Symantec has decided to purchase Blue Coat Systems for $4.65 billion in a move that will allow it to more thoroughly protect its users from a variety of threats online. The deal will also see Blue Coat’s CEO, Greg Clark, become Symantec’s new CEO. This will help the company fill the role which has been vacant since its previous chief executive, Michael brown stepped down in April due to poor financial results. Symantec is widely known for its locally installed antivirus software whereas Blue Coat specializes in online security. Currently is used by over 15,000 companies to blacklist websites that… [Continue Reading]