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Bindview Bound Into Symantec
John Stith
Staff Writer
2006-01-09
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The Cupertino kids at Symantec completed their acquisition of Bindview Development Corporation, a company specializing in agent-less IT security compliance software. The deal was done on January 6th.
Symantec announced the deal back in October 2005. Symantec will add Bindview's agent-less product to their own agent-based product in order to round out their offerings.
Agent-based and agent-less policy compliance solutions are complementary capabilities in the IT environment, and they address different customer needs. Symantec's agent-based technology architecture offers full-featured compliance and vulnerability management and is well-suited for enterprises that have complex and heterogeneous IT environments.
BindView's agent-less architecture, which is less IT staff-intensive, is ideal for organizations faced with managing a large number of systems that are not centrally located, such as Windows desktop machines deployed throughout the enterprise.
Together, Symantec and BindView offer companies a choice of industry-leading agent-based or agent-less solutions that will enable them to define, control, and sustain their IT compliance requirements. The combined companies expect to offer the most comprehensive end-to-end solution for policy and vulnerability management from a single vendor.
This deal is one of many in an industry that seems to be consolidating. Ajep Gopal, the senior vice-president, Solutions, Alliances and Operations at Symantec say in October, when making the announcement, "Today's global organizations are challenged by an ever changing security environment and by the need to meet multiple government regulations."
About the Author:
John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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