VERITAS Software

VERITAS Software Corporation {{nasdaq|SYMC}} was an international software company was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed itself VERITAS Software Corp in 1989 and merged on July 2, 2005 with Symantec. Headquartered in Mountain View, California. This company specialized in storage management software including the first commercial journaling file system, VxFS, the personal/small office backup software Backup Exec and the popular enterprise backup software NetBackup.

Related Topics:
Software - 1983 - Tolerant Systems - 1989 - Symantec - Mountain View, California - Journaling file system - VxFS - Backup Exec - Backup - Software - NetBackup

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

VERITAS was listed on the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ-100.

Related Topics:
S&P 500 - NASDAQ-100

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

On December 16, 2004, VERITAS and Symantec announced their plans for a merger in a deal valued at $13.5 billion, it was the largest announced software industry merger to date. On June 24, 2005 VERITAS and Symantec shareholders voted to approve the merger. On July 2, 2005, Symantec and VERITAS finalized the merger and the resulting company has retained the name Symantec.

Related Topics:
December 16 - 2004 - Symantec - June 24 - 2005

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~