Norton Utilities 2000 Makes Computer Maintenance and Repair Easy and Fast
- August 19, 1999
- pcAnywhere 9.0 Distinguished As Analyst Choice By PC Week
- August 16, 1999
- TalkWorks PRO 3.0 Manages Voice/Fax Communications to Give Small Businesses a More ProfessionalImage
- Symantec Announces New Channel Program for Latin America
- August 12, 1999
- Symantec Norton Antivirus Sales Outpace Overall Industry Growth For 1998
- August 11, 1999
- Symantec and HP Marketing Agreement Puts Mobile Essentials on HP CD in American Airlines Admirals Clubs
- August 10, 1999
- Symantec Online Support Site Named Among Best In U.S.A.
- August 9, 1999
- Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Number One in U.S. Retail Sales for First Half of 1999, Says PC Data
- August 4, 1999
- Symantec Adds IBM Neural Network Boot Detection Technology to Norton Antivirus
- University of California, Davis Selects Norton Antivirus After Extensive Software Evaluation
- August 2, 1999
- Symantec-IBM Partnership Puts Mobile Essentials 2.0 on Selected ThinkPad Notebooks
- Norton Ghost Disk Cloning Tools Now Available for Power Users
- Symantec Introduces First Utility to Completely Optimize Windows NT Volumes Online
- July 21, 1999
- Symantec Leads U.S. Retail Software Sales Once Again
- July 21, 1999
- Symantec Announces Record First Fiscal Quarter Results
- Symantec Announces Internet Centric Strategy Focused on Content Security and Remote Device Management
- Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh v6.0 Keeps Macs Virus-Free
- New Norton Utilities for Macintosh v5.0 Keeps Macs Running at Peak Performance Levels
- July 14, 1999
- Symantec and Beyond.com Launch U.S. Online Software Store
- July 12, 1999
- Symantec First to Provide Immediate Cure for Back Orifice 2000 Trojan Horse
- July 1, 1999
- Symantec's Mobile Essentials Decreases Costs of Supporting Mobile Professionals as IT Creates, Administers Location Profiles
- Symantec VisualCafé once again leads sales of Java Development Solutions
- June 23, 1999
- Mobile Workers Can Now Enjoy Benefits of Symantec's
Award-Winning WinFax PRO with Release of WinFax for Palm Computing® Devices
- Symantec and Tivoli Provide Comprehensive Y2K Management Solution
- Norton 2000 2.0 the Best Way to Help Consumers, Small Businesses
Protect Themselves Against Y2K Problems
- File Recovery Easy for Norton Utilities Users Hit By Worm.ExploreZip
- June 22, 1999
- Symantec is Number One in U.S. Software Sales for Second Consecutive Month
- June 21, 1999
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus Bundled with Intel Motherboards
- June 16, 1999
- Norton AntiVirus Named 1999 Software Product Of The Year By Windows Magazine
- June 15, 1999
- Symantec Announces Support for Sun's J2EE Specification
- Symantec Once Again Boosts the Performance of Java Applications
- Symantec VisualCafé™ Continues to Lead Sales of Java Development Tools
- Symantec to Bundle Advanced UML Modeling Tool with it's VisualCafé Enterprise Suite
- June 14, 1999
- Symantec's pcAnywhere 9.0 Reduces Remote Network Management and Support Costs
- Norton 2000 Corporate Edition 2.0 Eases Management Through Enhanced Administration, Improved Database Options
- Industry Leaders Join Forces To Deliver Secure Remote Communications Solution
- Symantec Offers Free Online Fix for Destructive Worm.ExploreZip Worm
- June 11, 1999
- Symantec's pcANYWHERE32 Receives Check Point Software OPSEC Certification
- June 10, 1999
- Symantec Plans to Establish Internet Tools Business Unit as Independent Internet Technology Company
- Symantec First to Provide Immediate Protection for High-Risk, Destructive Worm.ExploreZip Worm
- June 9, 1999
- Norton SystemWorks 2.0 and Norton AntiVirus 5.0 Win 1999 World Class Awards from PC World
- June 8, 1999
- Procomm Customers Receive Free Standard Care Support From Symantec
- June 7, 1999
