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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 I see lots of new software put together on a shoestring as a “proof of concept” – but then gets rolled out to customers “asis” due to lack of time or money to “harden” the product. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Is the Future of Cybersecurity in M&A?

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Last month Symantec announced its plans to buy Blue Coat for $4.7 The bigger public players – Cisco, Check Point, HP, IBM, Symantec, and others – need to continually add to their arsenal of security solutions as the threat landscape continues to evolve. Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. Why is this happening?

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Security And Privacy Are Both A Risk and Opportunity

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3 I see lots of new software put together on a shoestring as a “proof of concept” – but then gets rolled out to customers “asis” due to lack of time or money to “harden” the product. Don’t take shortcuts on these.

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Here’s A Painful Problem For Aspiring Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

There are others, like LifeLock , recently acquired by Symantec for $2.3 A while back, the Target retail chain account database was hacked, with personal data of up to 70 million customers stolen, and this black eye won’t soon go away. billion, now providing identity theft services for more than 4 million consumers in all 50 states.