SAN FRANCISCO Symantec Corp. CEO John Thompson last week found himself again defending his company's planned acquisition of Veritas Software Corp. amid continued concerns about Symantec's strategy and Microsoft Corp.'s looming presence in the IT security market.

Adds hardware, looks for help on life-cycle software Network Appliance Inc. last week announced partnerships with Cisco Systems Inc., Veritas Software Corp. and FileNet Corp.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of the Dynamic Systems Initiative, Microsoft Corp.

CHICAGO, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today at the Storage Decisions 2003 conference, Microsoft Corp. announced the general availability of Windows(R) Storage Server 2003.