Symantec CEO John Thompson said the poor economy may be helping Symantec as business customers consolidate security and storage vendors. Symantec, the IT security and data storage software giant, reported higher quarterly profit and beat Wall Street expectations as it announced it is signing more large customers. Symantec said it may beat analysts' profit forecasts for the current quarter, which ends Oct. 3. - BOSTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Symantec Corp, the
largest maker of computer security and data backup software,
reported higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, beating Wall
Street expectations, as it signed more large contracts.
It also said it may beat analysts' profit forecasts for the
current q...
