Manage updates with the Download AppCan VeriSign deal make Symantec the Web's identity broker?
With its acquisition of VeriSign's authentication business, Symantec is making a big play for a piece of the market for services that validate the identity of users and content on the Web.
The $1.28 billion cash deal--the third encryption-related purchase for Symantec in three weeks--would seem to be a natural extension of its desktop and server security offerings, several analysts said. But other observers question how well suited one of the leading antivirus providers really is to become the identity broker for the Internet.
"Where's the synergy?" wondered Avivah Litan, an analyst at Gartner, … Read more