- Kaiser Permanente Selects Norton Ghost as Part of Y2K Compliancy Strategy
- LandAmerica Financial Group Chooses Symantec Corporate Solutions to Improve Virus Defense, Network Efficiency and User Productivity and Support
- Symantec Data Recovery Service Helps Businesses Recover From Disasters
- June 1, 1999
- Anti-Virus in 1999 - Time to Review
- Symantec Announces New Global License Program
- May 26, 1999
- Free Net Nanny Filtering Software Offered with Norton Utilities 4.0 During Six Week On-line Retail Promotion
- May 24, 1999
- IONA Technologies and Symantec Corporation Bring CORBA-EJB Middleware to Visual Café Enterprise
- Symantec is the Leader in U.S. Retail Software Sales
- Symantec Unveils Strategy for Rapidly Building Web-based Applications With Enterprise JavaBeans Technology
- May 20, 1999
- Symantec First to Deliver Repair for PowerPoint Viruses, Including O97M.Tristate Cross-Infecting Microsoft Office Macro Virus
- May 17, 1999
- Preview Release of Mobile Essentials 2.0 now Available for Free Download
- Symantec Announces Product Support for Windows 2000
- May 13, 1999
- Symantec Makes Safe Migration to MS Office 2000 Affordable through Special Promotion on Norton SystemWorks, Norton Utilities
- Symantec's VisualCafé Wins Network Computing's 1999 Well-Connected Award.
- May 12, 1999
- IONA Technologies and Symantec Corporation Bring CORBA-EJB Middleware to Visual Café Enterprise
- May 11, 1999
- Symantec Unveils Digital Immune System Strategy for Unprecedented Level of Managed, Intelligent Protection and Control
- pcANYWHERE32 Continues to Outperform Competitors as Home Office Computing Names It "Best Buy"
- May 10, 1999
- Symantec Offers Mobile WinFax for Palm Computing Platform
- May 3, 1999
- Symantec VisualCafé versions 3.0 and 3.0a pass rigorous Y2K testing at ZDTag
- Symantec Appoints Robin Matlock VP of Product Management
- April 28, 1999
- Norton Antivirus 5.0 Wins Prestigious Secure Computing Award
- April 28, 1999
- Symantec's TalkWorks PRO Named Editor's Choice by Computer Telephony Magazine
- April 19, 1999
- Symantec Announces Anti-Virus Uninstaller Technology to Help Companies Break Free from Subscription-Based Licenses
- April 15, 1999
- Symantec Announces Record Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Fiscal Year 1999
- April 14, 1999
- Symantec Corporation Appoints John W. Thompson, Senior IBM Executive, as President, CEO and Chairman
- April 13, 1999
- Norton Solutions Sweep Editors' Choice Awards in Annual PC Magazine Utility Product Face-Off
- April 12, 1999
- Mobile Essentials Helps Mobile Professionals Quickly Adjust to New Locations
- Symantec and AVT RightFAX Software Group Team Up to Integrate WinFax PRO 9.0 With the RightFAX V6.0 Fax Server Product Line
- Symantec Announces Alliance with HP to Expand Internet Business Opportunities
- April 5, 1999
- Small Business Computing "Highly Recommends" One Y2K Product-Norton 2000
- Symantec Guards Groupware Environments with Norton AntiVirus 2.0 for Lotus Notes/Domino
- April 1, 1999
- Symantec and IBM Global Services Join Forces to Help Companies Hit by W97M.Melissa Virus
- RadioShack and Symantec Announce Software Alliance
- March 31, 1999
- Symantec Offers Free Norton AntiVirus for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes to Companies at Risk from Melissa Virus
- Remedy, Intel and Symantec Integrate Industry-Leading Solutions to Create IT Service Management Platform
- Symantec Posts New Virus Definitions to Guard Against Variants of Melissa Virus
- March 30, 1999
- Symantec Completes Quarterdeck Acquisition
- March 29, 1999
- Symantec Protects Users From New Melissa Macro Virus
- March 23, 1999
- Norton 2000 Named Best End-User Software at FOSE '99
- Symantec and Remedy Corporation Partner to Deliver pcANYWHERE Integration
- Symantec and Mercury Interactive Announce Testing Solution for Smooth Deployment of VisualCafé Applications
