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Interview: Altiris' Greg Butterfield: Page 2 of 5

GREG BUTTERFIELD Symantec has completed its acquisition of Altiris, of which you were CEO. What's the corporate structure and your role? Altiris will be a separate business unit with its own P&L [profit and loss]. I report directly to...
April 27, 2007

There are obviously many advantages to being part of a huge company, but what about the disadvantages, such as entrenched layers of bureaucracy and the effort required to integrate both employees and technology?

My biggest concern was Symantec's track record with prior acquisitions. Symantec did the largest software transaction in the industry with the Veritas acquisition. We're much smaller than Veritas, and to be candid, I think John Thompson will admit he learned a lot going through that transaction.

We are outnumbered 17-to-1. That could be the bad, but it's also a strength because it gives us size and scale. The ability to quickly develop and release technology will be the same, I believe, based on the fact we are a separate business unit.

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