Symantec posted an increase in the second quarter of its 2009 fiscal year, the company reports. While Symantec's security and compliance business grew only 1 percent when compared with the same quarter last fiscal year, its storage business grew by 12 percent and its services business increased 16 percent.Symantec reported significant year-over-year growth in its most recent
quarter, riding on a strong uptick in its storage and services business.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2009, which ended for Symantec Oct. 3, the
company's net income reached $140 milliona $90 million increase over the income
the company reported during the same period in 2008. Overall, the company
posted a total of $1.518 billion in revenue.
Symantec's Storage and Server Management segment represented 38 percent of
total non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) revenue for the
quarter, representing the largest share of the company's revenue. The Consumer
segment represented 29 percent of non-GAAP revenue, while the Security and
Compliance business represented 26 percent.
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The fastest growing segment of Symantec's business was its Services business,
which grew 16 percent year over year. The Storage and Server Management
division, which grew 12 percent year over year, was next. Symantec's Security
and Compliance segment, however, did not fare as wellit grew only 1 percent
year over year.
Symantec signed 326 agreements worldwide, compared with 302 in the same
period a year ago. Of the 326 agreements, 77 had a value of more than $1
million each, versus 64 during the same period in fiscal 2008. Some 87 percent
of the deals in the latest quarter involved multiple products.
"In the face of a slowing economic environment
around the world, Symantec continued to generate growth in both our core
business and in high-growth areas [that] are becoming increasingly important to
our customers," John W. Thompson, CEO of
Symantec, said in a statement. "I am also quite pleased with our continued
operating margin expansion and earnings growth, which is a result of our
ongoing focus on managing costs and expenses."