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Greg Young
Research VP
6 years at Gartner
22 years IT security

Greg Young is a research vice president in Gartner and the lead analyst for network security. Mr. Young has experience in IT security in product companies, and in both the private and public sectors. He spent his military career in technology security… Read Full Bio

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Symantec Acquires Verisign

by Greg Young  |  May 25, 2010  |  Comments Off

Gartner has an Event Note on titled “Symantec Faces Serious Challenges With VeriSign Security Buy“, and a companion note for our Gartner Invest customers from colleague John Rizzuto.

The research note document summary is “Symantec plans to acquire the key components of VeriSign’s identity business. Both market dynamics and the lack of synergy suggest that the acquisition will not improve Symantec’s competitiveness in security.”

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