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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.

Company information
Headquarters
Primary business sectors Security Software
Secondary business sectors Antivirus
Type
Employees 17,600
Website http://www.symantec.com/
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symantec
Software Top 100 position (2011)
7
Previous Software Top 100 position 8
Financial information
Total revenues 2010 (mln US$) 6,013
Total revenues 2009 (mln US$) 5,992
Software revenues 2010 (mln US$) 5,636
Software revenues 2009 (mln US$) 5,565
Software revenue growth (%yoy) 1.3%
Software/Total % 93.7%
General information http://www.symantec.com/about/profile/index.jsp
Microsoft 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 2010 + Q1/Q2/Q3 FY2011
Software revenue calculation
Total revenues - Services
Other research remarks Total rev: 2011: Tot 5985/4 + 4517, SW:6013,25 – (416/4 + 273) 2010:6150/4 + 4454, SW: Total – Services, Services revenues are: 469,5/4 (2009) + 306 (Q1-3 2010)=427

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