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ICT investment trends in government - Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2015
M2 - Fri Nov 14, 6:33AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5mb787/ict_investment) has announced the addition of the "ICT investment trends in government - Enterprise ICT spending patterns through to the end of 2015" report to their offering. This report presents the findings from a survey of 176 government institutions regarding their Information & Communications Technology (ICT) investment trends. The survey investigates how government institutions currently allocate their ICT budgets across the core areas of enterprise ICT expenditure: hardware, software, IT services, communications, and consulting. The report illustrates the core technologies enterprises are investing in, including security, content management, and cloud computing. The survey also highlights the approach adopted by government institutions to purchase technology. Through the survey, the report aims to provide better insight to ICT vendors and services providers when pitching their solutions to government institutions. In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following: - Understand how ICT budgets are set to change in 2014 in terms of their overall size. - Appreciate how IT budgets are allocated across the core elements of IT spend, including hardware, software, services, communications, and consulting. - Learn how IT money is being spent in areas such as the data centre, applications, IT management and the network. - Gain an understanding regarding which ICT functions government institutions are interested in outsourcing. - Identify government institutions' investment priorities based on their budget allocations across core technology categories such as security, content management, and cloud computing. - Learn about the drivers that are influencing government institutions' in each technology category. - Establish how government institutions' IT budgets are currently allocated across various segments within a technology category. - Gain insight into how government institutions plan to change their ICT budget allocations across various segments within a technology category. - Understand the vendor mindshare for various core and advanced technology categories. - Provides insight into government institutions' preferred buying approaches. - Comprehend the business and IT objectives that government institutions are looking to achieve through their IT investment strategies. - Understand the factors that are influencing government institutions' decision to select an ICT provider. Companies Mentioned - Amazon web services - ATandT - BT - Check Point - Cisco - Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems - EMC Documentum - Google - HP - IBM - McAfee - Microsoft - Open Text - Oracle (Stellent) - Orange - Rackspace - RSA (EMC) - Salesforce.com - Symantec - Verizon For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5m...investment
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SmarTrend Watching for Potential Pullback in Shares of Symantec After 1.71% Gain
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 13, 4:38PM CST
Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $25.17 to a high of $25.75. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $25.27 on volume of 6.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec Set to Possibly Pullback After Yesterday's Rally of 1.71%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 13, 4:38PM CST
Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $25.17 to a high of $25.75. Yesterday, the shares gained 1.7%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $25.27 on volume of 6.7 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec eliminates COO position
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 13, 4:21PM CST
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Insider Trading Alert - EAT, SYMC And JCOM Traded By Insiders
at The Street - Thu Nov 13, 11:06AM CST
Stocks with insider trader activity include EAT, SYMC and JCOM
JCOM: 56.11 (+0.78), EAT: 54.48 (-0.68), SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
U.S. Banking & Financial Services Cybersecurity Market to Reach $9.5 Billion by 2015 Following an Unprecedented Annual Hike of 23%
PRWeb - Thu Nov 13, 9:04AM CST
According to the new Banking & Financial Services Cybersecurity: U.S. Market 2015-2020 report, published by Homeland Security Research Corp. (HSRC), the surge and sophistication of "successful" cyber-attacks against the U.S. major retail chains, banks & financial services enterprises during the past year, in which over 500 million customers' bank records and payment cards have been compromised, urged the boardrooms of the U.S. financial institutions to take action.
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WatchDox Delivers First Integrated Solution to Find Sensitive Files Everywhere They Are, Protect Them Everywhere They Travel
Business Wire - Wed Nov 12, 8:31AM CST
WatchDox, a provider of secure enterprise file-sync-and-share (EFSS) solutions to protect, share and collaborate on files on any device, today announced the industry's first solution to both detect and protect sensitive files everywhere, on every device. Via a comprehensive integration with Symantec DLP, WatchDox can now automatically and proactively protect sensitive files detected in motion on networks or emails, at rest in file shares and other repositories, and created on both mobile and PC endpoints.
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec (SYMC) Breaks Through Resistance at $25.14
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Tue Nov 11, 12:59PM CST
Shares of Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) have bullishly opened above the pivot of $25.06 today and have reached the first resistance level of $25.14. Should the shares continue to rise, the resistance pivots of $25.23 and $25.40 will be of interest.
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
John W. Thompson Joins Illumio's Board of Directors
Business Wire - Mon Nov 10, 9:27AM CST
Illumio today announced that John W. Thompson, chief executive officer of Virtual Instruments and former chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp., was appointed to the Illumio board of directors. Thompson also serves as chairman of the board at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and is on the board of Liquid Robotics and Virtual Instruments.
MSFT: 49.45 (-0.16), SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Datalink CEO Says the Cloud, Security Are Growing as Data Storage Market Declines
at The Street - Fri Nov 07, 3:55PM CST
Cloud and security offerings are becoming more important to the data center business, and storage and basic infrastructure are less central, said Paul Lidsky, CEO of Datalink.
