Symantec is the world leader in providing solutions to help individuals and enterprises assure the security, availability, and integrity of their information. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries. More information is available at www.symantec.com.

Symantec's Confidence Online solution automatically identifies and eliminates both known and unknown threats without requiring users to install or update signatures. F5's FirePass SSL VPN solution can be integrated with Symantec Confidence Online such that end-points connecting via the FirePass SSL VPN can be required to pass the Confidence Online security tests prior to gaining access to the corporate network.

The Symantec Veritas' Volume Replicator (VVR) is a leading data replication solution deployed by hundreds of customers worldwide. F5 WANJet works with VVR to eliminate the WAN bottlenecks from the data replication process creating an efficient and reliable data replication experience for customers with geographically dispersed data centers. WANJet uses a series of technologies such as Adaptive TCP optimization, the patent pending Transparent Data Reduction (TDR), and QoS to accelerate the VVR application over the WAN resulting in a drastic reduction in the data replication time.

Symantec and F5 have also created a joint solution through integration of the Veritas Opforce server provisioning software and F5's BIG-IP LTM system. The joint solution enables automated creation of server pools thereby speeding deployment of new servers and optimizing IT resource utilization for planned and unplanned events. Together the two companies help customers increase data center efficiency with enhanced application availability.