Symantec Corp. today announced the release of the new Symantec Endpoint Management Suite to define the next generation of integrated, best-of-breed systems management, endpoint security and backup and recovery.

You may recall my earlier story on registry corruption for certain users upgrading to Windows XP SP3. The cases of registry corruption seemed to have a common thread: Symantec security products. Originally Symantec blamed Microsoft, but in a post on a Symantec support forum, a senior manager with Symantec indicated the fault may indeed lie with Symantec's products.

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced the availability of Symantec Online Fraud Protection, a comprehensive program that includes Symantec services, education and ongoing monitoring and management capabilities designed to protect businesses that conduct large volumes of financial transactions and their customers from losses due to online fraud. This offering helps businesses shield their customers from a variety of online threats, including phishing and pharming.

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) launches of Norton Smartphone Security, the first consumer mobile security offering to provide a solution for both the Windows Mobile and Symbian OS(TM) in one product.

Gartner Healthcare IT Summit -- Symantec Corp. announced the Symantec Healthcare Provider Solution, comprised of products, services and best practices to help healthcare providers protect and manage their critical infrastructure and ensure vital patient information is both protected and accessible.

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) announced the worldwide availability of Managed Threat Analysis (MTA), a new service designed to provide custom protection and analysis of malware and other security risks to help enterprises defend against data theft.

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today reported the results of its second quarter of fiscal year 2008, ended Sept. 28, 2007. GAAP revenue for the quarter was $1.42 billion and non-GAAP revenue was $1.44 billion. Non-GAAP revenue, including revenue from the Altiris acquisition, grew 13 percent over the comparable period a year ago.

Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced a new release of Symantec Database Security, a key component of the company's Security 2.0 vision that it launched this time last year.

Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced enhancements to its early warning DeepSight Services with two new alerts to help businesses protect their corporate reputation -- Network Infection Alerts and Brand Protection Alerts.

Storage Networking World - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced that it will offer new integration with Altiris technology to provide customers with the rapid Windows backup and recovery capabilities of Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 7.0.

Storage Networking World 2007 - Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced the findings of an international study indicating that while 91 percent of IT organizations carry out full scenario testing of their disaster recovery plans incorporating relevant people, processes and technologies, nearly 50 percent of those tests fail.

Miss America 2007 Lauren Nelson, iKeepSafe and Symantec Host “Norton Connected & Protected Kids’ Assembly” to Honor Attorney General Drew Edmondson