赛门铁克昨天收购了PC Tools！

嘁。不稀罕~

个人觉得产品共性很多，所以整合很困难，因此虽然PC Tools面向家庭消费，但是会独立运营，不会并入诺顿牌品，不过杀毒部分会不会和VB继续合作就难说了。不知道赛门铁克的战略，不过以后PC Tools是否继续提供一些免费的工具就很难说了。。。

链接：http://www.symantec.com/about/ne ... sp?prid=20080818_02

Symantec to Acquire PC Tools              
Symantec expands consumer portfolio to better enable and protect consumers’ digital life
              
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Aug. 18, 2008 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), today announced it has signed a definitive  agreement to acquire PC Tools,a global provider of innovative software products designed to protectthe privacy and security of Windows® computer users. The financialterms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. The transaction isexpected to close by the end of the calendar year and is subject tocustomary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

With the addition of PC Tools, Symantec will expand its consumerproduct portfolio to include award-winning PC utilities software andpoint security technologies. PC Tools will help Symantec expand itsreach with consumers in new emerging regional markets and will bring anarray of go-to-market capabilities, that have been effective withconsumers in many markets around the world.

“We are excited to welcome PC Tools into the Symantec consumerfamily and believe the combination of our two companies will provideadditional value and choice for consumers worldwide to better enableand protect their digital life," said Janice Chaffin, Symantec GroupPresident of Consumer Products. “By adding PC Tools, we build on themarket-leading success of Symantec’s consumer offerings and firmlyposition ourselves for continued incremental growth in a rapidlyexpanding market."

PC Tools will maintain separate operations within Symantec’sconsumer business unit, with Simon Clausen, PC Tools, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, leading the team and reporting to Janice Chaffin, SymantecGroup President of Consumer Products. PC Tools will continue to offertheir products under the PC Tools brand and serve its customers throughits existing partners and channels. PC Tools is a privately heldcompany headquartered in Australia, with offices in USA, UK, Irelandand the Ukraine. Their customers are located across the globe and theirproducts are available in more than 196 countries.

About Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage andsystems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secureand manage their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif.,Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information isavailable at www.symantec.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of U.S. federal securities laws, including expectationsregarding the operations of PC Tools and Symantec, that involve knownand unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results todiffer materially from those expressed or implied in this pressrelease. Actual results may differ materially from those contained inthe forward-looking statements contained in this press release.Additional information concerning these and other risk factors iscontained in the Risk Factors sections of Symantec's Annual Report onForm 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2008. Symantec assumes noobligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in thispress release.

NOTE TO EDITORS
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Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registeredtrademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U.S. andother countries. Other names may be trademarks of their respectiveowners.