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- March 22, 1999
- Symantec Announces Stock Buy Back
- March 19, 1999
- Symantec Detects and Eliminates Recent Pentium III Serial Number Exploit
- March 16, 1999
- Aramark, Commonwealth Edison, BankBoston and Texas Utilities Rely on Symantec to Provide Anti-Virus Protection
- March 15, 1999
- Symantec Emerges from European Anti-Virus Market Consolidation as Leading Vendor in Retail
- New Norton 2000 Package Addresses Y2K Needs of Small Businesses
- Symantec™ and California State University, San Marcos Kick Off Their Series of VisualCafé™ for Java Training Seminars
- March 11, 1999
- Symantec Emerges from European Anti-Virus Market Consolidation as Leading Vendor in Retail
- Symantec Strengthens Management Team with Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Promotions
- Electronic Greeting Cards are Safe; Blue Mountain and Symantec Expose Virus Hoax
- March 8, 1999
- Symantec and InstallShield Software Corporation Form Partnership to Deliver Software Registration Solutions
- Independent Research Shows Network Associates' Customers Are At Risk From Potential Virus Infection
- March 4, 1999
- Symantec ships VisualCafé Enterprise Suite
- March 2, 1999
- Symantec Increases Cost Savings for Macintosh Customers with Utility Software Bundle
- Symantec Leads Retail Software Market During 1998
- March 1, 1999
- Symantec Recognizes Contribution of Electronic Commerce Partners to On-line Growth
- Symantec Announces Norton SystemWorks 2.0
- Norton AntiVirus the Only Office 2000-Ready AV Solution
- February 26, 1999
- Symantec's Norton Mobile Essentials Wins Prestigious Award at Mobile Insights 99'
- February 22, 1999
- Symantec's Norton Ghost Outperforms Imagecast in Ziff-Davis Independent Lab Tests
- Symantec's Norton HelpDesk Assistant Reduces Support Costs
- February 17, 1999
- Norton SystemWorks Bests McAfee Office to Earn Place on Windows Magazine WinList
- February 16, 1999
- Symantec Completes First Phase of IBM U.S. Anti-Virus Customer Transition Program
- New Norton Utilities 4.0 the Most Effective, Intelligent Problem-Solving Tool Yet
- Symantec Introduces The #1 Award-Winning Disk Cleaning Utility As Part of Trusted Norton Family
- February 9, 1999
- Norton AntiVirus for OS/2 Detects, Eliminates Virus Threats on OS/2 Workstations
- February 1, 1999
- Symantec Norton 2000 Only Y2K Solution to be Named to Windows Magazine WinList
- January 27, 1999
- Symantec Expands Management Team with Vice President Promotions
- January 26, 1999
- Symantec Named Best Software Partner for 1998 by Merisel
- January 25, 1999
- Symantec Norton 2000 Beats Six Competitors to be Named Reviewer's Choice by Government Computer News
- January 21, 1999
- Norton SystemWorks Continues to Set the Pace in Retail Sales
- Symantec to Expand Management Team for Next Phase of Growth
- January 19, 1999
- Norton AntiVirus Chosen As Key Component in IBM e-Business Security Solution
- January 18, 1999
- Symantec's Norton AntiVirus Easily Outmatches Competition in PC World "Best Buy" Roundup for Second Consecutive Year
- January 14, 1999
- Symantec's Norton Utilities and WinFax Pro Ace Competition for Fifth Consecutive Year in Readers' Choice Awards
- Oracle Standardizes on Symantec Corporate Solutions Worldwide
- January 13, 1999
- Symantec Offers Tivoli Customers a Free Upgrade to Norton Antivirus Plus, the Industry's First Certified Tivoli Ready Antivirus Solution
- January 12, 1999
- Norton SystemWorks Trounces McAfee Office in Product Face-Offs
- January 5, 1999
- Thousands of Norton AntiVirus 5.0 Customers Use Scan and Deliver for Speedy, Automatic File Analysis
- January 4, 1999
- Symantec VP of Worldwide Operations and CFO Resigns
- Tivoli and Symantec Announce Year 2000 Solution for Small to Medium Businesses
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