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The Demise Of Symantec

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THESSALONIKI, GREECE, MARCH 28,2015: Derailed train coaches at the site of a train accident at the... [+] To listen to a recording of the author reading this column go here. I am picking up on disturbing news about Symantec. First a reseller from Colombia that I was chatting with at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco informed me that he was there to find a solution to fill a gap created by Symantec abandoning all but its top resellers. Second, another industry veteran told me that Symantec is abandoning all but its most profitable 2,000 customers. That will leave over 100,000 Symantec customers looking for alternatives. It’s a good time to be CrowdStrike, Blackberry Cylance, or Carbon Black. Symantec’s evident strategy—post Broadcom acquisition—is insane and doomed to failure. Historically, this move is only matched by the tremendous blunder that Symantec made under John Thomson when it acquired Veritas. PROMOTED Let’s look at Symantec’s history and it’s place in the cybersecur

Innovation Cybersecurity The Demise Of Symantec By Richard Stiennon , Former Contributor. Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Industry analyst. Author. Mar 16, 2020, 10:32am EDT Mar 21, 2020, 09:55am EDT This article is more than 6 years old. THESSALONIKI, GREECE, MARCH 28,2015: Derailed train coaches at the site of a train accident at the Gefyra community, in northern Greece. The train was carrying electronic equipment . 123rf stock image To listen to a recording of the author reading this column go here. I am picking up on disturbing news about Symantec. Fir

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