jigong9898

完了。pctools的免费杀软估计以后也不免费了……

zwl2828

太棒了！

PlayWill

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Kevin Garnett

赛门铁克真会吞。

hljdqzr

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翻译： 英语 » 中文
Symantec to Acquire PC Tools              Symantec expands consumer portfolio to better enable and protect consumers’ digital life              CUPERTINO, Calif. – Aug. 18, 2008 – Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC), today announced it has signed a definitive  agreement to acquire PC Tools,a global provider of innovative software products designed to protectthe privacy and security of Windows® computer users. The financialterms of the acquisition are not being disclosed. The transaction isexpected to close by the end of the calendar year and is subject tocustomary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.With the addition of PC Tools, Symantec will expand its consumerproduct portfolio to include award-winning PC utilities software andpoint security technologies. PC Tools will help Symantec expand itsreach with consumers in new emerging regional markets and will bring anarray of go-to-market capabilities, that have been effective withconsumers in many markets around the world.“We are excited to welcome PC Tools into the Symantec consumerfamily and believe the combination of our two companies will provideadditional value and choice for consumers worldwide to better enableand protect their digital life," said Janice Chaffin, Symantec GroupPresident of Consumer Products. “By adding PC Tools, we build on themarket-leading success of Symantec’s consumer offerings and firmlyposition ourselves for continued incremental growth in a rapidlyexpanding market."PC Tools will maintain separate operations within Symantec’sconsumer business unit, with Simon Clausen, PC Tools, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, leading the team and reporting to Janice Chaffin, SymantecGroup President of Consumer Products. PC Tools will continue to offertheir products under the PC Tools brand and serve its customers throughits existing partners and channels. PC Tools is a privately heldcompany headquartered in Australia, with offices in USA, UK, Irelandand the Ukraine. Their customers are located across the globe and theirproducts are available in more than 196 countries.About SymantecSymantec is a global leader in providing security, storage andsystems management solutions to help businesses and consumers secureand manage their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif.,Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information isavailable at www.symantec.com.FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTSThis press release contains forward-looking statements within themeaning of U.S. federal securities laws, including expectationsregarding the operations of PC Tools and Symantec, that involve knownand unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results todiffer materially from those expressed or implied in this pressrelease. Actual results may differ materially from those contained inthe forward-looking statements contained in this press release.Additional information concerning these and other risk factors iscontained in the Risk Factors sections of Symantec's Annual Report onForm 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2008. Symantec assumes noobligation to update any forward-looking statement contained in thispress release.		赛门铁克收购PC工具 赛门铁克扩大了消费者的投资组合，以更好地使及保障消费者的数字生活                 苹果，加州-2 008年8月1 8日-赛门铁克公司（N a sdaq：S Y MC）的，今天宣布它已经签署了一项最终协议，收购PC工具，一个全球提供创新的软件产品，旨在pr otectthe的隐私和安全的W i ndows®电脑用户。该financialterms这次收购并没有被披露。交易isexpected关闭，由历年的年底，并须tocustomary闭幕的条件和监管部门的批准。 加上PC工具，赛门铁克公司将扩大其consumerproduct组合，包括屡获殊荣的个人电脑事业软件andpoint的安全技术。 PC工具将帮助赛门铁克扩大itsreach与消费者在新兴的区域市场，并会带来anarray的走向市场的能力，已有效withconsumers在许多世界各地的市场。 “我们很高兴欢迎PC工具纳入赛门铁克consumerfamily ，并相信结合我们两家公司将provideadditional的价值和选择，全球的消费者，以更好地enableand保护他们的数字生活，说： ”贾尼斯查芬，赛门铁克grouppresident的消费产品。 “加入PC工具，我们的基础上themarket领先的成功，赛门铁克的消费类产品和firmlyposition自己继续增长，增量在1 rapidlyexpanding市场“ 。 PC工具将保持独立运作， symantec'sconsumer业务单位，与西蒙克劳森， PC工具，行政executiveofficer ，领导小组和报告，以贾尼斯查芬， symantecgroup主席的消费产品。 PC工具将继续offertheir产品下的PC工具的品牌和客户服务throughits现有的合作伙伴和渠道。 PC工具公司是一家私人heldcompany ，总部设在澳大利亚，设有办事处，在美国，英国， irelandand乌克兰。他们的客户位于全球各地的和theirproducts可在以上的196个国家。 关于赛门铁克 赛门铁克公司是全球领先的提供安全，存储andsystems管理解决方案，帮助企业和消费者secureand管理他们的信息。总部设在苹果，加州，赛门铁克公司的业务在40多个国家。更多信息isavailable在www.symantec.com 。 前瞻性声明 本新闻稿包含前瞻性声明themeaning美国联邦证券法，包括expectationsregarding的运作， PC工具和赛门铁克，涉及knownand未知的风险和不确定因素，可能导致实际结果与todiffer物质从这些明示或暗示在这pressrelease 。实际的结果可能会存在重大差异，这些载inthe前瞻性声明包含在此新闻release.additional有关这些和其他的危险因素iscontained在风险因素部分赛门铁克公司的年度报告onform 10 - K中结束的财年里2008年3月28日。赛门铁克假设noobligation更新任何前瞻性声明所载的thispress释放。

813kr

越来越喜欢赛门铁克这公司了

痛苦的信仰

什么意思？饿

kris

哈哈，永远支持赛门铁克！

pct的免费看来确实要停止了。。。