Symantec and Blue Coat have entered into a definitive agreement under which Symantec will acquire Blue Coat for approximately $4.65 billion in cash. The...

NodeSource, an enterprise-focused software company working on the Node.js ecosystem, has raised $3 million in seed funding from Crosslink Capital and Resolute Ventures. Joe McCann (Co-founder & CEO,...

The Symantec board has approved a $1 billion share repurchase program. This open-ended program is effective immediately. As of January 2, 2015, Symantec had approximately $283 million remaining under its previously authorized program.

Software security company Veracode has closed a late-stage $40 million funding round led by Wellington Management Company. Existing investors also participated in the round, and include Meritech Capital, Symantec, In-Q-Tel and Atlas Ventures.

Symantec has fired Steve Bennett as the company's president and chief executive officer. The decision to oust the CEO was taken at a meeting,...