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Update: Symantec Earnings - Strong Financial Discipline Will Sustain Earnings Growth And Attract Private Equity Interest
AtonRa Partners - at Seeking Alpha - Fri Nov 07, 5:48AM CST
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec cutting 10% of workforce as breakup looms
Seeking Alpha - at Seeking Alpha - Thu Nov 06, 2:42PM CST
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec Q2 Revenue Misses; Split-Up On Track
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Nov 06, 9:56AM CST
Symantec (SYMC) is on track to split into two companies by March, says its CEO, as Q2 revenue missed but the company raised its fiscal year outlook as it plans to roll out 40 new products. Late Wednesday, the maker of security and storage software...
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, Revenues Down Y/Y - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Nov 06, 9:10AM CST
Symantec Corporation (SYMC) reported adjusted earnings of 43 cents in the second quarter of fiscal 2015, comfortably beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 37 cents.
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Watch for Shares of Symantec (SYMC) to Approach Support at $24.81
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Nov 06, 9:00AM CST
Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) has opened bearishly below the pivot of $25.13 today and has reached the first level of support at $25.00. Investors may be interested in a cross of the next downside pivot targets of $24.81 and $24.49.
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Symantec (SYMC) Earnings Report: Q2 2015 Conference Call Transcript
at The Street - Thu Nov 06, 6:48AM CST
The following Symantec (SYMC) conference call took place on November 5, 2014, 05:00 PM ET. This is a transcript of that earnings call:
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Global OOB Authentication Market 2014-2018: Key Vendors are Authentify, CA Technologies, Gemalto, Microsoft (Phone Factor) and StrikeForce Technologies
M2 - Thu Nov 06, 5:44AM CST
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9dgnq6/global_oob) has announced the addition of the "Global OOB Authentication Market 2014-2018" report to their offering. OOB authentication is the use of two networks for the verification of the user. Moreover, it is a technique for verification using two different networks that are working simultaneously. It is used to develop extra protection against unauthorized access and confirmations. Multi-factor authentication systems mainly use credentials such as passwords, PINs, cellphones, security tokens, smart cards, and biometrics for authentication. The OOB authentication methods available in the market are hardware OOB authentication tokens and mobile phone-based OOB authentication tokens (including SMS and backup call). The analysts forecast the Global OOB Authentication market to grow at a CAGR of 23.16 percent over the period 2013-2018. This report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of the Global OOB Authentication market for the period 2014-2018. To calculate the market size, it considers revenue generated from OOB authentication solutions, which include the following: - Hardware OOB Authentication Solutions - Phone-based OOB Authentication Solutions Key Topics Covered: 01. Executive Summary 02. List of Abbreviations 03. Scope of the Report 04. Market Research Methodology 05. Introduction 06. Market Description 07. Market Landscape 08. Market Segmentation by Offering 09. Market Segmentation by End-User 10. Geographical Segmentation 11. Market Attractiveness 12. Buying Criteria 13. Market Growth Drivers 14. Drivers and their Impact 15. Market Challenges 16. Impact of Drivers and Challenges 17. Market Trends 18. Trends and their Impact 19. Vendor Landscape 20. Key Vendor Analysis 21. Assumptions 22. Other Reports in this Series Companies Mentioned: - Authentify - CA Technologies - Gemalto - Microsoft (Phone Factor) - StrikeForce Technologies - Deepnet Security - i-Sprint Innovations - RSA (EMC) - SafeNet - Secure Envoy - SMS Passcode - Symantec - TeleSign - Vasco Data Security For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9dgnq6/global_oob
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)
Mobile Adoption Drives Online Payments, Security - Zacks Analyst Interviews
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Nov 06, 4:03AM CST
Mobile Adoption Drives Online Payments, Security - Zacks Analyst Interviews
AMZN: 328.24 (+11.76), FIS: 59.08 (-0.22), BBRY: 11.28 (-0.78), SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17), JNPR: 20.97 (+0.52), V: 248.78 (-2.14), EBAY: 54.33 (-0.04), IBM: 164.20 (+1.41), GOOGL: 554.64 (-1.80), MSFT: 49.46 (-0.15), AAPL: 113.85 (+1.03), MA: 83.99 (-0.21), CSCO: 26.32 (+0.64), CHKP: 76.79 (+0.15)
Mobile Adoption Drives Online Payments, Security - Industry Outlook
Sejuti Banerjea - Zacks Investment Research - Thu Nov 06, 4:03AM CST
Mobile Adoption Drives Online Payments, Security - Industry Outlook
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Symantec's (SYMC) CEO Michael Brown on Q2 2015 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
SA Transcripts - at Seeking Alpha - Wed Nov 05, 8:01PM CST
SYMC: 25.38 (-0.17)