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Symantec and McAfee in ‘arms race’ in PC security market

Posted by admin on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 2:40
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Both Symantec and McAfee are in an 'Arms Race' in the PC security market according to a report by The New York Times. McAfee has been trying to dethrone Symantec, which currently holds 52% of the consumer market share compared to McAfee's 18% market share. This market share varies when you include corporate and business use. Unfortunately, for McAfee, they've been facing a decade of legal and accounting problems that left it in poor competitive shape, and employee morale low. Things aren't any better in the revenue department. Symantec made $1.8 billion in revenue last year, compared to $624 million in revenue for McAfee. However, McAfee is fighting back.

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