pondus Posted June 13, 2016 ID:1045143 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Symantec to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 billion to boost enterprise unit http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bluecoat-m-a-symantec-idUSKCN0YZ0BM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted June 13, 2016 ID:1045144 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I thought Blue Coat was history? That's what we used to have here, but we switched to Palo Alto Networks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pondus Posted June 13, 2016 Author ID:1045146 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Nope they bought Norman shark a couple of years ago https://www.bluecoat.com/company/press-releases/blue-coat-acquires-norman-shark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aura Posted June 13, 2016 ID:1045147 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Well, that's going to be an interesting acquisition then. Symantec is still only putting money in it's business products though, not consumers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefox Posted June 13, 2016 ID:1045219 Share Posted June 13, 2016 8 hours ago, Aura said: Well, that's going to be an interesting acquisition then. Symantec is still only putting money in it's business products though, not consumers. I would probably have to day its probably due to, that's where the money is. On the consumer side, there are way too many free products to choose from. With a business you need to buy the licenses.... easy money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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