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| Company type | SymantecSubsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Enterprise management software, IT asset management lifecycle management, service-oriented software management, systems configuration management |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Fate | Acquired bySymantec |
| Headquarters | Lindon, Utah,United States |
Key people | Gregory S. ButterfieldChairman andCEO, Stephen C. EricksonCFO |
| Products | Helpdesk Solutions, Carbon Copy Solutions, Barcode solution, Inventory Solution Wise Package Studio |
| Revenue | No longer disclosed |
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Number of employees | No longer disclosed |
| Website | www |
Altiris Inc. is a subsidiary ofSymantec specializing in service-oriented management software which allows organizations to manageIT assets. They also provide software for web services, security, and systems management products. Established in 1998, Altiris is headquartered inLindon, Utah, United States. Altiris has over 20,000 customers managing more than 3 million servers and 60 million desktops and laptops.
Altiris was started in 1998 when Jan Newman and Kevin Turpin spun off the software arm of KeyLabs. KeyLabs was, and remains, a third party testing facility. The Altiris Software had been created at KeyLabs to manage the computers at KeyLabs and that software became the start of what is now Altiris. Altiris continues to develop software designed to help IT departments manage their networks and computers more efficiently.
In early 2000, Jan Newman who was then President and CEO brought in Greg Butterfield to take over the role of President and CEO. Under Mr. Butterfield's leadership, Altiris acquired Computing Edge in September 2000. Computing Edge's founder, Dwain Kinghorn, had come fromMicrosoft and helped to develop Microsoft's originalSystems Management Server product (SMS). Computing Edge specialized in extending and enhancing with functionality that SMS lacked.
Altiris continued its market expansion by acquiring several other companies:
