Symantec to buy GuardianEdge and PGP

[Steve Werby <smwerby () VCU EDU>]

Earlier this morning Symantec has announced its intent to buy
GuardianEdge (for $70 million) and PGP (for $300 million).  I'm very
interested to see what this will mean concerning future development and
support of some of their overlapping product lines.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/symantec-to-offer-broadest-data-protection-capabilities-with-acquisition-of-pgp-corporation-and-guardianedge-2010-04-29

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