Huawei Symantec
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Huawei Symantec Technologies Co. Ltd. is a developer, producer and supplier of network security
, storage and computing
solutions. It is headquartered in Chengdu
, People's Republic of China
. Huawei Symantec is a joint venture
between Huawei
and Symantec
. Huawei owns 51% of the company, while Symantec owns 49%. Huawei Symantec and Symantec Corporation are two separate entities. Huawei Symantec is a Chinese based company, while Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is a US based corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Ren Zhengfei
, the CEO of Huawei, is the CEO of Huawei Symantec.
s in storage and network security
field, and about 30 of them were accepted as formal technological standards. Huawei Symantec's technologists participate in various standardization organizations
, including holding chair and vice-chair posts. More than 50% of employees are engaged in research and development activities with labs located in Beijing
, Shenzhen
, Hangzhou
in China
, and in India
.
Network security
In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources...
, storage and computing
Computing
Computing is usually defined as the activity of using and improving computer hardware and software. It is the computer-specific part of information technology...
solutions. It is headquartered in Chengdu
Chengdu
Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status...
, People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
. Huawei Symantec is a joint venture
Joint venture
A joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
between Huawei
Huawei
Huawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
and Symantec
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
. Huawei owns 51% of the company, while Symantec owns 49%. Huawei Symantec and Symantec Corporation are two separate entities. Huawei Symantec is a Chinese based company, while Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) is a US based corporation headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei
Ren Zhengfei is the president of Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd , headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Forbes magazine listed Mr...
, the CEO of Huawei, is the CEO of Huawei Symantec.
Technological convergence and R&D
Huawei Symantec is a holder of more than 300 patentPatent
A patent is a form of intellectual property. It consists of a set of exclusive rights granted by a sovereign state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for the public disclosure of an invention....
s in storage and network security
Network security
In the field of networking, the area of network security consists of the provisions and policies adopted by the network administrator to prevent and monitor unauthorized access, misuse, modification, or denial of the computer network and network-accessible resources...
field, and about 30 of them were accepted as formal technological standards. Huawei Symantec's technologists participate in various standardization organizations
Standards organization
A standards organization, standards body, standards developing organization , or standards setting organization is any organization whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, reissuing, interpreting, or otherwise producing technical standards that are...
, including holding chair and vice-chair posts. More than 50% of employees are engaged in research and development activities with labs located in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Shenzhen
Shenzhen
Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...
, Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
in China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, and in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.
History
- 2000: HuaweiHuaweiHuawei is a Chinese multinational networking and telecommunications equipment and services company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China...
started R&DResearch and developmentThe phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of...
in the security technology field; Symantec is a provider of antivirusAntivirus softwareAntivirus or anti-virus software is used to prevent, detect, and remove malware, including but not limited to computer viruses, computer worm, trojan horses, spyware and adware...
and security software - 2004: Huawei started R&D in storage technology field
- 2005: Symantec acquires Veritas SoftwareVERITAS SoftwareVeritas Software Corp. was an international software company that was founded in 1983 as Tolerant Systems, renamed Veritas Software Corp. in 1989, and merged with Symantec in 2005. It was headquartered in Mountain View, California...
, manufacturer of Information Lifecycle ManagementInformation Lifecycle ManagementInformation Lifecycle Management refers to a wide-ranging set of strategies for administering storage systems on computing devices. Specifically, four categories of storage strategies may be considered under the auspices of ILM.-Policy:...
software - 2007 (May): Huawei and Symantec sign an agreement for the establishment of a joint ventureJoint ventureA joint venture is a business agreement in which parties agree to develop, for a finite time, a new entity and new assets by contributing equity. They exercise control over the enterprise and consequently share revenues, expenses and assets...
in order to provide end-to-endEnd-to-endEnd-to-end or End to End may refer to:*Land's End to John o'Groats, the journey from "End to End" across Great Britain*End-to-end auditable voting systems, a voting system*End-to-end principle, a principal design element of the Internet...
solutions in the domain of converging network, security, and storage and computing technologies. - 2008 (February): Huawei Symantec was established.
- 2012 (First quarter): Huawei plans to buy the 49 percent of shares held by the Symantec Corporation at a price of about 530 million U.S. dollars or 3.4 billion yuan.