john w. thompson
RSS john w. thompsonSymantec CEO on weathering the credit storm
News Despite repeated doom-mongering over the potential seriousness of mobile viruses, Symantec CEO John Thompson remains unconvinced. Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference,... [10 Oct 2008]
$695m MessageLabs deal launches Symantec into cloud
News Symantec will pay about $695m for the software as a service company and Symantec CEO John Thompson said it will hasten the introduction of its backup, storage and remote access SaaS products in Europe. [08 Oct 2008]
Symantec buys Veritas in $13.5bn deal
News Thompson, Symantec's chief executive, serving as chairman and CEO. Thompson said in a statement: "The new Symantec will help customers balance the need to both secure their information and make it... [16 Dec 2004]
Fiorina urges companies to combat the digital divide
News Thompson, whom Jackson compared with Jackie Robinson, the first African American baseball player in the major leagues. Thompson made headlines in 1999, when he took the helm at the security software... [01 May 2003]
Symantec streamlines network security
News Symantec CEO John W Thompson said in a statement: "Customers have told us that the network perimeter is disappearing, their security risks are rising, internal staff resources are slim... [02 Oct 2002]
Symantec buys rival Axent
News John W Thompson, chairman, president and CEO of Symantec, said the move was an aggressive step forward in capturing the enterprise market. John C Becker, chairman and... [27 Jul 2000]
