{"id":6238,"date":"2010-05-28T07:36:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T21:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=6238"},"modified":"2010-05-28T07:36:43","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T21:36:43","slug":"norton-everywhere-initiative-takes-consumer-business-beyond-the-pc-and-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=6238","title":{"rendered":"Norton Everywhere’ Initiative Takes Consumer Business Beyond the PC and Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA \u2013 28 May 2010 \u2013 <\/strong>Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today unveiled Norton Everywhere<\/a>, a three-part initiative to take Norton beyond the PC and extend trust to new devices and consumer applications. The initiative spans the areas of mobile safety, web safety across any device and embedded services on smart devices. <\/em>Symantec is combining its own consumer security, backup, and infrastructure technologies with partners to deliver Norton services to consumers in an entirely new way.\u00a0This initiative means that consumers will be able to trust the protection of Norton everywhere \u2013 across many locations, devices and digital experiences. The offerings will be delivered direct to consumers, as well as through new business-to-business offerings.<\/p>\n

Products being launched today and in the coming weeks include Norton Smartphone Security for Android Beta, Norton Connect Beta and Norton DNS Beta.\u00a0 The company is demonstrating these technologies and other prototypes today at its annual investor conference in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are entering a new era where non-PC devices are exploding in numbers, which means more\u00a0 opportunity for cybercriminals. It\u2019s becoming more and more critical for consumers to be protected beyond their PCs,\u201d said Janice Chaffin, President Consumer Business Unit, Symantec. \u201cThe Norton Everywhere initiative takes a broad view of how Norton can deliver trust and high value to consumers and address evolving market needs. Symantec\u2019s breadth of resources, partnerships, global reach and brand recognition make it uniquely able to deliver security and more to any Internet-connected device in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Norton Mobile <\/strong><\/p>\n

With a never-ending wealth of new features and applications, the smartphone market is seeing explosive growth, and in fact shipments are expected to surpass that of desktop PCs by the end of 2011[1]<\/a>. Norton Mobile will address some of today\u2019s most common issues for smartphones, including device loss and data protection.\u00a0 Norton Mobile will address this rapidly growing market by delivering security and non-security offerings for <\/strong>the mobile platform.<\/p>\n

Delivering on Norton Mobile <\/strong><\/p>\n