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Since 2000, Symantec has been aggressively acquiring companies — 25 in total. Six years ago, the firm was a relatively small vendor chiefly known for its consumer antivirus software — but acquisitions changed all that, expanding Symantec's remit into nearly every area of computer security save identity management. But even this wasn't enough: In 2005, the firm made a big play into the information availability space with its monster acquisition of storage management vendor VERITAS Software. Now Symantec's annual revenues exceed $3.5 billion and it faces the unenviable task of integrating all of the products it has acquired into its solutions and rationalizing its value proposition. Playing in the major leagues is a tantalizing prospect, but both the firm's current customer base and partner community have reason to be worried: Symantec is currently not quite large enough to either compete with the big players or avoid being devoured by one of them — thus jeopardizing its future as an independent company.

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