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Our enterprise offerings grew significantly during the past year due to the addition of
Veritas’ products, which are the leading enterprise software solutions for data center
management and data protection. We know that in order for these products to remain suc-
cessful we must continually innovate by adding new features and functionality. This
year we plan to launch several new enterprise products including new versions of Veritas
Storage Foundation™, CommandCentral™ and NetBackup™.
ANTICIPATING MARKET NEED
We believe the moves we have made in the market are instrumental in our keeping pace
with the rapidly changing environment. The security threat landscape evolves with each
passing year and last year was no exception. The main threat to information today isn’t
necessarily a large-scale, fast-moving virus or worm. From 2002 to 2004 there approxi-
mately 100 medium-to-high risk attacks; however, in 2005 there were only six. It’s evident
that we have made significant headway in containing these types of threats.
But, those are yesterday’s problems. Now we face a bigger challenge. Sophisticated criminal
elements are now behind many of today’s attacks — and unlike the hackers of the past,
they are much more interested in anonymity than notoriety. Today’s threats are silent and
highly targeted. What these criminals are searching for is personal and financial informa-
tion — and they are looking to use it for serious monetary gain.
This kind of threat often takes shape in digital interactions, such as phishing emails,
phoney websites and spoofing. These threats are enabled by the nature of the Internet
today — highly interactive and collaborative. Users don’t just work on their PCs or access
data within the confines of a sealed corporate network. This is a world of wikis, blogs,
online gaming, instant messaging, supply chain integration, and etailing. Symantec’s job
is to extend the scope of digital protection to ensure that our customers continue to be
free to work and play in this increasingly connected world.
That’s why, in addition to delivering the next version of our market-leading Norton
AntiVirus™ and Norton Internet Security™ products, we are launching Norton™
Confidential, a consumer product for a new category that we call transaction security.
Market research data suggest consumers are becoming more concerned about trans-
acting business online. And, as consumer confidence in online transactions has declined,
so has Internet usage for some e-commerce activities.
Also in fiscal 2007, we will launch our next-generation consumer security service, Norton
360™. This offering will seamlessly integrate our best-of-breed security products, along
with our market leading PC health and backup technologies, to offer protection from the
ever-changing threats impacting today’s digital lifestyle. These are very exciting develop-
ments in our consumer franchise, and with more than 50 million active and loyal Norton
customers already in place, we are well positioned to establish these new solutions in
the consumer market.
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