Symantec
Symantec is computer-technology corporation that develops security software. Symantec was founded in 1982 by Gary Hendrix with a National Science Foundation grant. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States, Symantec employs 17,500 people worldwide as of 2009. The company is best known for its Norton security software. Symantec is the largest software security software company in the world and the fifth largest US software company. |
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| Company information | |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California, United States |
| Primary business sector | Security Software |
| Secondary business sectors | Antivirus |
| Type | Public (NASDAQ: SYMC) |
| Employees | 17,600 |
| Website | http://www.symantec.com/ |
| Wikipedia |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symantec |
| Software Top 100 position (2010) |
8 |
| Previous Software Top 100 position | 7 |
| Financial information |
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| Total revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 5,992 |
| Total revenues 2009(mln US$) | 6,152 |
| Software revenues 2010 (mln US$) | 5,565 |
| Software revenues 2009 (mln US$) | 5,692 |
| Software revenues 2008 (mln US$) | 5,266 |
| Software revenue growth (%yoy) | -2.2% |
| Software/Total % 2009 | 92.9% |
| General information | http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/index.jsp |
| Symantec investor relations url |
http://investor.symantec.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=89422&p=irol-irhome |
| Financial year end | March 31st |
| Financial year correction | 1/4 FY 2009 + Q1/Q2/Q3 FY2010 |
| Software revenue calculation |
Total revenues - Services |
| Other research remarks | Total rev: 6150/4 + 4454, SW: Total – Services, Services revenues are: 469,5/4 (2009) + 306 (Q1-3 2010)=427 |