Well, It’s June 1, 2006 and I’m feeling fine. Awaiting the imminent arrival of my new Macbook. If anyone in Canadian Customs is reading this…hurry up! 😀
But, in all seriousness what I’m noticing is a horrible trend in the IT Security space. The rising tide of vaporware. Microsoft (Vista) and Cisco are famous for it and now I worry that Symantec is drifting into the same position. Their answer to Microsoft’s OneCare, to be named Norton 360, has been delayed from it’s announced launch date of September 2006.
Symantec unveiled plans for its new software, then code-named Genesis, in February. The product is to rival Microsoft’s OneCare and Windows Vista security technology, and will integrate components of Symantec’s current security, PC optimization and backup products, the security company has said.
On Wednesday, Symantec announced that Genesis will be called Norton 360 and that the product is slated to ship by the end of March next year, a change from the original September due date. Yet the product may still ship before that new target date, Enrique Salem, group president of consumer products at Symantec, said in a presentation at the company’s meeting for financial analysts here.
This will be an interesting story to watch as these two giants slug it out over this and the Veritas technology.
[tags]Symantec, OneCare, Norton 360, Genesis, Veritas, Microsoft[/tags]
