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Anew way to look at the business
From an organizational standpoint, our new vision has led to the consolidation of our operations into three distinct business
units: Security and Assistance, Remote Productivity Solutions, and Internet Tools.
Composed primarily of our Norton AntiVirus and Norton Utilities products, the Security and Assistance unit is dedicated
to reducing the frustration and increasing the productivity of our customers by keeping their computers safe and reliable.
While our antivirus products continued to experience impressive gains in 1997, our award-winning utilities products once
again delivered steady growth, continuing a trend of recent years. Both of these product lines have recently won Editor’s
Choice awards from PC Magazine as the best in their fields.
Our Remote Productivity Solutions business helps telecommuters, mobile professionals, and workers in small remote offices
remain productive. Products such as WinFax PRO, pcANYWHERE, and ACT! enable these customers to access information,
applications, and data no matter where they are—or when they need it. With leadership in each of the three markets
represented by these products, Symantec is well positioned to integrate and grow with the quickly evolving communications
market and to fulfill the needs arising from this evolution.
A refocused Symantec
One of the more important outcomes of our companywide evaluations has been
a rearticulation of our business purpose. Symantec’s strategic vision reads:
“We make our customers productive
and keep their computers safe and
reliable. Anywhere. Anytime.”
This simple and direct statement sends a clear, unmistakable message to our customers,
employees, shareholders, contractors, partners, and even our competitors about exactly
what it is that we do. Far from trying to be everything to everybody, the Company has
refocused our vision on the high-revenue growth opportunities that the Symantec
customer has traditionally represented.
To keep focused on specific types of customer needs, Symantec sold its FormFlow
product line, which was acquired as part of the Delrina acquisition, to JetForm Corporation.
We also sold assets comprising the networking business unit to Hewlett-Packard
Company. Both of these decisions are in keeping with our continuing focus on our
longstanding customer base.
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