SYMANTEC TO ACQUIRE VERITAS FOR $13.5B

摘要

Symantec corp.The largest maker of antivirus software, has pulled off a blockbuster deal that will catapult it and data-management and storage vendor Veritas Software Corp. into an estimated $5 billion-a-year company that reaches from desktop PCs to company data centers. The $13.5 billion all-stock acquisition, revealed late last week, could give Symantec the breadth it needs to take on the top systems and data-management vendors, including IBM and Computer Associates.