Enrique Salem takes over at Symantec

By Shaun Nichols
7 April 2009 02:16PM

Symantec's new chief executive has officially taken over..

The security and storage firm said that former chief operating officer Enrique Salem had formally assumed the chief executive and company president roles.

Outgoing chief John Thompson is remaining with the company as board chairman.

The move was first announced in November, but the official transition was delayed until the end of the company's fiscal year on April 4.

"Through that process, Enrique emerged as the right person to lead the company and I am confident in his ability to continue to drive the success of our team," Thompson was quoted as saying in November.

Salem will be the company's first new chief executive in more than ten years, rising to the position from the chief operating officer role.

Salem had first joined Symantec as a lead engineer when the company acquired Norton Computing in 1990. He later became the company's first chief technology officer before leaving in 1999 to join Ask Jeeves.

Salem returned to the company in 2004 when Symantec purchased Brightmail.

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Symantec acquires Sydney's PC Tools

Symantec acquires PC Tools

Mahesh Sharma | August 19, 2008

SYMANTEC has bolstered its consumer product portfolio with the acquisition of Australian security software developer PC Tools.

The value of the deal wasn’t disclosed. It is expected to be finalised by the end of the year.

PC Tools is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in US, Britain, Ireland and Ukraine. Symantec said the acquisition expands its reach in emerging regional markets.

PC Tools has over 200 staff globally and will remain a separate entity in the security giant’s consumer business.

Chief executive Simon Clausen will report to Symantec’s group president of consumer products, Janice Chaffin.

Symantec will not rebrand PC Tools’ products and will maintain existing partners and channels.

While there is significant overlap with Symantec’s security offerings, PC Tools also has a range of PC utility products to maintain, repair and optimise Windows operating environments.

PC Tools also recently released anti-virus software to protect the Mac OS X operating system.