By Sally Watson, 7 February 2001 17:33
NEWS The Service Provider Solutions Division will develop security tools for internet service providers, application service providers and portal companies - a market previously uncharted by the security firm. Gary Warren, head of the division, said: "It's a huge growth market. Customers are increasingly demanding that it's the service provider which should provide security." The division is to employ around 100 people, mostly in the US but with some German and UK staff. Its remit is to take existing Symantec technology and redesign them to suit service provider needs. Its first products have already been released. The division has been designed to run differently from the rest of Symantec. According to Warren it's like running a start-up business within a larger parent company. "Small focused groups are able to execute better and faster," he claimed. Since he took over the company two years ago, Symantec CEO John Thompson has been experimenting with the company's internal structure. Symantec's $975m takeover of Axent in July 2000 increased the need for an overhaul. If the Service Provider Solutions Division is a success, it could mean a rethink for Symantec. "The division was partly set up as an agent of change," said Warren, "a success could change how the whole of Symantec is run."
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